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Village resisters against the massive destruction of rainforest as portrayed in the new West Papuan documentary Pesta Babi - Pig Feast

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West Papuan doco Pig Feast exposes oligarchs, food security crisis and ecocide under noses of military

March 8, 2026

Film director Dandhy Laksono

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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on Papua documentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)

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‘The world should see this’, say Papua deforestation doco filmmakers

March 13, 2026

Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands

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Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum...

March 5, 2026

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

February 5, 2023

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

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

November 25, 2021

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....

August 7, 2021

PNG Jackson Kiakari

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Jackson Kiakari: What happened to the PNG dream? How did paradise...

April 3, 2021

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Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure

November 15, 2017

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

Pacific Media Watch -

February 13, 2025

The CIVICUS Monitor report

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Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report

November 10, 2021

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Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua

May 1, 2018

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

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

July 24, 2024

tree plantations that were established with government support after the devastation of Cyclone Bola

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Time to invest in natives in response to devastating...

February 22, 2023

A Papua Green State rally

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

November 5, 2021

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop AUT

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

Michael Andrew -

May 28, 2019

A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik

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

May 28, 2025

Killed environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng

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RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

December 10, 2024

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

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

March 2, 2025

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Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

May 30, 2019

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Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up

August 26, 2023

Forests

Juffa blasts PNG resources ‘sell out’ but tells of Managalas hope

February 24, 2018

Climate wildfires

Forests

Respect the right to report on the environment, RSF tells COP26

November 4, 2021

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

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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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"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...

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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

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

Climate

‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

Asia Report

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

Commentary

‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

Editor's Picks

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...