MEDIAWATCH: Barbara Dreaver’s coverage of the Cook Islands political crisis reminds you she is a national treasure
Can we just pause in the coverage of the Cook Islands political crisis to pay homage to Barbara Dreaver?
Without her journalism, we would not have known what the heel was going on in the Cooks.
There’s a bloody good reason she was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to investigative journalism and Pacific communities in 2024.
Bab’s is a god damned national cultural treasure!
Her body of work every single year marks her journalism and her ability to pull NZs attention towards the current affairs of the Pacific as the benchmark for Fourth Estate values in this country.
The range of issues Barbara Dreaver covers from natural disasters to geopolitical machinations to domestic internal dynamics, her spectrum and skill as a Journalist is true dedication to the craft.
She is such a humble person and her stories are always focused on the ignored voices.
We need her quality of journalism more than ever before.
Standing ovation for the Queen!
Her journalism is the benchmark for Fourth Estate accountability.
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Yeah,totally agree, she is amazing and an inspiration, a true old world journalist with such class.
She is a real star and an inspiration.
Agree, Barbara is a dedicated and tenacious journalist with a long career. Not easy either being a woman in such a role in some parts of the Pacific.
Barbara…… always alert when she appears on the Telly….. absolute gold.
No doubt Winston will be working on a plan to take her down because she shows how incompetent he is and always has been .
Barb is never afraid to take on the so called big boys and has spent time in the cells while doing her excellent work in Fiji back in the day .
Keep it up Barb we need more people in the media with your tenacity but sadly there are very few real reporters left .Just head line seekers .