Inside West Papua – behind the Native Affairs exclusive report

Report by Pacific Media Watch

Māori Television’s Native Affairs story on West Papua is the first by a New Zealand television crew allowed into the region in 50 years.

Given Indonesia’s strict policy on allowing access to foreign journalists, reporter Adrian Stevanon says their trip is a sign of change.

Reporter/Editor: Alistar Kata, contributing editor of the Pacific Media Centre’s Pacific Media Watch freedom project.

Interviewees:
Adrian Stevanon, Producer, Maori Television’s Native Affairs
Karen Abplanalp, independent photojournalist and researcher, Pacific Media Centre associate
Paul Bensemann, independent journalist

Video clip:
Native Affairs, Maori Television
Forgotten Birds of Paradise, Dominic Brown
Al Jazeera

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