Monthly Archives: November 2024
Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global perspective
An overview for our international readers of Asia Pacific Report.
BACKGROUNDER: By Sarah Shamim
A fight for Māori indigenous rights drew more than 50,000 protesters to...
Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national Hīkoi
RNZ News
International media coverage of Aotearoa New Zealand's national Hīkoi to Parliament has largely focused on the historic size of the turnout in Wellington...
‘What’s good for Māori is good for everyone’ – Hīkoi ends with peaceful protest
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News journalist
Aotearoa New Zealand's capital Wellington Pōneke turned into a sea of black, white and red today, as more than...
Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia
By Duncan Graham
An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year...
Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches Parliament
RNZ News
More than 35,000 people today gathered as Aotearoa New Zealand's Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflowed from Parliament's grounds and onto nearby streets in...
‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about Israel’s relentless Gaza...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
We turn to Israel’s war on Gaza. A special UN...
Hīkoi day 8: Te Pāti Māori co-leader speaks of ‘sense of betrayal’ over bill
RNZ News
ACT leader David Seymour has spoken out on Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke's haka in Parliament as a Hīkoi against his controversial Treaty Principles Bill converges...
Fiji’s mainstream media fight for survival in social media era
By Georgia Brown, Queensland University of Technology
Fijian newsrooms are under pressure to adapt as audiences shift away from traditional media such as newspapers, radio,...
NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance
By Anish Chand in Nadi, Fiji
National Federation Party president Parmod Chand has described Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry as a “self-professed champion of...
Hīkoi day 7: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital
RNZ News
New Zealand's hīkoi against the Treaty Principles Bill could be one of the largest rallies that the capital has seen for years, Wellington...
Survey warning on Papua ‘box ticking’ mega estates project goes unheeded
By Stephen Wright for Radio Free Asia
Indonesia’s plan to convert over 2 million ha of conservation and indigenous lands into agriculture will cause long-term...
Western media ‘parrots Israeli propaganda’ over Gaza, says analyst
Pacific Media Watch
A media studies professor at Qatar's Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has completed empirical studies examining Western media coverage of Israel’s war...
Plea to bar Prabowo from UK as Indonesian security forces crack down on Papuan...
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan advocacy group for self-determination for the colonised Melanesians has appealed to the United Kingdom government to cancel its planned reception...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war’, says former PM Shipley
RNZ News
A former New Zealand prime minister, Dame Jenny Shipley, has warned the ACT Party is "inviting civil war" with its attempt to define...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill haka highlights tensions between Māori tikanga and rules of Parliament
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter, Craig McCulloch, RNZ deputy political editor, and Te Manu Korihi
Te Pāti Māori's extraordinary display of protest --...
Hīkoi day five: 10,000 join as Treaty bill protest halts traffic in Rotorua
RNZ News
An estimated 10,000 people have marched through Rotorua today as part of Hīkoi mō te Tiriti protesting against the controversial Treaty Principles Bill.
Due...
Call for expanded Local Democracy Reporting scheme as NZME plans to shut community papers
RNZ News
A group representing local councils in Aotearoa New Zealand is calling for the Local Democracy Reporting programme to be expanded after the media...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato
With the protest hīkoi from the Far North moving through Rotorua on...
NZ’s Hīkoi challenging controversial draft bill ‘redefines activism’, says Herald
Pacific Media Watch
As thousands take to the streets this week to "honour" the country's 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, the largest daily newspaper New Zealand...
Collins and Rocket Lab challenged over satellites linked to Israeli war crimes
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has written to the Minister for Space Judith Collins and Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck to...
NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading after Māori MP evicted over haka
RNZ News
New Zealand's controversial Treaty Principles Bill passed its first reading in Parliament today and will now go to the Justice Committee for consideration...
Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington – bill reading
RNZ News
Thousands of people are continuing their North Island hīkoi as the legislation they are protesting against, the Treaty Principles Bill, gets its first...
