Tag: public health
Pasifika people using kava and talanoa to boost mental health
By Alualumoana Luaitalo
A new business initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand aims to open up conversations about the benefits of kava on mental health.
Tongan entrepreneur...
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...
‘Stay home, stay safe, be kind’: How New Zealand crushed, not just flattened the COVID-19 curve (2021)
By David Robie, book chapter in Racism and Politicization
In contrast to disastrous Western exceptionalist trends in Europe and the United States in countering the...
Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn – David Robie on TRT
Asia Pacific Report
Thousands of forest fires have been burning across Indonesian Borneo and Sumatra, disrupting air travel, closing schools and sickening thousands of people,...