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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

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 sovereignty

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

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

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

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

Film director Dandhy Laksono

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

ULMWP's Benny Wenda

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

December 10, 2024

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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

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Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG

July 28, 2023

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

A Papua Green State rally

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

November 5, 2021

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...

January 6, 2026

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?

January 27, 2026

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Journalist ‘hauled in’ for police questioning at Malaysia land protest

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2019

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...

December 2, 2024

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

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

February 24, 2018

Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop AUT

Forests

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

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Gary Juffa: How we can stop criminal cartels stealing our PNG...

March 17, 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

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Precarious politics pose threats to world’s three biggest rainforests

January 31, 2019

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Timber firm accused over Indonesian threat to last orangutan strongholds

March 17, 2017

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Governor Juffa, police crack down on PNG’s Collingwood Bay illegal logging

Pacific Media Centre -

March 20, 2018

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Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua

May 1, 2018

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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Rainbow Warrior takes on fresh eco mission to Papua, Indonesia

March 13, 2018

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Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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

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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

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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

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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

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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"

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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...

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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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A Greenpeace deep-sea mining protester dressed as US President Donald Trump

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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape and the Solomon Islands leader Matthew Wale

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Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...

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Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

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The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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

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Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...

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From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

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