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PNG grants citizenship to 138 West Papuans, waives legal fees

Pacific Media Watch -

June 20, 2017

New Zealand moved back towards its traditional security relationships

Refugees

Ukraine a year on – how the invasion changed NZ foreign policy

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

Refugees

Canberra raises glimmer of hope for New Zealand deal on refugees

Ambassador Sidharto Reza Suryodipuro

Refugees

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

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

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

Refugees

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

December 22, 2017

Refugees

PNG’s Manam volcano erupts again, forcing islanders to evacuate

August 25, 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

Refugees

Chris Trotter: Catastrophic loss of trust over Canberra’s Manus provocation

November 20, 2017

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...

May 17, 2026

Refugees

Flavourz film festival wows audience with ethnicity, pollution, fun films

Rahul Bhattarai -

November 12, 2018

Refugees

PMC’s radio show features Chinese ‘base’ claim, justice and diabetes

Pacific Media Watch -

April 17, 2018

Starving Gazans waiting for scarce humanitarian aid

Refugees

NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza

March 21, 2024

Recovery and humanitarian workers ramp up efforts on Maui island

Refugees

Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept...

August 17, 2023

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman

Refugees

Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving...

March 22, 2022

Keith Locke 2021

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

April 23, 2021

Refugees

PNG condemned for sorcery attacks, police brutality and over refugees

May 24, 2018

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

Refugees

Pacific Island leaders tightening the screws on press freedom, dissent

September 5, 2018

Refugees

Refugee, migrant culinary delights boost new diversity cookbook

Rahul Bhattarai -

November 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

Protesters over the Gaza genocide in Sydney earlier this week

Refugees

Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide

March 21, 2024

Helen Clark

Refugees

NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark

Jessica Marshall -

September 2, 2018

Refugees

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

Pacific Media Watch -

November 8, 2019

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

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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 Fiji diaspora in Niue meet a government delegation

Culture

Fiji finalising diaspora policy to ensure citizens abroad ‘keep coming back’

The Akaroa Mail editor and owner Michael de Hamel, 41 years at the helm

Business

NZ community newspaper The Akaroa Mail celebrates 150 years

The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs

Culture

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre blasts ‘misogynistic attack’ over MSG leadership

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Asia Report

Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Akaroa Mail editor and owner Michael de Hamel, 41 years at the helm

Business

NZ community newspaper The Akaroa Mail celebrates 150 years

Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

Democracy

Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel

Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

Iranian Ambassador: Why the US blundered so badly – diplomacy and...

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

PSNA flyers supporting Palestine

Asia Report

Israel accused of ‘buying Pacific votes’ over plan to open Nauru...

Fiji's Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)

Democracy

Fiji’s former chief prosecutor claims govt conspiracy to remove him

We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch Western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF

Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: De-normalise Israel

Iranian Ambassador to New Zealand Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Report

Iranian Ambassador: Why the US blundered so badly – diplomacy and...