David Robie is a professor of journalism at Auckland University of Technology and the director of the Pacific Media Centre.
He says the new laws are a step in the right direction, but it will also take a change in mindset from the government to make sure Freedom of Information requests are taken seriously.
“This is a tremendous encouragement for the media in Vanuatu, also for NGOs and other people seeking information and it’s a tremendous boost for the whole of the Pacific because Vanuatu is now the second country to follow on from Cook Islands,” Robie said.
