Barbara Dreaver was co-owner of the Cook Islands Press before working for the New Zealand Listener and Radio New Zealand as a feature writer and reporter. She is the Pacific Reporter for TVNZ 1 News, breaking stories uncovering social and economic issues affecting Pacific people living in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Her investigative journalism has exposed major fraud, drug smuggling, corruption and human trafficking. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she self-produced daily regional Pacific bulletins for distribution in the islands and exposed the inequalities experienced by Pacific people during the response. She created a training programme through the Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Ltd to support new Pacific journalists across the Pacific region. Ms Dreaver was a member of the Establishment Board for the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media body.