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“Pesta Babi" (The Pig Party) . . . the West Papuan documentary film

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West Papuan filmmakers expose Merauke rainforest destruction in ‘siege’ doco

Pacific Media Watch -

February 24, 2026

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Forests

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

"All Eyes on Papua" . . . a campaign against Indonesian exploitation of Papuan rainforests

Forests

Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces

ULMWP's Benny Wenda

Forests

West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of ‘need for freedom’

Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right

Forests

Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with clarity and impact

Killed environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng

Forests

RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

December 10, 2024

A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik

Forests

Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG loggers ‘stealing forests’

May 28, 2025

West Papuan resistance over logging and mining projects

Forests

West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific...

Pacific Media Watch -

October 12, 2024

A Papua Green State rally

Forests

West Papuans pledge to make ‘ecocide’ serious crime in key global...

November 5, 2021

The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua

Forests

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

March 2, 2025

Logging piles on the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea

Forests

Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging

September 19, 2023

Forests

PNG’s Marape asks China for free trade deal and debt re-financing

August 7, 2019

Fiji protesters supporting decolonisation of West Papua, Kanaky - and Palestine

Forests

Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s...

December 2, 2024

Mangrove forest destruction in the Youtefa Bay Nature Park conservation area

Forests

Papuan media groups condemn police repression over mangrove forest destruction reporting

Pacific Media Watch -

July 17, 2023

Forests

Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua

May 1, 2018

Forests

Fred Wesley: Our environment message needs to be in every corner...

Pacific Media Watch -

June 5, 2017

Traditional landowners in Rempang pictured after clashing with Indonesian security forces

Forests

Indigenous rights group highlights rise in land grabs under Jokowi’s watch

September 21, 2023

Forests

To conserve West Papua, start with land rights and forget past...

October 10, 2018

Forests

Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 13, 2025

The CIVICUS Monitor report

Forests

Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report

November 10, 2021

Prime Minister James Marape presenting a traditional eagle wood spear with totems to French President Emmanuel Macron

Forests

Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG

July 28, 2023

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Forests

Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

November 25, 2021

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop AUT

Forests

Pacific research of ‘hard’ social issues profiled in new publication

Michael Andrew -

May 28, 2019

Land clearing in West Papua region's Grime Nawa Valley, Jayapura Regency

Forests

Massive deforestation in West Papua – Greenpeace reveals loss of 641,400...

August 18, 2023

Forests

Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up

August 26, 2023

Forests

PNG’s forests authority chief granted another five years at helm

May 23, 2017

Isabel Premier Rhoda Sikilabu

Forests

First female premier of a Solomons province pleads for NZ covid...

April 4, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim

Analysis

Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

Democracy

Arrest and charges against British-Fijian national spark free speech concerns

Community and social justice activist Roger Fowler

Civil Society

Roger Fowler’s legacy – and the Polynesian Panthers connection

Iran’s navy successfully launched the Sayyad-3G naval air defence missile

Analysis

How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim

Analysis

Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte

Analysis

Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...

Port Moresby's Bomana Correctional Facility . . . nine inmates injured in an confrontation with jail guards. Image: RNZ/Johnny Blades

Crime

Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers

Social justice and Palestine campaigner Roger Fowler

Asia Report

The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Solidarity author Eugene Doyle with Cuban Ambassador Luis Ernesto Morejón Rodríguez

Analysis

Cuban ambassador denounces US aggression and violations of international law

New UK Green Party member Hannah Spencer

Decolonisation

Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win...

Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim

Analysis

Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures

Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte

Analysis

Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...