Tag: Colonialism
Release of Victor Yeimo from Indonesian prison rekindles West Papuan fight...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Prominent West Papuan independence activist Victor Yeimo was yesterday released from prison in Jayapura, Indonesia's occupied capital of West Papua,...
Native Hawai’ian official blames colonisation, climate change for wildfires
RNZ Pacific
The board chair of the Office of Hawai'ian Affairs says the Maui wildfires were caused in part by climate change and colonisation.
Carmen Lindsey...
Open letter criticises ‘colonial’ French agency, media over Kanaky sexual violence...
This open letter to En Avant Toute and journalists at France 24 and France Info marked the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples...
‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
In a significant step toward preserving and commemorating Fiji's rich history, efforts are underway to establish the country's first...
Elitist, insensitive, blatant abuse of taxpayer money – PNG’s Coronation trip...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
It was a tumultuous week in Papua New Guinea after a 30 member delegation returned from...
New lessons about old wars: keeping the complex Anzac Day story...
ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
What happened on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey 108 years ago has shocked and shaped Aotearoa New Zealand...
From evolving colony to bicultural nation, Queen Elizabeth II walked a...
ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
The death of Queen Elizabeth II brings to an end a long, complex and remarkable chapter in the...
Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned the brutal killing and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans last week,...
Helen Reddy: A tribute to my father, Fiji’s visionary Jai Ram...
OBITUARY: By Helen Nalina Reddy, Jai Ram Reddy's daughter
“My Fiji
I offer a vision which sees this beloved land of ours united in its diversity,...
Colonial ideas have kept NZ and Australia in a rut of...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
Crisis is a word often used in politics and the media -- the covid crisis, the housing crisis,...
Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial...
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3.
Papuan People's Petition (PRP), the...
Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted
RNZ Pacific
A stand-off was averted on Norfolk Island today when a couple occupying a historic house chose to leave rather than face criminal charges.
The...
Māori iwi leaders call for an end to NZ’s protest in...
RNZ News
Wellington iwi leaders have called for an end to Aotearoa New Zealand's 10-day-old anti-covid mandates protest in Parliament grounds and condemned comparisons made...
How to make sense of white supremacy and settler colonialism for...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala
PART 2: WS storytelling in more detail
In part one of my article on White Supremacy (WS), I articulated some of the...
Covid-19 delta pandemic a Trojan horse to extend French colonialism
COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala
In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...
Colonial border between PNG and West Papua ‘will fall like Berlin...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan group seeking self-determination has greeted Papua New Guinea on its 46th anniversary of independence, predicting that one day...
Lawyer Veronica Koman joins calls to free Papuan activist Victor Yeimo
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman has spoken out about the worsening health of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo who has...
ULMWP calls for suspension of Indonesia from UN rights council over...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN...
Macron says Paris owes ‘debt’ to French Polynesia over nuclear tests
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
French President Emmanuel Macron said this week that Paris owed “a debt” to French Polynesia over nuclear tests conducted in the...
Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hele Christopher-Ikimotu
I am Banaban. I come from an ancestry of survivors and a once rich land.
However, Banaba died to make other...
Illegal Israeli settler: ‘If I don’t steal your house, someone else...
Israeli settlers’ aggressive takeover of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem is part of a decades-long struggle, writes
أيمن حسونة about Israel's system of apartheid leading up...
Teen killed as Indonesian police tell Papuans: ‘You’re legitimate target! Shoot!’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...