Michael Field
64 21 688438
PO Box 41341, St Lukes, Auckland, 1346, New Zealand
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Fairfax New Zealand's
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Covered Fiji's 2000 and 2006 coups. Banned from Fiji by military regime in 2007.
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Thirty three years of international news agency journalism around the world.
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Published author on the Pacific, including the definitive account on Samoa’s independence struggle and
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Features and stories in leading international newspapers and news magazines covering environmental extreme to unrest, complex science to economics; always with a perspective on human interest stories.
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Expert in political, business, sport, energy, technology, human interest and entertainment journalism.
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Skilled travel and social writer and able to cover most sports.
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Advanced photographic skills and a wide range of contacts.
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Winner of a Harkness Fellowship and attended Harvard for a year
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Worked in the US Congress as part of the fellowship.
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Lived around the world including the
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Radio New Zealand National Radio commentator on Pacific affairs and sought by international media for an intimate knowledge of the history, politics, characters and issues of the region.
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Assignments include coverage, for a worldwide audience, of unrest in Bougainville and PNG, Solomons’ civil war,
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Recent major features include political turmoil in
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Author of books – on the Cook Strait, on Samoa’s independence struggle and on George Speight’s
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Regular lecturer and speaker at universities on journalism and Pacific affairs.
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Regular Consultant with governments and corporations on Pacific issues.
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Speechwriter for regional diplomats and politicians.
Personal
detail
Born
in
Education
Fellow
at the
Graduated
Employment
Currently
with Fairfax New Zealand's
Correspondent for Janes Intellegence and Defence outlets, London
Correspondent
for Pacific
magazine,
Correspondent
for Island
Business
magazine,
Contributed
Pacific articles for The
Listener.
Fortnightly
Pacific affairs commentator on Nine-to-Noon with National Radio.
Contributed
voice reports and Q and As from most major
Pacific
news events for BBC, ABC, CNN and others
Author
of Black Saturday:
Author
of Mau;
Contributed
a chapter to What’s
news: Reclaiming Journalism in
Contributed
a chapter,
Clueless
in Coup Coup Land, to
Silenced:
International Journalists Expose Media Censorship,
edited by David Dadge, Prometheus Press,
Co-authored
Speight
of Violence: Inside
Previous
employment
Agence
France-Presse, correspondent
The
Dominion,
Between
1987 and 1989 ran The
Dominion’s
Sunday
News,
news editor
From
1983 to 1985 was news editor on the country’s then top selling Sunday,
acting as both deputy to the editor and responsible for assigning news
team and editing copy.
Evening
Post, leader
writer
From
1982 to 1983 was on the editorial team at the
Evening
Post, reporter
From
1980 to 1982 was a reporter, with my main functions were as energy
reporter and union affairs reporter.
Prime
Minster’s Department,
As
a member of Volunteer Service Aboard, was posted to
Evening
Post, reporter
Ministry
of
In
1974-75, as a member of the International Voluntary Service (
New
Zealand Press Association, reporter
Reporter,
Other
activities
Author
Mau,
a history of the
On an Asia New Zealand Foundation grant taught in 2006 at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai, India
Maintain
a website: www.michaelfield.org,
which has been recommended by academic and media sources for information
on the Pacific
Skilled
photographer with numerous photographs published around the world
Contributing
writer on journalism text books and journals
Worked
as intern with the US Congress East-Asia and Pacific Affairs subcommittee.
