Manukoreri is an amalgam name that symbolises the connection of my heritage and way of life to the struggle for indigenous liberation and respect, especially in the Melanesian region. Manu comes from a highly honoured name given to me in ceremony by Elders of the Guugu-Yalanji Baama of the jungle of Far North “Queensland”. The full name - Bubumanu - means “the neck of the land”. As in messenger, the pathway of nourishment and conduit between head and heart. It is a name I wear with pride.

Koreri, of course, is a Biak name for the law belonging to the Morning Star. The Morning Star is the most sacred symbol for all Melanesians, one that unites us all in a common identity, our ancestors. It is a story that unites our Land as it was before the waters rose only 8000 years ago, a very sacred story. It tells the stories of our songlines and helps us navigate. It guides our messengers and our travellers. It allowed our fishermen to come home from hundreds of kilometres out to sea. It enabled our ancestors to populate the ocean of peace - The Pacific.

The image above shows the connection clearly. It is of our land before the waters separated us, and shows the key sacred dreaming of our one land. One People, One Land, One Soul.
Manukoreri is about bringing that all back together, to enjoy peace and prosperity with sustainability and respect for the Land from which we come.

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“….Nick Chesterfield, among the most energetic activists for the West Papua cause and a regular commentator on Papua in Australia’s mainstream media.”

September 2006, Rodd McGibbon, Deputy Director, Office of National Assessments

WHAT I DO

I have been a regional human rights activist in the Asia-Pacific region since 1996, and have been closely involved with Human rights and human security issues directly involving Australia’s nearest neighbour, the island of New Guinea, since 1999.

I have gained extensive experience since this time in active human rights service, and in the process I have formed and maintained a large network of useful allies and sympathisers in all areas of human rights, refugee protection, peacekeeping, environmental protection, fisheries, aid monitoring, national parliaments, government, military, security, and intelligence. More to the point, I have an unparalleled grassroots base within my areas of interest and operation. These contacts, and friends, span the entire Pacific region, and globally.
In 2005 I was involved in setting up a national activist network on West Papua, and was formerly involved with liaising with the West Papua National Authority, a forerunner to the current West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation.

During this time, I conducted numerous support campaigns and grew my network considerably around the region. At the end of 2005, I conducted a mission to investigate allegations of security disturbances and human rights abuses by Indonesian military linked logging companies. The reality was far more disturbing, and the findings were published as “Terror-razing the Forest”. This created quite a stir around the Pacific, and it opened up a lot of further opportunities for research, and information networks.

Of course during this time, I was also co-ordinating the Australian and Torres Strait response to the arrival of 43 key West Papuan activists hunted by the Indonesian government to safety in Australia, with a major naval and military search. My role was as a senior adviser, and also I was responsible for identifying key allies within government(s) that enabled the asylum seekers to safely land in Australia. I was personally responsible for key government, military, search and rescue, and media liaison, and was able to make the situation play out exactly according to our obligations under international law. I still keep a good rapport with the many useful contact that were made during this time, especially in the media.

In the months subsequent to this, I was approached by many media organisations to enable them access to otherwise closed places, and to get material on issues that were regionally significant and of high media interest. I was working as a fixer and contact co-ordinator on these projects, and provided support and monitoring until the job was done.

A full list of prior appointments (where appropriate) is available to those that require my services.

May 2006 saw me undertake an Emergency protection and monitoring mission, and was involved in securing a large group of extreme at-risk refugees from kidnapping. I was responsible for some unprecedented security action within PNG against Indonesian agents, and many other quite daunting tasks tht were completed with full safety and security. For full details, please check out the Reports section.

Due to these missions, and my prior work, my networks are able to complete similar tasks in areas that are ignored by almost every other international NGO, with the honourable exception of those I already work with.
Please browse the site, my reports and my links to see how you can help the region or how I can help you help the region.

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOUR ORGANISATION
Due to the experience I can provide the following services on a consultancy or full term basis:

• Utilisation of existing networks:  Large global network of useful allies and sympathisers in all areas of human rights, refugee protection, peacekeeping, environmental protection, fisheries, aid monitoring, national parliaments, government, military, security, and intelligence.
• Media, Human Rights, Human Security and Strategic Consultancy.
• Campaign co-ordination and communications;
• Mission Command, research, field work, video,  human rights documentary evidence collection and training.
• Video training for human rights defence.
• Activist Security Training and Communications Security Training
• Situational Briefings on full Human Security issues in Areas of Operation;
• Trend Analysis and use (and development) of key Investigative software for Human Rights Security Intelligence;
• Command of high security human rights operations teams, Highly proficient in conflict zone & operational human rights & NGO security, VIP Protection; asset security. Trained in Advanced Defensive and CT Driving (Urban, Desert, Bush and Tropical), and Tactical Pursuit and Evasion for car and 4wd; Battlefield and Bush Medicine experience.
• Confidently and effectively liaise and speedily effect action with representatives from international and national governments, NGO, military, law enforcement, media, underground and corporate organisations of all sizes;
• Heavy utilisation of all targeted media including organisation of all facets of a story.
• Able to conduct interviews on TV, Radio and print, press conferences etc.

With the benefit of many past missions, and my prior work, my networks are able to complete similar tasks in ignored or unreported areas across Melanesia

For full details, please check out the Reports section of my site.

For a detailed resume please contact me directly at manukoreri(at)riseup.net.

For those who require it for more secure work, where appropriate, a confidential cleared active history profile is available too. Please contact via Hushmail for this, and I will have to establish bona fides before this is supplied. Extensive references for prior work in this field are available to appropriate organisations.

TO SEND A SECURE EMAIL TO ME, PLEASE VISIT https://forms.hush.com/manukoreri / UNTUK mengirim EMAIL AMAN kepada SAYA, SILAHKAN BERKUNJUNG https://forms.hush.com/manukoreri

I am currently attempting to locate suitable donors to assist me in my work throughout 2010. Projected humanitarian and research operations this year will necessitate finding over A$100,000 minimum, and I am additionally looking for some very modest income support to enable me do this work most effectively.