AUCKLAND (Māori Television/Pacific Media Watch): Prime Minister John Key will join leaders from around the Pacific in Papua New Guinea this week for the 46th Pacific Island leaders forum.
Among the high level talks will be the human rights abuses in West Papua.
For decades the Indonesian twin provinces of Papua and West Papua have been a no-go zone amid claims of genocide and extreme violence.
Native Affairs sent a team to the region- the first New Zealand television crew granted access to the troubled area of Melanesia in 50 years.
Producer Adrian Stevanon was part of the team that travelled to West Papua.
Last night he joined Billie-jo Hohepa-Ropiha in studio to discuss what he witnessed.
AUT postgraduate researcher Karen Abplanalp, a photojournalist, was also with the crew.
Stevanon's report will be broadcast by Māori Television's Native Affairs on Monday night, September 21, at 8.30pm.
Freedom campaigner Octo Mote on the West Papua issue
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