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

March 11, 2021

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

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

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

South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

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?

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

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...

May 17, 2026

Double standards over West Papua

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

March 4, 2022

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

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

October 10, 2025

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

December 22, 2017

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

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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

February 7, 2026

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

September 3, 2018

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

Pacific Media Centre -

July 28, 2017

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

Refugees

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

January 31, 2024

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...

March 1, 2025

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Manus Island refugees offered $25,000 each ‘if they go home’

Pacific Media Watch -

October 2, 2017

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

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

November 8, 2019

Refugees

Howling dogs all that’s left in volcano island Ambae’s empty villages

October 5, 2017

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

South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

January 18, 2024

Refugees

Economically empowering refugees a solution to ‘broken’ system

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

October 12, 2017

Refugees

PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2017

Pro-Palestinian activist Lamees Elthiny speaking to protesters in Auckland

Refugees

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

November 15, 2025

Refugees

Paga Hill resettlement refugee mothers plead for help from Governor Parkop

May 15, 2018

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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

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...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Cook Islands

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

China

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Analysis

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

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

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Analysis

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Analysis

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval