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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 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 justice by US

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

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

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

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

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

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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

February 7, 2026

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

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

January 31, 2024

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

December 22, 2017

Recovery and humanitarian workers ramp up efforts on Maui island

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Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept...

August 17, 2023

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

September 3, 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

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

Co-chairs Nina Santos and Father Henry Rogo of the Te Ohu founding assembly last night

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NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...

September 7, 2023

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

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May 13, 2018

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

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

Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar

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

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January 30, 2025

Double standards over West Papua

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

March 4, 2022

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

Keith Locke 2021

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Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights...

April 23, 2021

Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa

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Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...

February 28, 2023

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

May 15, 2024

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PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 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

Heavy police presence as Jewish Australians protest against Israel outside the Royal Commission into Antisemitism

Analysis

Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week

Asia Report

Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet...

Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum 2025

Development

NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Healthcare workers protest in Melbourne

Analysis

‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators...

PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara

Analysis

Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

Analysis

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise

Analysis

Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

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

Healthcare workers protest in Melbourne

Analysis

‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators...

PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara

Analysis

Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

Analysis

It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

Fiji's Labour Party leader and a former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry

Crime

‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged...