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New Zealand journalist

David Robie

David Telfer Robie MNZM (born 1945) is a New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. Robie is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics and is an advocate for media freedom in the pacific region.

In 1985, Robie sailed on board the Greenpeace eco-navy flagship Rainbow Warrior for 10 weeks until it was bombed by French secret agents in New Zealand’s Auckland harbour. He is the author of a book about the ill-fated voyage, Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior (Lindon Books, 1986). An updated memorial edition of Eyes of Fire was published in July 2005, and a 30th anniversary edition in July 2015 (Little Island Press).

In 1993-1997, Robie headed the University of Papua New Guinea journalism programme and in 1998-2002 became coordinator of the University of the South Pacific journalism school where his students covered the 2000 George Speight coup d'état in Fiji. According to the NZ Listener, an assistant minister in Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's government in 1998 threatened to close Robie's media and politics website - Café Pacific - and revoke his work permit as a media educator in "what was seen as the first test of the 1997 Constitution's freedom of expression clause". In 1999, Robie became an annual Australian Press Council Fellow. He is founding editor of Pacific Journalism Review, launched at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1994. Between 1998-2002, Robie was the Head of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific. He became an associate professor in Auckland University of Technology School of Communication Studies in 2005 and a professor in 2011. In 2020 he retired as director of the Pacific Media Centre. In 2021, he co-founded the Asia Pacific Media Network and produced the independent Asia-Pacific news websites Asia Pacific Report and Café Pacific.

Honours and awards

1985: NZ Media Prize, for coverage of the Rainbow Warrior bombing

1989: Qantas Press Awards for best feature article

2005: PIMA Pacific Media Freedom Award.

2015: AMIC Asia Communication Award.

In the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours, Robie was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to journalism and Asia-Pacific media education.

Publications

Robie's publications include:

References

  1. ^ "David Robie". The New Zealand Society of Authors. 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. "Promoting Asia-Pacific journalism - David Robie". www.aut.ac.nz. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. "A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DATE WITH A NUCLEAR DEATH".
  4. ^ "Crimes NZ: David Robie on the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior". RNZ. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. "Eyes Of Fire: When Nuclear Wars Came To Town". Scoop. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. RAMPELL, ED (10 July 2015). "Thirty Years Later: The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. "Journalist on bombed ship Rainbow Warrior to launch new book". Wansolwara Online. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 22 December 2005. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. "Internet coup in Fiji 2000". 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. "Guns and money. NZ Listener". Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  10. "1999 Australian Press Council Fellow: David Robie, report and speeches".
  11. "PJR anniversary edition launch marks 30 years of impactful research". USP Website. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  12. "Pacific Media Centre founder takes on new social justice journalism role | Asia Pacific Report". Asia Pacific Report. 21 December 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  13. Fuatai, Teuila (30 March 2021). "Future of AUT's Pacific Media Centre under spotlight following director's departure". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  14. Watch, Pacific Media. "Journalist David Robie launches new open access Café Pacific website". Asia Pacific Report. Café Pacific Media. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  15. "David Robie – Qantas awards and Media Peace Prize 1985-89". Café Pacific. Café Pacific Media. Retrieved 5 June 2023.peace-prize-1985-89/
  16. "David Robie – Qantas awards and Media Peace Prize 1985-89". Café Pacific. Café Pacific Media. Retrieved 5 June 2023.peace-prize-1985-89/
  17. Fisher, Kate (10 October 2005). "David Robie Wins PIMA Pacific Media Freedom Award". Scoop.
  18. "Top Asia-Pacific media award for AUT Pacific Media Centre director". AUT News. AUT University. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  19. "King's Birthday Honours 2024: The full list of all recipients". The New Zealand Herald. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

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