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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

South Tarawa in Kiribati

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Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

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?

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

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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

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

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

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

May 15, 2024

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

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

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

Pacific Media Centre -

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

"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

Double standards over West Papua

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

March 4, 2022

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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

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

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

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

December 22, 2017

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Economically empowering refugees a solution to ‘broken’ system

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

October 12, 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

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

Keith Locke 2021

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

April 23, 2021

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PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2017

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Christchurch attacks a stark warning of toxic politics that enables hate

March 18, 2019

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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

Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Lim Tean: You cannot bomb a strait open – Hormuz, Chabahar...

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 spectacle and symbolism of assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral

Analysis

How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all lost their rugby international games at the weekend

Editor's Picks

All Blacks shine at Eden Park while Fiji, Samoa and Tonga...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Lim Tean: You cannot bomb a strait open – Hormuz, Chabahar...

A controversial Fiji and Israeli plan to cooperate in security training has triggered criticism

Asia Report

Fiji joins global Israel allies network, security plan slammed as ‘shameful’

Suspect in his 50s is in custody and being questioned

Crime

Fiji police arrest man over alleged social media threat to ‘burn...

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all lost their rugby international games at the weekend

Editor's Picks

All Blacks shine at Eden Park while Fiji, Samoa and Tonga...

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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

Look at this image. The thin white lines are what remains of the world’s most important oil artery - the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Lim Tean: You cannot bomb a strait open – Hormuz, Chabahar...

A controversial Fiji and Israeli plan to cooperate in security training has triggered criticism

Asia Report

Fiji joins global Israel allies network, security plan slammed as ‘shameful’

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all lost their rugby international games at the weekend

Editor's Picks

All Blacks shine at Eden Park while Fiji, Samoa and Tonga...

Iranian missile attack on US base in Jordan

Analysis

Two US soldiers dead in Jordan – Trump’s ego has restarted...