Tag: Bougainville
Archive: Scrutiny of the Pacific mass media
REVIEW: By Damon Salesa
This ocean of ours is many things, but it is rarely "pacific". The passage of contact, colonialism and supposed independence has...
Archive: Pacific media benchmark
REVIEW: By Murray Horton
It is a graphic illustration of corporate New Zealand's colonial mentality that our Eurocentric news media tell us all about the...
Tu Galala: Social Change in the Pacific (1992)
Edited by David Robie
"The Pacific is in upheaval -- growing poverty, nuclear testing, independence struggles, militarisation and massive social dislocation are pressing, often intractable...
Archive: Bougainville: New Zealand’s part in a guerilla war
New Zealanders played a critical part in a flash-point that ignited a guerilla war threatening the economy and stability of Papuas New Guinea. David...