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Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

Refugees

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

South African Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

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 book

South Tarawa in Kiribati

Refugees

Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders

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

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

PSNA co-chair John Minto

Refugees

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

February 7, 2026

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

Refugees

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

February 11, 2025

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’...

February 22, 2026

Refugees

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

May 15, 2024

"The genocide didn't stop"

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

March 8, 2025

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

Refugees

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

Refugees

West Papuan outcry over Prabowo’s plan to revive transmigration

November 5, 2024

Palestinian politician, MP and activist Khalida Jarrar

Refugees

‘All I wanted was to bid my daughter a final farewell’...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 30, 2025

Starving Gazans waiting for scarce humanitarian aid

Refugees

NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza

March 21, 2024

Refugees

PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2017

South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

Refugees

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

January 18, 2024

USA "sold to Israel"

Refugees

As Donald Trump plays God in Gaza, Israel acts like spoiled...

January 31, 2025

Camera at Malang

Refugees

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

March 11, 2021

Refugees

Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival

October 13, 2018

Refugees

Erin Harris: Nauru appeal court move denies justice for refugees

April 12, 2018

Refugees

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

September 3, 2018

Carteret Islands

Refugees

‘Step up’ over Carterets food crisis, PNG minister warns rich nations

June 3, 2021

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Centre -

July 28, 2017

Refugees

IFJ blasts ‘press freedom attack’ on Iranian-Kurdish journalist in PNG

November 23, 2017

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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

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Disasters

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

Holy Shit. Cartoon by Mr Fish

Analysis

Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Analysis

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

Asia Report

Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel