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Protesters outside the Pacific Islands Forum, 2011

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Protesters outside the Pacific Islands Forum, 2011

Protesters calling for West Papua's freedom greeted Pacific leaders when they arrived for the opening ceremony of a Pacific Islands Forum meeting on Auckland's waterfront in 2011. Resource-rich West Papua (the western half of the island of New Guinea) has been governed by Indonesia since 1962. The West Papuans' struggle for independence has at times involved violence on both sides. 

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Jon Fraenkel, Pacific Islands and New Zealand – New Zealand and the Pacific, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/36850/protesters-outside-the-pacific-islands-forum-2011 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Jon Fraenkel, published 12 June 2012.