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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

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

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Refugees

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West Papuans killed in escalating conflict

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

South Tarawa in Kiribati

Refugees

Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

October 10, 2025

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

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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Indonesia arrests 67 Papuan students in Jayapura backing Vanuatu’s UN bid

September 26, 2018

Refugees

Connecting the dots – Pacific disasters, cyclones, climate featured in latest...

Pacific Journalism Review -

July 20, 2018

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

South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

January 12, 2024

Activists protest against World Bank policies

Refugees

9/11 killed it, but 20 years on global justice movement is...

September 11, 2021

Australian detainees protest

Refugees

Human Rights Commissioner calls for release of detainees amid virus alarm

April 13, 2020

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

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

Rahul Bhattarai -

May 19, 2018

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Refugees

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

February 7, 2026

"Every 15 minutes a Palestinian child dies"

Refugees

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

January 31, 2024

Refugees

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

Refugees

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

March 3, 2022

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

Pacific Islanders protesting for an immediate ceasefire to Israel's War on Gaza

Refugees

Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the...

February 12, 2024

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

October 5, 2017

A protester in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square today

Refugees

NZ protesters call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over Gaza atrocities

March 24, 2024

Refugees

Paga Hill resettlement refugee mothers plead for help from Governor Parkop

May 15, 2018

Refugees

NZ urgently needs to take more Rohingya refugees

November 21, 2017

"The genocide didn't stop"

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 8, 2025

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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

"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

Analysis

Adam Johnson: Coverage of my media book being banned proves the...

Paramedics from New South Wales led the rescue

Global

Whale-watching boat carrying NZ Anglican Church delegates capsizes in Tonga

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Analysis

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...

A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby

Climate

PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño

EDITOR'S PICKS

You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

Australia

Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Asia Report

Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

Analysis

Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown

Cook Islands

Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...

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

You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels

Australia

Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

Forty current and former soldiers of the Israel "Defence" Forces (IDF) will jog across the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Asia Report

Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

Analysis

Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

Business

New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap