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The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues that members believe the New Zealand government should be pursuing with Indonesia. Leary has a strong track record on Pacific human rights issues having worked in Fiji as a television journalist and educator and as a NZ regional director of the British Council with a mandate for Pacific cultural projects. She is also sits on the parliamentary select committees for Foreig...

AUT City Campus. Image: AUT One of AUT’s Pacific research centres has been without a director since the end of last year and a lack of clarity around its future is causing division among staff and supporters. Teuila Fuatai reports for The Spinoff.   SINCE 2007, AUT’s Pacific Media Centre has built a considerable portfolio and solid reputation for its research and reporting on issues throughout the Asia Pacific region, and as a training ground for Pasifika journalists and academics...

“As journalists, it is our responsibility to draw sustained attention to these issues.” He described Professor Robie, former coordinator of USP Journalism Programme and the founding director of the Pacific Media Centre based at New Zealand’s Auckland University of Technology, as a “champion” of media freedom and media development in the Pacific. Professor David Robie with his wife, Del Abcede, and Tagata Pasifika broadcaster John Pulu at the Pacific Media Centre’s symposium last mon...

11 Dec, 2020 Del Abcede, David Robie and Tagata Pasifika presenter and alumnus John Pulu. Photo credit: PMC Professor David Robie, founding Director of the AUT Pacific Media Centre, has announced his retirement from the role and will also be stepping down as editor of the Pacific Journalism Review (PJR) research journal at the end of the year. AUT School of Communications Senior Lecturer Khairiah Rahman will take over as the new Director of the Pacific Media Centre in 2021.  Current associate...