Tag: history
Mekim Nius: South Pacific Media, Politics and Education (2004)
By David Robie
The news media is the watchdog of democracy. But in the South Pacific today the Fourth Estate role is under threat from...
Archive: Uni Tavur: A frog’s head, old ashtrays and student politics
Uni Tavur, the journalism training newspaper produced by the University of Papua New Guinea reporters and editors, celebrated its second decade of publishing in July...
Archive: Tortured Fiji academic tells of his scars
From Café Pacific 1990 archives: The abduction and torture of a scientist by soldiers has exposed a sinister side to the current ruling regime...
Archive: Fiji 1987: ‘Sit down everybody. This is a takeover!’
Fiji: Countdown to a coup
ANALYSIS: By David Robie in New Outlook
Sakeasi Butadroka fingers his trademark blood-red bow-tie and laughs: "This represents the blood of...
Archive: Gaston Flosse’s iron grip in Tahiti
Victory was complete. Gaston Flosse crushed all opposition at the polls. David Robie in Pape’ete asks how powerful can he become as France’s newly...
Archive: Addis Ababa: Vibrant city in a fairytale kingdom
A former New Zealand Herald journalist, David Robie has travelled widely overland in 14 African countries and is now group features editor of the...