Podcasts about West Papua

In Pacific Waves today: More deaths reported in West Papua clashes; NZ police not doing enough to tackle corruption in the region - report; Funding cut hurting Pacific and Māori students - advocates; Mumbai to host sevens rugby tournament. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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G'day friends & comrades,Welcome back to another episode of the Radio Reversal Podcast. Late last week, I shared an episode called “Refusing to pinkwash a genocide” which looked at some inspiring examples of local, autonomous organising against the normalisation of Zionist settler colonialism and genocide in Gaza. Today, I'm coming back to the core of this series on crisis, disaster & collective futures to ask: how can we think about the crisis when the crisis is permanent? As of today, it's 610 days since the Israeli Occupation Forces began their most recent genocidal siege on Gaza. It's more than 76 years since the Zionist occupation of Palestine began with the events of the Nakba: massacres, displacements and the ethnic cleansing of huge swathes of Palestinian land. It's 237 years since the first British penal colonies - prisons - were established on the homelands of the Gadigal, Dharug and Dharawal peoples of the Eora Nation. And it's just over a week since Kumanjayi White, a young Walpiri man who lived with complex disabilities, was killed after being restrained by off-duty cops in Mparrtwe, Alice Springs. And then, just a few days ago, we heard reports of a second Aboriginal death in police custody in the Northern Territory in as many weeks. Kumanjayi White's death in police custody is the 597th Aboriginal death in custody since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its findings in the 1990s - many of which, as Senator Lidia Thorpe has consistently pointed out in Parliament, are yet to be implemented. So as we look back at the unending crisis conditions of colonialism, what does it mean for how we look ahead? What does it ask of us - to think about these current atrocities in the context of a much longer, ongoing crisis?To dig into this, we'll begin by sharing an interview between Han and our dear friend and intellectual guiding light, Dr. Jamal Nabulsi, who provides a bit more historical and political context for the events of the Nakba and their continuation into the present. We then turn to two speeches from the recent Nakba commemoration here in Magan-djin, including Remah Naji and Binil K. Mohideen. We then turn towards this continent, to think about the significance of commemorating the 76th anniversary of the Zionist occupation of Palestine from the vantage point of 237 years of ongoing colonial occupation of this continent. To help us see the linkages between colonialism in Palestine and on this continent, we turn (as we so often do!) to Darumbal and South Sea Islander writer and academic, Dr. Amy McQuire. We're so excited to be sharing a sneak peak of Amy's opening remarks from the plenary panel discussion of the Activism for Palestine conference, hosted by Justice for Palestine Magan-djin over the weekend. We were lucky enough to head along to record a couple of the conversations that happened as part of the conference to share with anyone who couldn't attend in person, to help inform our collective struggle going forwards. We'll be packaging those up and releasing them here in the coming weeks, as part of a community resource pack coming out of the conference. For now, we just wanted to share this short excerpt from Amy as a way to understand the deep linkages that connect the current genocidal violence in Palestine with the ongoing war against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on this continent. For more content drawing these links, check out these brilliant Blackfulla-Palestinian solidarity resources compiled by Anna Cerreto and the Institute for Collaborative Race Research. I want to quote a section from Amy's speech at length here, because it really helps to clarify the connections between colonial violence on this continent and in Palestine: (In an article I was reading recently) the author mentioned that the Mt Morgan mine was once the largest gold mine in the world. Mt Morgan, as many of you would know, is on the land of the Gangalu, and is just outside Rockhampton, near my own Darumbal homelands.So I went down a bit of a rabbit hole in reading about this – and it led me to another fact. By 1907, the mine had produced $60 million worth of gold. And so one of the original owners of that mine, and the largest shareholder, a man by the name of William D'Arcy, was made enormously rich on the stolen resources of Gangulu people. He then used some of that money to invest in the oil fields in Persia, where his company – which was at the time called the Anglo-Persian Oil Company - struck oil in 1908.Now why am I telling you this history?Because that Anglo-Persian Oil Company later become a company by the name of British Petroleum, which we know today as BP. And so when I found this out, the first instinct I had was to google the words BP and Israel.BP owns and operates the Baku-Tbilsi-Cehan pipline, which Azerbaijan uses to supply Israel with crude oil. And this oil is used to fuel Israel's military operations. This oil is sent through this pipeline to produce JET FUEL for the f-35 planes that are dropping bombs on the men, women and children in Gaza. The pipeline supplies 28% of Israel's crude oil imports.Not only that, BP operates in West Papua. This is from the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice: “In Bintuni Bay of West Papua, BP's Tangguh LNG project has been under public scrutiny for alleged connections with excessive surveillance and violence enacted by security forces. Indigenous Papuans have been relocated, and selective compensation has led to tensions and divisions among Papuan residents…” And this is just some of the horrific things BP has been accused of doing in occupied West Papua.So the genocide of Gangulu, and of First Nations tribes in Queensland (because the gold mine brought in waves of settlers to neighbouring lands, like my Darumbal homelands) is intrinsically connected to the current day atrocities not just in Gaza, but in West Papua.And it is not just these extractive and exploitative industries, this outright GREED and WEALTH and FORCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRACTION are connected to each other, but