Barbara Dreaver is no stranger to a challenge. 

She’s spent the past three decades shedding light on issues across the Pacific – getting locked up in Fiji, threatened in Papua New Guinea, faced natural disasters, and covered military coups and criminal activity. 

An international correspondent and veteran of New Zealand journalism, Dreaver’s faced death threats for her tenacious pursuit of the truth.  

Though she normally shines the light on others’ stories, Dreaver’s now decided to tell her own in a new memoir ‘Be Brave’. 

She told Jack Tame that focusing on her own story has been really uncomfortable, but kind of cool at the same. 

“I’m giving people a look behind the scenes at a time when, you know, media is not really trusted,” Dreaver explained. 

“But I really want people to know just the sort of work and the effort and stuff that goes on behind the scenes – also a little bit of personal stuff as well.” 

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