Videos

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

REVIEW: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report I have watched the most disturbing film in my lifetime — a warning to the world of a horrendous dystopian future...

A reminder of what is possible in community empowerment – ‘survival pending revolution’

This book launch speech was delivered today for Ponsonby People’s Union: At the Frontline of Community Activism in...

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in Gaza as smear

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense...

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of struggle for justice

REVIEW: By David Robie The seeds of resistance and later community empowerment began in Tāmaki Makaurau in a humble...

Māori identity is not a political access pass: Why the recent delegation to Israel demands accountability

ANALYSIS: By Raewyn Kapa The recent trip by a group of Māori individuals to Israel -- publicly framed as...

531pi’s Ma’a Brian Sagala talks nuclear-free Pacific with David Robie

Pacific Media Watch Radio 531pi Breakfast Talanoa host Ma'a Brian Sagala talks about the Rarotonga Treaty with Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie. The treaty...

Flashback to the 1968 My Lai massacre: ‘Something dark and bloody’

By David Robie, originally published at Café Pacific blog The Melbourne Sunday Observer -- the original newspaper of that name which campaigned against Australian involvement...

Ban the bomb – how NZ’s ordinary ‘Davids’ checked the nuclear Goliath

OFF THE WALL: with Padre James Bhagwan in Suva As we conclude the month of June 2017, it would be remiss of me not to...

The PMC project: independent journalism

Reported and presented by Alistar Kata Alistar Kata, an award-winning journalist with Tagata Pasifika, made a 15 minute mini-documentary about the work of the Pacific...

Mystery of the 1983 Vanuatu ‘nuclear free’ girl finally solved

By David Robie So the mystery is finally over. In 1983, I took this photo below of a young ni-Vanuatu girl at a nuclear-free Pacific...

What does good journalism mean? Lisa Er talks to David Robie

Green Planet FM's Lisa Er talks to Pacific Media Centre's David Robie on the state of the media in NZ and the Asia-Pacific region....