also that they have BENEFITED ENORMOUSLY from these connections. If we wonder why some people can look at these images of horror and terror enacted upon the bodies of Palestinian people and are comfortable with it, it is because they look with their eyes blinded by their own wealth, their own greed.Their version of humanity is tied to the pursuit of profit; their version of humanity is a process of gardening; a cultivating of space in which Palestinians, West Papuans and Indigenous peoples are made to disappear, or as we know happened in this country, are made to become less than human, are seen as FLORA and FAUNA.But in thinking about these connections of imperialism, and greed, I also thought about what these connections tell us about both why and how we fight for Palestine, and West Papua.We fight because not only are these colonial violences connected, and not just in the past, but very much in the present, but also because are connections are Indigenous peoples are much more powerful than any connections that they have. If their networks of violence and greed are connected, then the opportunity to rupture those connections in one part of the world, means a HUGE BLOW for imperialism everywhere.Which is why solidarity – the building and grounding of connections – is so threatening to them. As Amy explains, the connections between Indigenous peoples globally form a rich ecosystem, with roots intertwining across the globe. Colonial, capitalist, patriarchal states try to prune this unruly mass; weeding out dissent and resistance wherever they find it. Our work as activists is not to try to cultivate or control or regulate this vast ecosystem, but rather to learn to understand ourselves as part of it; to allow our struggles to grow and flourish together. We have been reminded of these deep connections this week in a particularly devastating way. On the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020, many of us heard the tragic news that a young Walpiri man from the community of Yuendumu had been killed in an interaction with off-duty police officers in a supermarket in Mparntwe, Alice Springs. Kumanjayi White was a vulnerable young man who is mourned by his family and community. He died after being restrained by off-duty police officers in an interaction that is eerily similar to the murder of George Floyd. The police officers who restrained him have yet to be stood down by the NT Police, and no announcements have been made regarding an inquiry into his death. All across the continent, communities are mobilising to demand that the institutions and individuals who are responsible for his death face accountability. Kumanjayi White's family, include his Grandfather, the venerable Elder and activist Uncle Ned Hardgraves, have renewed their calls to disarm police across the Northern Territory. Almost four years ago, the Yuendumu community began the karrinjarla muwajarri campaign to demand a police ceasefire across the Northern Territory in response to the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker by Constable Zachary Rolfe in 2019. They wrote:We do not want any more reports or inquiries that are not acted on. We already hold the answers and strategies we need. We do not want any more consultations with governments who do not listen to us. We demand our self determination, our rightful decision making authority, and our resources to be restored to us. This is a list of our demands. What we are calling for is karrinjarla muwajarri, a police ceasefire. Indefinitely.To get across the ongoing campaign to disarm, defund and dismantle the police across the continent, in the last part of this episode, I catch up with Wanjiriburra and Birri Gubba activist and film-maker Sam Watson to talk about some of the demands made by Kumanjayi White's family, and how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities around the country are mobilising in response to his death. Gatherings like this are happening all over the country, so if you're not based in Magan-djin, check out this post for links to events happening all across the country. The community of Yuendumu and the family of Kumanjayi White are also looking for financial support so that family can travel from Yuendumu to Mparntwe to demand answers and mourn their loss. Please give generously to this fund so that the family and community can mourn the loss of Kumanjayi White with dignity. We're ending this week's episode with a devastating and vital speech at this Saturday's rally from Gungarri woman and academic Dr. Raylene Nixon. Raylene shares some of her own family's experiences navigating the coronial inquest into the death in police custody of her beloved son, Stevie-Lee Nixon McKellar. We'll be returning to the rest of the speeches from this protest in a future series, but we wanted to finish with Raylene's words this week because they offer a vital and timely reminder to push as hard as we can for the family of Kumanjayi White right now, and to take this opportunity to put as much pressure as possible on all of the institutions and individuals who are responsible for his death. All in all, there's some very big and heavy content today, so please take care of yourselves in the midst of listening through it all. For me, what I'm holding onto amid the horror and grief of this moment is the shimmering reminder that just as the threads of violence and repression criss-cross the globe, shared by colonial powers and capitalist forces internationally, so too do lines of resistance and dissent. Families from so-called Australia to Gaza, from Tamil Eelam to Kashmir, from West Papua to Sudan find common ground in the knowledge that the state acts with violent impunity; that all we have is one another. Mothers of those disappeared by repressive state forces come together to organise and strategise for truth and justice; finding common cause in prison waiting rooms and at community protests and in the futility and violence of official inquiries. There are whole constellations of people across the globe who will not forget those who have been disappeared, maligned, incarcerated, or disbelieved. As always, our work is to find each other and build a network strong enough to dismantle the regimes of repression bit by bit, place by place, until these empires, like all before them, eventually fall.Yours in solidarity,Anna(Radio Reversal Collective) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit radioreversal.substack.com

