Well known AUT journalism professor, David Robie (who surely must deserve the title Father of Pacific Journalism, having founded or directed journalism programmes in PNG, Fiji and Auckland) has just returned from a month's Pacific soujourn. His post on Cafe Pacific, "Taking a Breather- and Giving Fiji a Break" includes links and comments on the recent PINA meeting in Port Vila, Prof. Jane Kelsey's comments on the Cairns PACER meeting, Mark Davis's interview with Bainimarama, and an interesting perspective on Fiji by NZ-based German journalist Ulli Weissbach gleaned from a three-week research trip to Fiji.
Ulli starts: "Part of my job in Fiji was to prepare the ground for a German TV foreign affairs programme on Fiji. I had a chat with government spokesperson Lt Col Neumi Leweni, who assured me there would be absolutely no problem for the German TV crew entering Fiji and interviewing the "evil dictator". To read his seven "experiences" of talking to ordinary Fijians, click here.
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