Research

Most UPNG students don’t want independence for Bougainville, new survey shows

ANALYSIS: By Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes It is well known that the people of Bougainville want independence. In the 2019 referendum, 98.3 percent of them voted for it. And in...

Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ

By David Robie A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its”...

Caitlin Johnstone: On ‘leftists’ and ‘anarchists’ who cheer for regime change in Iran

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Is there anything more undignified than “leftists” and “anarchists” who cheer on the fall of...

Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as...

Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach Attack and antisemitism....

David Robie on ResearchGate

Dr David Robie is semi-retired professor of Pacific journalism and founding director of AUT University's Pacific Media Centre. He is a NZ journalist who...

Self-censorship in the Fiji media – Fijileaks reviews a timely book on coups, culture and criticism

By Victor Lal, founding editor-in-chief of Fijileaks Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem & Human Rights in the Pacific, in a sense, is a...

Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face – book review and interview with David Robie by David Blackall

Book review and interview with the author David Robie by David Blackall Introduction David Robie’s latest book is incisive and autobiographical. Kalafi Moala, a courageous publisher...

The talanoa and the tribal paradigm: Reflections on cross-cultural reporting in the Pacific

By David Robie Alongside normative definitions of the Fourth Estate as an independent watchdog on political power, in the South Pacific there is also a...

Coups, conflicts and human rights: Pacific media challenges in the digital age

By David Robie At the heart of a global crisis over news media credibility and trust is Britain’s so-called Hackgate scandal involving the widespread allegations...

Media blind spots overcome by ‘critical’ journalism, says first Pacific j-professor David Robie

By Alex Perrottet Despite bans on foreign journalists in West Papua, there is "no excuse" for journalists to turn their backs on the Melanesian people,...