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

January 13, 2026

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

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

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?

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

May 15, 2024

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

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

September 3, 2018

PSNA co-chair John Minto

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

February 7, 2026

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

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

Pacific Media Centre -

July 28, 2017

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

Pacific Media Watch -

November 8, 2019

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

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

Rahul Bhattarai -

May 13, 2018

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

Refugees

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

January 31, 2024

Displaced Bikini Islanders march on the US Embassy in Majuro

Refugees

Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been...

June 30, 2023

Starving Gazans waiting for scarce humanitarian aid

Refugees

NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza

March 21, 2024

Australian detainees protest

Refugees

Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm

April 13, 2020

Bikini Atoll descendant Sosylina Jibas-Maddison

Refugees

Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas

Pacific Media Watch -

December 29, 2022

Refugees

PNG’s Marape wants Australia to close Manus detention camp

July 22, 2019

Refugees

Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US...

February 11, 2025

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RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory

Pacific Media Watch -

May 9, 2019

Refugees

Manus Island refugee granted Swiss asylum to fight on

June 10, 2019

Refugees

NZ urgently needs to take more Rohingya refugees

November 21, 2017

Refugees

Gaza under siege – but Palestinians ‘will never give up’, says...

Rahul Bhattarai -

May 19, 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

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

Analysis

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

Democracy

Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

Cook Islands

Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

Climate

‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

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

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

Climate

Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

Trapped Palestinian Refqa Hassan watches as Israeli settlers have besieged her family home

Asia Report

Qusra siege by Israeli settler ‘terrorists’ in West Bank persists despite...

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro

Asia Report

Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...