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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 weekend

March 5, 2026

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

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

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

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

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...

January 6, 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...

March 2, 2025

"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

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

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

November 25, 2021

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

Pacific Media Watch -

February 13, 2025

A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik

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

May 28, 2025

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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Greenpeace blasts palm oil industry deforestation in West Papua

May 1, 2018

Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

February 5, 2023

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

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2019

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

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

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

August 18, 2023

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

Deforestation in Central Kalimantan

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NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report

October 22, 2021

The CIVICUS Monitor report

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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

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Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG

July 28, 2023

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Australian fight to protect koala habitats in northern NSW heats up

August 26, 2023

Logging piles on the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea

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Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging

September 19, 2023

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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Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn

September 18, 2019

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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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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

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...

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

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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

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"The message is clear to every current or aspiring Republican politician: Be a toady to Trump, or you’re out."

Analysis

Robert Reich: Has Trump’s Republican Party become a criminal enterprise?

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

Analysis

Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

EDITOR'S PICKS

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

Asia Report

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives

Asia Report

Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

Mousa Taher on board Ksar Sabadad

Asia Report

87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger...

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

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

Asia Report

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives

Asia Report

Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

Mousa Taher on board Ksar Sabadad

Asia Report

87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger...