Tag: pandemic
UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence
By David Robie
New Caledonia’s Kanak national liberation movement has told the UN Decolonisation Committee that France has “robbed” the indigenous people of their independence...
Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections
By Russell Palmer
Unprecedented levels of disinformation will only get worse this election in Aotearoa New Zealand, but systems set up to deal with it...
Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’
RNZ News
Jacinda Ardern will largely be remembered in Aotearoa New Zealand as the prime minister whose pandemic-era policies saved thousands of Kiwi lives, according...
Aotearoa’s inspirational prime minister Jacinda Ardern steps down amid misogyny row
By David Robie
Aotearoa New Zealand has been shaken to the core by the sudden resignation of one of its most iconic and revered prime...
Domestic violence, isolation hit Pacific women during pandemic, says USP survey
By Sri Krishnamurthi
While some women at the University of the South Pacific’s 14 campuses found working from home enjoyable during the covid-19 pandemic, others...
Journalism education ‘truth’ challenges: An age of growing hate, intolerance and disinformation
By David Robie in Pacific Journalism Review
This keynote commentary at the Asian Congress for Media and Communication (ACMC) conference with the theme Change, Adaptation...