Tag: Colonialism

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...