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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

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

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

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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

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’...

February 22, 2026

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...

November 15, 2025

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

Protesters over the Gaza genocide in Sydney earlier this week

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Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide

March 21, 2024

Papuan People’s Solidarity members protest in Sorong last month against President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to resume a transmigration programme

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West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration

November 5, 2024

USA "sold to Israel"

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

January 31, 2025

Rongelap Islanders on board the Rainbow Warrior bound for Mejatto in May 1985

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Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...

March 1, 2025

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

Pacific Media Watch -

November 8, 2019

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

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Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...

April 22, 2025

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Manus Island refugee granted Swiss asylum to fight on

June 10, 2019

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

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PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp

July 22, 2019

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182 dead in Papuan displacement camps, says aid group

August 5, 2019

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

September 3, 2018

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

Refugees

Few ‘rotten apples’ shouldn’t prevent NZ aid to thousands of innocent...

January 31, 2024

Refugees

True Christmas story: What history really tells us about the birth...

December 22, 2017

Refugees

Media prize a ‘defeat’ for Australian refugee censorship, says author

October 12, 2018

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

Refugees

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

February 12, 2024

Double standards over West Papua

Refugees

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

March 4, 2022

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Aid groups call on Pacific leaders to end Nauru refugee ‘stain...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 1, 2018

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Highlands security crisis hampers PNG quake response

May 7, 2018

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Amnesty challenges Australian claim over shooting on Manus Island

Pacific Media Watch -

May 15, 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

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

King's Representative of the Cook Islands Sir Tom Marsters

Cook Islands

Cook Islands set to head to the polls in six weeks...

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

Analysis

Pakistan PM drops a ‘truth bomb’ on US about the Iranian...

Nouméa voters queue at the Town Hall after polling places opened

Elections

Heavy security deployed as New Caledonia’s crucial elections begin

A former Kanaky New Caledonia territorial government president, Louis Mapou, heads the breakaway pro-independence UNI list

Decolonisation

New Caledonia’s political parties make final pitch to voters before campaigning...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)

Democracy

Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut

An artists' impression of the controversial Southland AI "data factory"

AI

Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis

The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for...

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

The Fiji police and military have launched controversial joint security operations to take down criminal networks in the country

Crime

Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to...

Pascal Sawa, head of the UC-FLNKS list in the Northern province, welcomes the results in the municipality of Houaïlou

Asia Report

Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections

Press TV journalist Hadi Hoteit reporting in southern Lebanon

Analysis

The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media...

Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)

Democracy

Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut