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Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

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Indonesia accused of being ‘unfit’ for UN rights council presidency

January 13, 2026

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels

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Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’ rhetoric?

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

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‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West Papuans killed in escalating conflict

Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

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Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster capitalism’

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza...

February 7, 2026

Rongelap MP Hilton Kendall speaking at the welcoming ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior in Majuro

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Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history

March 15, 2025

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From rags to riches to rags again – the Forum’s hidden...

September 3, 2018

"The genocide didn't stop"

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The world cannot ignore Trump’s death threat to my people of...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 8, 2025

Double standards over West Papua

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‘Double standards’ claims as world reacts to Ukraine crisis, ignores Papua

March 4, 2022

New Zealand journalist and author David Robie talks to Greenpeace activists last month about the Rainbow Warrior bombing and Rongelap voyage

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‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior...

May 7, 2025

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NZ urgently needs to take more Rohingya refugees

November 21, 2017

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Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival

October 13, 2018

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RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory

Pacific Media Watch -

May 9, 2019

Pacific Islanders protesting for an immediate ceasefire to Israel's War on Gaza

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Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the...

February 12, 2024

Protesters over the Gaza genocide in Sydney earlier this week

Refugees

Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide

March 21, 2024

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

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Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar

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‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 30, 2025

A Papuan girl reads a book in front of her house in Papua

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UN report calls for independent probe into ‘shocking’ rights abuses in...

March 3, 2022

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The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of...

Pacific Media Watch -

November 8, 2019

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NZ pro-Palestinian ‘justice’ protesters target Israel Day waterfront events

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May 13, 2018

NZ citizen Ahmed Zaoui

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Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says

October 6, 2023

Bikini Atoll descendant Sosylina Jibas-Maddison

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Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas

Pacific Media Watch -

December 29, 2022

South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

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New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others...

January 18, 2024

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Rights, cultural activists among winners of Asia’s Nobel Prize

Pacific Media Centre -

July 28, 2017

USA "sold to Israel"

Refugees

As Donald Trump plays God in Gaza, Israel acts like spoiled...

January 31, 2025

New Zealand moved back towards its traditional security relationships

Refugees

Ukraine a year on – how the invasion changed NZ foreign...

February 24, 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

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 Papuan casualty on Monday

Asia Report

Indonesian soldiers accused of wounding two Papuan teenagers in Titigi

In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

Asia Report

John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

Small island developing states facing the lowest global ODA level since 2014

Development

Pacific nations among hardest hit as global aid drops, says OECD

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

Asia Report

Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

Asia Report

Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

Asia Report

John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

Fehi Fineanganofo garlanded by family speaks to the media after the All Blacks defeated France 34-32 in Christchurch

Culture

‘Pasifika’ All Blacks claim bloody and physical Nations rugby test against...

Beyond the Bubble

AI

Why the AI bubble will burst – with system threatening consequences

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

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

Asia Report

Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

Asia Report

John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

Beyond the Bubble

AI

Why the AI bubble will burst – with system threatening consequences

Pro-Palestine and anti-war protesters picket the US Consulate in Auckland during today's "US Invasion Day" rally

Afghanistan

July 4th anniversary – speakers at NZ rally slam American ‘freedom...