West Papua protest

At least 10 people have been killed in separate clashes between Papuan demonstrators, security forces and vigilante mobs.

Dozens of protestors and activists have been arrested by Indonesian police, which have deployed thousands of extra personnel to the region.

New Zealand's Foreign Ministry said it was closely monitoring the security situation and has raised concerns with Indonesian authorities.

It said it has encouraged Indonesia to facilitate a visit to Papua by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, reiterating a call from the Pacific Islands Forum.

But the protestors were vying for airspace with a group of Indonesians who were there to cheer Joko Widodo in his flying visit.

It turned into a sing-off on the steps of New Zealand's parliament.

Dozens of Indonesians, buoyed on by a handful of officials, singing nationalist themes with great vigour as they awaited their president, known as Jokowi.

Alongside them, outnumbered but not diminished, around twenty people calling for an end to human rights abuses in West Papua.