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Barbara Dreaver - Source: ONE News -
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As Pacific Correspondent for ONE News, Barbara's coverage of stories have included Fiji's cursed "cannibal village" and the sinking islands of Tuvalu.
She has broken many stories including New Zealand businessman Mark Lyon's activities in the Cook Islands and the discovery of live chemical weapons lying at the side of the road in the Solomon Islands.
As well as international stories Barbara has also concentrated on issues facing Pacific Islanders living in New Zealand. She has exposed a scam targeting Pacific Islands pensioners and other concerns facing the community.
Barbara says she is passionate about her job because of her cultural heritage. She was born and brought up in her mother's home country of Kiribati and also spent eight years working in the Cook Islands.
"Pacific issues are barely covered in New Zealand's mainstream media. It's fantastic that Television New Zealand is committed to its coverage and making a difference."
After graduating from Auckland University with a BA, Barbara began her career in journalism in 1990 as a reporter with the Rarotonga-based Cook Islands News.
From there she co-owned and edited a weekly newspaper Cook Islands Press that won a regional Freedom of the Press award.
She also worked for international news organisations such as AFP and Radio New Zealand International.
Barbara returned to New Zealand in 1998 where she worked as a business columnist and freelance feature writer for the NZ Listener and editor of Achievers magazine.
She covered Pacific issues for Radio New Zealand including coverage of the Fiji coup from inside the George Speight hostage camp. She has won numerous Qantas Media Awards.
Barbara started working for TVNZ in 2002 and became a Pacific correspondent in 2003.
Email barbara.dreaver@tvnz.co.nz | Follow her on Twitter @barbaradreaver
Barbara's blog archive
May 19: Tonga won't take orders from Fiji
April 4: Counting the cost of Ashika
November 25: Miners invoke Ashika memories
April 4: Tonga hides behind procedures
March 08, 2010: Banner of hope for Pacific people
November 18: Pacific minister not an
islander
October 6: Pain at the Pacific petrol pump
September 24: Coroner's report consequences
September 2: A sick girl whose voice is helping
others
June 9: Misrepresenting the Pacific community