Kate Adie introduces stories from Ukraine, Chile, Indonesia, and France.Ukraine's audacious drone raid on Russian airbases was met with disbelief that such an attack was even possible. Operation ‘Spider's Web' was 18 months in the planning, and caused huge damage to Russia's bomber fleet. But as Paul Adams discovered, civilians in Kyiv are uneasy about celebrating this success, fearful of how Russia might respond.Approximately one fifth of Ukraine is currently under Russian occupation. Russia doesn't allow foreign journalists to enter the occupied territories, but the BBC's Olga Malchevska has been corresponding in secret with Ukrainian civilians in Crimea, through which she learned of the risks they face for small acts of resistance.During the rule of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 70s and 80s, thousands of babies were illegally kidnapped and adopted by couples abroad. Today, many of Chile's ‘stolen children' are in a race against time to trace their aging mothers. Jane Chambers was there as one mother and daughter reunited.The coral reefs of Raja Ampat in Indonesia are among the most beautiful on Earth, but last year suffered a mass bleaching event which left reefs in some regions resembling white desert plains. Mark Stratton reports from West Papua where locals are worried that over-tourism is making the reefs even more vulnerable.And we're in Normandy in Northern France, where this week the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings was commemorated. Each year, commemorations take on greater significance as the number of war veterans able to attend declines. Ash Bhardwarj visited one village keeping their memory alive.Series Producer: Serena Tarling Production Coordinators: Katie Morrison & Sophie Hill Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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In Pacific Waves today: PNG polio outbreak 'no cause for panic' - expert; Conflict in West Papua intensifies; New Caledonia's political future remains unclear; Tonga kava growers look for solutions. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

On Tagata o te Moana this week: Reports of some of the worst violence in 60 years in West Papua. Will former Fiji Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, be allowed to stand in the next election? An Auckland kava business celebrates its achievements but finds itself embroiled in a culture argument. And a Samoan legend of New Zealand politics and education steps away.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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A human rights researcher said the escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict over the past six decades. It comes as the United Liberation Movement for West Papua claims Indonesia killed at least one civilian while severely injuring another last Tuesday in Puncak Regency. Caleb Fotheringham has more.

