Joko Widodo

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.

Tabloid Jubi reported this call came after the expulsion of French journalists Franck Escudie and Basile Longchamp on visa violations last month.

RSF's Benjamin Ismail said the Indonesian president had undertaken to scrap the restrictions that obstruct the work of foreign journalists in West Papua.

But he said Jakarta's repeated refusals to issue press visas and the growing number of journalists on its blacklist, shows it falls far short of qualifying as a country that supports freedom of expression and media freedom.

Widodo informed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of his decision Saturday and instructed his Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi to reschedule his visit, according to a statement released from the palace.

Violent clashes erupted in Jakarta on Friday as protesters demanding the ouster of the city's governor, who has been accused of blasphemy against Muslims, clashed with police, CNN Indonesia reported.

He has signaled the construction of a large port to accommodate bigger ships which in turn should lower cost of goods to be distributed.

According to the Antara news agency, the president pledged that all regencies would be connected with a railway track in three years, with Sorong being the likely starting point for the network.

National Police spokesman Col. Suharsono said 27 more companies and 85 individuals are still under investigation by police task forces in six provinces in Sumatra and Kalimantan on the Indonesian part of Borneo.

President Joko Widodo has ordered law enforcement agencies to take "stern actions" include revoking their forest concessions and blacklisting those responsible for the fires.