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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

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

Camera at Malang

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Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the truth’ on Papua

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

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

Refugees

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

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

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

October 10, 2025

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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

February 7, 2026

South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail

January 12, 2024

Activists protest against World Bank policies

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9/11 killed it, but 20 years on global justice movement is...

September 11, 2021

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

Refugees

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

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

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

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

Refugees

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

December 22, 2017

Double standards over West Papua

Refugees

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

March 4, 2022

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

Refugees

West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration

November 5, 2024

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

Refugees

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

January 31, 2024

Refugees

Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...

Pacific Journalism Review -

July 20, 2018

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

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Ambae is Vanuatu’s story, not just a global media backdrop

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

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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Nakba Gallery: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be...

May 15, 2024

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

September 3, 2018

Refugees

Gaza under siege – but Palestinians ‘will never give up’, says...

Rahul Bhattarai -

May 19, 2018

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

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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

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

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...

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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

The University of Sydney

Asia Report

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby

Climate

PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

Decolonisation

‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

Australia

Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Gaza is not for sale" . . . the spray painted slogan at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort

Asia Report

Palestine Action activists face ‘terror’ charges over Trump golf resort spray-painting

The Realm of New Zealand's four leaders

Cook Islands

New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong...

The University of Sydney

Asia Report

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

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

PSNA's Leeann Wahanui-Peters reading out Te Pāti Māori's statement for co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Asia Report

NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’...

The Realm of New Zealand's four leaders

Cook Islands

New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong...

The University of Sydney

Asia Report

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...