Café Pacific - David Robie | Media freedom and transparency
Monday, January 30, 2023

What the resignation of New Zealand's inspirational prime minister means

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New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs friends and colleagues at her farewell to the nation as leader. Image: DAWN/AFP By D...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home

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Police gather evidence near the site of a bomb explosion that took place outside the house of Jubi editor Victor Mambor, in Jayapura, Papu...
Friday, December 30, 2022

2022 Pacific political upheavals, elections eclipse Tongan volcano

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Popular original 1987 coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka . . . back as prime minister in Fiji but with promises of a more democratic and transparen...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Farewell Filep Karma, the revered West Papuan leader who could have ushered in unity

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West Papua's funeral procession for Filep Karma . . . banned Morning Star flags in defiance for the man who strove for “justice, demo...
Thursday, October 27, 2022

Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar

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Open Access Australasia deputy chair Dimity Flanagan . . . moderating the "look at the evidence" webinar on the media and climat...
Saturday, October 22, 2022

Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation - David Robie

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Media educator and Asia Pacific Report editor Professor David Robie tells of the resilience and courage of Pacific journalists faced with ma...
Saturday, October 15, 2022

Defend NZ’s ‘fragile democracy’ by tackling disinformation, says advocate

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Anjum Rahman, project lead of the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono . . . “If our democracy fails, all those other things fail as well.”...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

New Asia Pacific nonprofit takes up role of PJR publishing for research

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Members of the recently formed APMN at a recent general meeting at the Whānau Community Hub in Auckland's Mt Roskill. IMAGE: A...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw nerve in NZ

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A Gabriela poster honouring martyred women during the Marcos martial law years in the Philippines on display at the AUT film screening. IM...
Friday, September 9, 2022

Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about how we saw the world

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The Sunday Graphic's 1953 Royal Tour Picture Album ... "The tour seems to have been a strange affair, a tour of places rarely vis...
Friday, July 29, 2022

NZ’s Parliament siege, ‘disinformation war’, kava and media change featured in latest PJR

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Pacific Journalism Review ... exposing the assault on "truth telling" and a kava photoessay. IMAGE: Todd Henry/ PJR By P...
Friday, July 22, 2022

‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on West Papua?

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Bodies of civilians being evacuated after an attack by an armed group at Nogolaid Village, Kenyam District, Nduga Regency, Papua, last Satu...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines over Marcos election

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Filipinos in the Wellington meeting make their pledge simultaneously with the Auckland group for “history, truth and democracy” in the Phi...
Monday, June 6, 2022

Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers

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Showing how it's done ... a "more open" media conference in Dili with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. IMAGE: TL Preside...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos

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Students protest at the University of the Philippines Manila today over the alleged election irregularities. IMAGE: APR By DAVID ROBIE in T...
Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34 abandoned Papuan students

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Papuan student advocate Laurens Ikinia ... “We are so grateful to all Kiwis across the country for their generous support." IMAGE: De...
Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan students

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Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono ... “As a Pacific nation we do have a responsibility to support West Papuans.” IMAGE: Tagata Pasifika screen...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

AJI slams hacking of group chief’s accounts as attack on press freedom

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AJI general chairperson Sasmito Madrim speaking to journalists ... disinformation hacking attack on Madrim's personal WhatsApp, Instagr...

Flashback: The future of the Pacific Media Centre - David Robie talks

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Interview with Radio 531pi RADIO 531pi's Ma'a Brian Sagala talks to the retired founding director of the Pacific Media Centre, Prof...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Jack Lapauve: Why we walked out in protest over EMTV news independence

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  Jack Lapauve Jr.  IMAGE: FB COMMENTARY: EMTV’s deputy news editor Jack Lapauve Jr in Port Moresby writes in defence of the newsroom’s dec...
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