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

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Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s renewed ‘colonial grip’

December 2, 2024

ULMWP's Benny Wenda

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

West Papuan resistance over logging and mining projects

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

Killed environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng

Forests

RSF condemns assassination of Cambodian environmental journalist

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

Forests

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

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

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Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua

May 1, 2018

A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik

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

May 28, 2025

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Forests

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

November 25, 2021

Forests

Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up

August 26, 2023

Logging piles on the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea

Forests

Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging

September 19, 2023

"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...

July 24, 2024

Forests

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

Pacific Media Watch -

February 13, 2025

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

The social value of forestry was considered inefficient and wasteful

Forests

Cyclone Gabrielle triggers more destructive forestry ‘slash’ – NZ must change...

February 18, 2023

Forests

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

November 15, 2017

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

Forests

Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

February 5, 2023

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

Forests

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

August 7, 2021

Forests

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

February 24, 2018

Forests

Journalists fighting oil palm plantation found stabbed to death in Sumatra

Pacific Media Watch -

November 6, 2019

Merauke Archbishop

Forests

Papuan landowner advocate condemns diocese link to palm oil companies

January 13, 2021

Deforestation in Central Kalimantan

Forests

NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report

October 22, 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

The CIVICUS Monitor report

Forests

Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report

November 10, 2021

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop AUT

Forests

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

Michael Andrew -

May 28, 2019

Isabel Premier Rhoda Sikilabu

Forests

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

April 4, 2022

Forests

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

Pacific Media Watch -

June 5, 2017

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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

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

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

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Palau's Surangel S. Whipps Jr addresses the Climate Summit 2025, a high-Level special event on Climate Action, at COP30 in Brazil

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Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane...

Palestinian rally MC Lamees Elthiny speaks to a protest rally in Auckland today themed on the "BDS - Boycott Divestments Sanctions" campaign against New Zealand companies alleged to be complicit with Israel's genocide in Gaza

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New Zealand backing Israel over two-state solution shows galling weak leadership

"By helping each other we save each other."

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JAWS president Lagi Keresoma

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New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

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"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"

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"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

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Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

The UN Security Council adopted the US-sponsored Gaza resolution 13 votes to nil

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The pōwhiri for the start of the four-day WIPCE 2025

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World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland