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

March 3, 2022

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

Refugees

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

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’

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

Refugees

Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear justice by US

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

South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

January 12, 2024

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

Refugees

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

March 15, 2025

South Tarawa in Kiribati

Refugees

Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

October 10, 2025

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Refugees

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

February 7, 2026

Double standards over West Papua

Refugees

‘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

Refugees

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans

May 22, 2025

Refugees

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

May 15, 2024

Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

January 30, 2025

"The genocide didn't stop"

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 8, 2025

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

Refugees

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

April 22, 2025

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

Refugees

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

May 7, 2025

Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa

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

February 28, 2023

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

Refugees

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

January 31, 2024

Refugees

NZ urgently needs to take more Rohingya refugees

November 21, 2017

Refugees

RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory

Pacific Media Watch -

May 9, 2019

Starving Gazans waiting for scarce humanitarian aid

Refugees

NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza

March 21, 2024

Filmmaker Kristo Langker nervously introduces his documentary with one of the Indonesian attack bombs that failed to explode

Refugees

New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua

August 5, 2023

Refugees

Flavourz film festival wows audience with ethnicity, pollution, fun films

Rahul Bhattarai -

November 12, 2018

Recovery and humanitarian workers ramp up efforts on Maui island

Refugees

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

August 17, 2023

South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

January 18, 2024

UNRWA under attack

Refugees

Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former...

January 30, 2024

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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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

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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

Protesters at a New Zealand rally against the US-Israel war on Iran and the Israeli genocide in Gaza

Asia Report

NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio

Stood down PNG Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph

Justice

PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy

The Iran fiasco is only the latest in a host of examples revealing how to defeat US President Donald Trump

Analysis

Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis

Asia Report

‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Asia Report

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

Analysis

Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

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

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Asia Report

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

Israel’s attack on Lebanon was “one of the deadliest single bombing campaigns

Analysis

‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

Analysis

Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...