In Pacific Waves today: Fiji commemorates 146th Girmit Day anniversary; Violence in West Papua most intense - researcher; Pasifika unemployment rate increases in NZ; Pasifika influencers slam kava business. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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Eine Reise zurück in den Dschungel, zurück ins Leben: Nachdem uns Sabine Kuegler in der vorherigen Folge davon berichtete, wie sie als Kind deutscher Forscher im Dschungel von West Papua aufwuchs und schließlich mit 17 Jahren in ein Schweizer Internat zog, erzählt sie uns in dieser Folge des Weltwach Podcast davon, wie sie schwer erkrankte und als letzte Hoffnung in den Dschungel zurückkehrte, um womöglich etwas über die unbekannte Krankheit herauszufinden und hoffentlich ein Heilmittel zu finden. Eine Geschichte über die Heilkraft der Natur, über Identität, Kultur und das Leben.Um diese Reise geht es auch in Sabines aktuellem Buch “Ich schwimme nicht mehr da, wo die Krokodile sind”.Redaktion und Postproduktion: Janna OlsonDieser Podcast wird auch durch unsere Hörerschaft ermöglicht. Wenn du gern zuhörst, kannst du dazu beitragen, dass unsere Show auch weiterhin besteht und regelmäßig erscheint. Zum Dank erhältst du Zugriff auf unseren werbefreien Feed und auf unsere Bonusfolgen. Diese Möglichkeiten zur Unterstützung bestehen:Weltwach Supporters Club bei Steady. Du kannst ihn auch direkt über Spotify ansteuern. Alternativ kannst du bei Apple Podcasts UnterstützerIn werden.WERBEPARTNERhttps://linktr.ee/weltwachSTAY IN TOUCH:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weltwach/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/weltwach/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Weltwach/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WELTWACHNewsletter: https://weltwach.de/newsletter/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This week Howie is in Papua New Guinea, where he is joined by Danny Wenda, Secretary for the President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, for a discussion of the Indonesian occupation of West Papua. *This episode was pre-recorded due to the time difference between with Papua New Guinea. Resources discussed on the episode:United Liberation Movement for West Papua, https://www.ulmwp.org Green State Vision, https://greenstatevision.info/Office of Benny Wenda, https://www.bennywenda.org/Free West Papua Campaign, https://www.freewestpapua.org/Streamed on 4/12/25Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/MuEf4fZgjWUGreen Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities.Green Socialist Notes PodcastEvery Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.Music by Gumbo le FunqueIntro: She Taught UsOutro: #PowerLoveFreedom

Wie ist es, mitten im Dschungel West Papuas mit einem bis dahin unentdeckten Clan, dem Clan der Fayu, aufzuwachsen? Als kleines blondes Mädchen das Jagen zu trainieren? Und was bedeutet es, wirklich eins zu werden mit der Natur? Diese Fragen kann uns Sabine Kuegler beantworten, denn als Tochter zweier deutscher Forscher wurde sie in Nepal geboren und wuchs ab dem Alter von fünf Jahren im Dschungel von West Papua mit jenen Fayu auf. In dieser Folge sprechen wir über ihr Leben in diesem Clan mit und inmitten der Natur, über die Sprache des Dschungels und das Einswerden mit ihm. Dazu schreibt sie in ihrem Bestseller “Dschungelkind”: “Ich sollte lernen, ohne meine Augen zu sehen, ohne meine Nase zu riechen, ohne meine Ohren zu hören, und ich sollte alle meine Gedanken anhalten.” Unser Gespräch, das sich über zwei Folgen erstreckt, geht aber auch weit darüber hinaus und behandelt Themen wie Identität und Kulturschock, und das Wechseln zwischen den Welten. Sabines Bücher: https://www.sabinekuegler.com/autorinRedaktion und Postproduktion: Janna OlsonDieser Podcast wird auch durch unsere Hörerschaft ermöglicht. Wenn du gern zuhörst, kannst du dazu beitragen, dass unsere Show auch weiterhin besteht und regelmäßig erscheint. Zum Dank erhältst du Zugriff auf unseren werbefreien Feed und auf unsere Bonusfolgen. Diese Möglichkeiten zur Unterstützung bestehen:Weltwach Supporters Club bei Steady. Du kannst ihn auch direkt über Spotify ansteuern. Alternativ kannst du bei Apple Podcasts UnterstützerIn werden.WERBEPARTNERhttps://linktr.ee/weltwachSTAY IN TOUCH:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weltwach/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/weltwach/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Weltwach/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WELTWACHNewsletter: https://weltwach.de/newsletter/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Global News on the topic of Indigenous rights. In this edition, news from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, West Papua, Bangladesh, Nepal, Taiwan, Paraguay, Panamá, Colombia, Perú and Honduras. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Music: 'Burn your village to the ground, by The Halucination, used with permission.

