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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

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

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

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

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

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July 28, 2017

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

Double standards over West Papua

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

March 4, 2022

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

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

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

September 3, 2018

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

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

Pacific Media Watch -

November 8, 2019

Camera at Malang

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Dear editor, we have you in our sights for reporting ‘the...

March 11, 2021

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

May 15, 2024

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

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

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

December 22, 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

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

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

August 5, 2023

ReliefAid food delivery in Ukraine

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‘No 8 wire mentality’ used in New Zealand aid effort in...

April 10, 2022

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

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RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory

Pacific Media Watch -

May 9, 2019

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

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

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May 13, 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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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

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A lack of scrutiny and action from the international community, including New Zealand, is allowing illegal atrocities to continue in Gaza

Analysis

NZ’s shameful silence on Gaza is potentially complicity with genocide

New Zealand Herald's editor-at-large Shayne Currie's "Media Insider" column

Commentary

‘I am now legally censored from even talking about being censored’...

Analysis

Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

Slurs by NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters makes the global news for Al Jazeera

Asia Report

Responding to NZ Foreign Minister’s racist slurs on China and Green...

EDITOR'S PICKS

In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

Asia Report

NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand

Analysis

Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo

Asia Report

KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

Zionist lawyer Yehuda Shimon

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: All mainstream Western institutions view Palestinian lives as worthless

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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

In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

Asia Report

NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand

Analysis

Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo

Asia Report

KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

Zionist lawyer Yehuda Shimon

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: All mainstream Western institutions view Palestinian lives as worthless