Be Brave - Barbara Dreaver

• Candid, startling, hugely engaging memoir
• Barbara Dreaver appears nightly on 6pm 1News
• Author has won many awards – and faced death threats
• Rare unvarnished account of life on the Pacific frontline

Barbara Dreaver has covered the Pacific for over 30 years. During this time the vast ocean’s many island nations and territories have gone from being largely ignored by world leaders to the focus of big-power rivalry. Dreaver has gone from a reporter struggling to get a job to one of the world’s leading Pacific correspondents.

With warmth, humour and astonishing honesty, she takes you inside her gruelling life as she and her TV team attempt to stay ahead of power plays, coups, resource grabs, criminal activity and natural disasters. Fearless and determined, she reveals what goes on behind the scenes as she faces her biggest challenges, both personal and professional.

Author Bio

BARBARA DREAVER has received multiple journalism awards. Born in Kiribati, she moved to Aotearoa at the age of eight. She has reported for Cook Islands News, Cook Islands Press, New Zealand Listener, National Business Review and Radio New Zealand. In 2002, she joined TVNZ’s 1News and in 2003 became its Pacific Correspondent. She was named Reporter of the Year at the 2022 New Zealand Television Awards and in 2024 became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for Investigative Journalism and Services to Pacific Communities.

293 pages

Paperback