Extremely excited to be one of this year’s Ochberg Fellows @DartCenter — can’t wait to spend time deepening my understanding of trauma-informed reporting with such an incredible cohort of other fellows.

Stoked to be a finalist for Australia's Freelancer of the Year 🎉 Grateful to Walkley Foundation (who generously ignored the fact that I'm not Australian) and excited to be in good company with Sean Kelly and Gabriella Coslovich. Proud Kiwi 🥝 walkleys.com/2024-mid-year-…

Extremely proud of our months-long investigation into Chinese fishing fleets’ secretive global infiltration of local fisheries, done with the incomparable Ian Urbina Milko Schvartzman and Outlaw Ocean team and published now in TIME (!!)

Over a decades-long period, more than 30 Catholic priests and missionaries moved to remote Pacific Island countries after they had allegedly abused children in the West, or had been found to do so. Pete McKenzie, a freelance journalist, explains. nyti.ms/3ZgibGR

It's impossible to imagine journalism in Aotearoa without New Zealand Geographic – I feel so lucky to read them and so honoured to occasionally write for them. If you have a spare few dollars, please subscribe.

My bizarre journey into a Korean cult’s Fijian empire, complete with ice-cream, organic vegetables, slavery and assault. Check out this bonkers yarn in The Economist — with stellar editing by Kylie Warner and beautiful photography by Max Mason-Hubers

My time with Reuters has already been transformative. And just wait til you see what we have coming next. I feel so lucky to be part of this investigative family. If you’re considering applying, do so! Reuters Truth Tellers Tina Brown Durham University

“He placed a seedling in the parched yellow dirt, took out a bottle of Fiji Water, and sprinkled its contents over the soil. Although he was ten thousand miles from the island where he lived, this was a moment of homecoming.” —Pete McKenzie harpers.org/archive/2025/0…