Tag: Citizenship
Former MP slams National’s stance on Samoa citizenship bill
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A former National Party Member of Parliament says his late party looked "like dickheads" not supporting the first reading...
Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum for Aotearoa New Zealand to redefine and enshrine the “principles”...
John Mitchell: Planet Ocean – tides are changing, but halt plastic...
By John Mitchell in Suva
Fiji got to celebrate World Oceans Day this week -- a day when our conscience gets the occasional prick on...
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside over video row
PNG's Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside. Video: ABC News
ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa, Prianka Srinivasan and Belinda Kora
Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister...
‘We’re not primitives’ says UPNG student protest over foreign minister’s ‘disrespect’
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port...
Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter
The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the...
Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’
RNZ Pacific
Switzerland will not allow visa-free entry for Vanuatu citizens whose passports were issued on or after May 25, 2015.
The ban will stay in...
Former Vanuatu PM Salwai’s party to boycott parliament session
RNZ Pacific
In Vanuatu, one key party in the government says it will boycott tomorrow's planned session of Parliament.
That session is due to consider several...
Ukraine, Israel, racism and the tired hypocrisy over refugees and Palestine
When Israel steals Palestinian land ... Image: imgflip.com
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed so much hypocrisy in Aotearoa New Zealand and...
Migrant Action condemns NZ nation-building course idea as ‘discriminating’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Migrant Action Trust has condemned a proposal by a diversity academic calling for a New Zealand nation-building course before people...
Laying charges against Suhayra Aden would be unfair, says security expert
RNZ News
A counter-terrorism expert says there is no reason to lay charges against a New Zealand-born woman linked to the Islamic State.
Suhayra Aden and...
It’s not surprising Indian-Australians feel singled out. They have long been...
ANALYSIS: By Sukhmani Khorana, Western Sydney University
In the past five years, the number of overseas-born migrants from India grew more than any other group...
Ardern slams Australia for dumping over Turkey ‘terrorist’ detainees
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lashed out at Australia for dumping responsibility for a woman and two young children detained at the...
Canberra appeals court ruling that PNG-born man is Australian
By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News
The federal government has lodged an appeal to overturn a Federal Court decision recognising the Australian citizenship of a...
Daily Post: Vanuatu is not China … questions over arbitrary powers
EDITORIAL: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
After nearly two weeks of silence, Vanuatu's Minister of Internal Affairs Andrew Napuat has answered some—but not all—of...
Secrecy veil over deportation of six Chinese nationals raises key questions
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Under a veil of secrecy, China has convinced Vanuatu to enforce Chinese law within its own borders.
Six Chinese nationals...
Some detained Chinese accused were Vanuatu support citizenship applicants
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The Chinese Embassy has for a second time failed to respond to a request for comment concerning its role...
Keith Locke: Israel’s anti-nuclear whistleblower more deserving of NZ citizenship
OPINION: By Keith Locke
No self-respecting country sells its passports to rich people who don’t even live there, which is why it was so bad...
Papuan citizenship promised soon for West Papuan refugees
By Charles Yapumi in Vanimo
West Papuans who have been living in Papua New Guinea for many decades will be granted citizenship soon.
The PNG Immigration...