Muchos sucesos que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabes cuáles son? Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival presenta este noticiero del mes de enero de 2025 con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puedes escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita. Música de introducción: - “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Derechos de autor, propiedad de The Halluci Nation. Usada bajo su permiso. Redacción: - Rosy Sul González, maya kaqchikel, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. - Shaldon Ferris, khoisan, Cultural Survival, Sudáfrica. - Dev Kumar, sunuwar, Cultural Survival, Asia. Voz: - Rosy Sul González, maya kaqchikel, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. - César Gómez, maya poqomam, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. Edición: - Rosy Sul González, maya kaqchikel, Cultural Survival, Guatemala. Imagen: - Cultural Survival. Enlaces: ESTADOS UNIDOS: 10 Estados financian prisiones con tierras indígenas robadas. ​​https://ictnews.org/news/10-states-fund-prisons-using-stolen-indigenous-lands CANADÁ: Colectivo realiza exhibición para revivir la crianza indígena tradicional. https://indiginews.com/features/indigenous-cradleboard-keepers-revitalizing-traditional-parenting-practices AUSTRALIA: El Día de Australia, se celebró entre festividades y protestas. https://apnews.com/article/australia-day-celebrated-protested-30721b17cd87e3177e46261d6a9479ac PAPÚA OCCIDENTAL: El despliegue militar altera la vida de los indígenas papúes. https://www.fides.org/en/news/75924-ASIA_INDONESIA_Militarization_in_West_Papua_the_disrupted_life_of_indigenous_peoples NEPAL: Defensores del bosque Mukkumlung protestan contra el teleférico de Pathibhara. https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/associations-involved-in-mukkumlung-protection-hold-protest-against-coloniz...-67790cb2c8ee9.html TAIWAN: Grupos indígenas en Taiwán protestan contra una enmienda que afecta su soberanía. https://taiwaninsight.org/2025/02/03/indigenous-sovereignty-under-threat-the-fight-against-recent-legislative-setbacks-in-taiwan/ PARAGUAY: El pueblo Maká lucha por la acreditación de sus territorios. https://apnews.com/article/comunidad-maka-indigenas-paraguay-guerra-del-chaco-7af21e2f45588f927d105cf909d4fa8 PANAMÁ: Empresa minera que cerró hace un año, restringe el acceso a las comunidades locales. https://www.elperiodicodepanama.com/panamas-vast-cobre-mine-is-closed-so-why-is-their-security-still-restricting-access-to-local-villages/ COLOMBIA: Se extiende la guerra entre el FLN y disidencias de las Farc en territorios indígenas. https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/01/23/se-extiende-la-guerra-entre-el-eln-y-disidencias-de-las-farc-se-reportaron-combates-en-territorios-indigenas-en-el-cauca/ PERÚ: Nación Harakbut alerta que minería ilegal avanza sin control. https://aidesep.org.pe/noticias/madre-de-dios-nacion-harakbut-alerta-que-mineria-ilegal-avanza-sin-control/ HONDURAS: Organizaciones declaran emergencia en el Bajo Aguán por violencia contra campesinos. https://www.hondudiario.com/2025/02/02/523373/

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Sie ist im Dschungel von West-Papua groß geworden und wurde mit ihrem Buch darüber berühmt. Bei Thorsten Otto spricht sie darüber, wie schwer es für sie war, sich im Westen einzugliedern, warum man im Urwald unsichtbar sein muss und welcher deutsche Prominente der erste war, den sie kannte und heute gerne mal treffen würde.

