Tag: Pacific history
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
REVIEWS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth “coup...
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...
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: 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...