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Asia Pacific Report is an independent news and analysis website covering the Asia-Pacific region from an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective. It is edited by David Robie and colleagues.
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Israel Accused Over ‘Shameful Whitewashing’ Bid To Sanitise Soldier Holidays In NZ
Sunday, 18 January 2026, 7:34 pm | Asia Pacific Report
Israeli forces have killed more than 71,000 Palestinians — 84 percent of them civilians, mostly women and children — since the onslaught on Gaza began in October 2023. More >>
Albanese Bows To Relentless Pressure For Bondi Royal Commission But Scepticism Remains
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 5:35 pm | Asia Pacific Report
A widespread belief has emerged that the real objective is to mute criticism of Israel and its brutal policies of genocide and ethnic cleansing. More >>
New Journal Warns Pacific Media Near Breaking Point Amid Revenue Collapse And Political Pressure
Saturday, 10 January 2026, 5:16 pm | Asia Pacific Report
Pacific news reporting is becoming increasingly complex and contentious while newsrooms face unprecedented financial and editorial pressures, reports the new Pacific Media journal. More >>
Fiji, NZ Protesters Kick Off UN Day Of Solidarity For Palestine Amid Calls For Sanctions, Boycotts On Israel
Sunday, 30 November 2025, 4:31 pm | David Robie
At Albert Park in Fiji’s capital Suva, members of Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (F4PSN) defied police repression and gathered to celebrate Solidarity Day. More >>
The Rainbow Warrior Bombing 40 Years On: ‘Re-energising’ For Global Peace
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 10:44 am | David Robie
David Robie reflects on nuclear testing in the Pacific, and the 1985 bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, in an article based on his new book, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior (Little Island Press). More >>
As Protesters Condemn Western Media ‘Complicity’, Gaza Journalists Struggle For Survival
Sunday, 3 August 2025, 1:12 pm | David Robie
Little of this horrendous state of affairs has made it onto the pages of newspapers, websites of the television screens in the New Zealand mainstream media which seems to have a pro-Israel slant and rarely interviews Palestinian journalists or analysts More >>
Climate Justice Victory At The ICJ – The Student Journey From USP Lectures To The Hague
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 7:48 pm | Asia Pacific Report
According to the United Nations background information, these USP students led the charge, campaigning for years to bring the voices of vulnerable island nations to the highest court in the world. More >>
Fiji ‘Failing’ The Gaza Genocide And Humanity Test, Says Rights Group
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 7:58 am | Asia Pacific Report
In a statement today, the NGO Coalition said that the way the government was responding to the genocide and war crimes in Gaza would set a precedent for how it would deal with crises and conflict in future. More >>
Nuclear-Free Exhibition Opened By Hon. Phil Twyford In Auckland; Calls For Inspired Peace And Regionalism
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 7:30 pm | Asia Pacific Media Network
Twyford praises NFIP lead, calls for inspired peace and regionalism. More >>
Censors Stifle Fiji News Media in Regime Crackdown
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 8:46 am | David Robie
Pacific Media Centre's Dr David Robie writes that Reeling from four coups in two decades, journalists in the Pacific nation of Fiji bravely contesting draconian pressure from a military government are now taking no chances. More >>
PNG Minister Wants More Investigative Journalism
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 12:01 am | David Robie
PMC's associate professor David Robie writes: Papua New Guinea's acting Education Minister Tony Aimo has a made a plea for more investigative journalism and a stronger commitment to "accessible and affordable" community media in the Pacific. More >>
Analysis: Pacific Region's Media Face Threats
Monday, 3 March 2008, 4:44 pm | David Robie
Pacific Media Centre's David Robie writes that Pacific media freedom is under siege in Fiji following a publisher's expulsion and in East Timor with the seizure and bashing of a design editor. More >>
Student Wins Media Peace Award For Scoop Article
Friday, 9 November 2007, 10:00 am | David Robie
Congratulations to Joe Barratt , AUT Graduate Diploma in Journalism student, who won the Premier Rangatahi Award (print) in the annual Media Peace Awards last night for his Scoop article "High Court bypassed under new anti-terror law" on June 27: More >>
Scoop Feature: To Survive, Get The Story Right
Friday, 1 June 2001, 10:30 am | David Robie
Wars, coups and bloody conflicts are increasingly common in the Pacific region. Reporting these events is difficult especially when national governments denounce journalism and intimidate the media. The only defence available for the region's ... More >>