It’s that time of year again—our annual Top Destinations episode is back! Host Bruce Wallin ventured to Virtuoso’s annual Travel Week in Las Vegas to ask top luxury travel experts what destination they were most excited about for 2025. In this episode, he is joined by friend of the pod, the travel journalist Jackie Caradonio, to unpack a meticulously curated list of must-visit destinations for the year ahead. This episode explores hidden gems, iconic locales, and emerging travel hotspots, from the pristine beaches of Okinawa to the breathtaking fjords of Greenland, and from Paris’s post-Olympic charm to Bhutan’s serene landscapes. Bruce and Jackie take you on a journey through the unique flavors, cultures, and experiences that make each destination unforgettable. Tune in for expert insights into off-the-beaten-path escapes in Greece, expeditions to West Papua, and luxury safaris in Rwanda. Whether you’re dreaming of the Amazon rainforest, India’s Himalayas, or a wintry Quebec adventure, this episode offers actionable travel tips, personal anecdotes, and surprising revelations to ignite your wanderlust. The Top Destinations episode has something for everyone, from those seeking a serene getaway to those looking for cultural immersion or a thrilling adventure. Plus, Bruce and Jackie share their own 2025 travel goals, making this your ultimate resource for travel inspiration and insight into next year’s most extraordinary journeys. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to Travel That Matters 00:30 Introducing the Special Co-Host 01:04 Top Destinations for 2025: Japan 03:01 Exploring Okinawa's Unique Appeal 08:18 Peru's Hidden Gem: Huaraz 11:30 Greece: Rediscovering the Classics 16:51 Indonesia's Remote Beauty: West Papua 19:44 Sicily's Untouched West 24:53 Greenland: The Last Frontier 29:48 Paris: A Timeless Destination 31:48 Traveling with Kids: A New Perspective 32:54 Exploring Versailles: Beyond a Day Trip 33:53 Luxury Hotels in Paris 34:44 Discovering India: Top Destinations 38:34 Quebec Winter Adventures 43:22 Bhutan: The Land of Happiness 47:45 Rwanda: Luxury Safaris and Gorilla Treks 55:20 Top Picks for 2025: Amazon and Iceland 57:54 Exploring the Northeast USA and Austria 01:01:56 Final Thoughts and Wrap Up Travel That Matters is a CurtCo Media production. Host: Bruce Wallin Producer: AJ Moseley Marketing: Catrin Skaperdas Music: Joey Salvia Special thanks to: Misty Belles of Virtuoso Carolyn Addison of Black Tomato Cecilia Berrocal of PromPeru Dino Michaels of Hilton Francesco Galli Zugaro of Aqua Expeditions Fulvio de Bonis of Imago Artis Gebhard Rainer of HX Expeditions Puneet Chhatwal of Taj Hotels Samuel Chamberlain of Ponant Uwern Jong of OutThere magazine Keith Vincent of WildernessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Pacific Waves today: Search for survivors in Vanuatu continues; Claim thousands made homeless in West Papua by transmigration policy; Aust govt introduces new measure for refugees in PNG; Hundreds of applications submitted in Samoa for NZ citizenship. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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The achievements of the young men of South West Papua are showcased at The Indonesia by the Beach festival, a festive celebration that presents Indonesia's cultural, artistic and culinary riches. - Prestasi para kawula muda Papua Barat Daya dipamerkan di 'Indonesia by the Beach' festival yaitu sebuah perayaan meriah yang menyajikan kekayaan budaya, seni, dan kuliner Indonesia.

On today's episode, New Zealand First wants to create a 100-billion-dollar New Zealand Future Fund - to build multi-decade infrastructure. The leader of the West Papua rebels, who took New Zealander Philip Merhtens hostage, has denied claims he was bribed to set the pilot free last month. Team NZ tightens America's Cup lead after win in Barcelona. A comet that hasn't been visible in our sky for about 80,000 years will blaze back into view this week, and we cross to Australia correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh for our Monday chat.

The leader of the West Papua rebels who took New Zealander Philip Merhtens hostage has denied claims he was bribed to set the pilot free last month. In an exclusive interview with RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon, the regional commander of West Papua National Liberation Army, General Egianus Kogoya, has detailed the reasons for the kidnapping.

The leader of the West Papua rebels who took New Zealander Philip Merhtens hostage has denied claims he was bribed to set the pilot free last month. In an exclusive interview with RNZ Pacific's Eleisha Foon, the regional commander of West Papua National Liberation Army, General Egianus Kogoya, has detailed the reasons for the kidnapping. Eleisha Foon spoke to Ingrid Hipikiss.

West Papua freedom advocates are concerned Indonesia will launch a military assault now that New Zealand pilot Phillip Merhtens has been released. Mr Merhtens was held captive for almost 600 days by the West Papua National Liberation Army after landing his plane in Nduga provence. The Indonesian government said it's a "baseless accusation" - but experts are concerned, Caleb Fotheringham has more.

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Altar Stone at Stonehenge matches the bedrock found in Scotland (details) (details) Giant stone glyph uncovered on the bottom of a Maya sacred pool (details) Neanderthals in southern Pyrenees were highly capable and adaptable (details) (details) West Papua cave reveals early pathway for seafaring migrants into Sahul (details) (details) (details) å

Forced to flee West Papua, Lea Firth's family wandered for years before coming to Australia. When they eventually received Australian citizenship and passports, the family was finally able to travel to West Papua. But Lea's homecoming journey was bittersweet, after tragedy struck