Tag: Community advocates
Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure
Asia Pacific Report
The community is up in arms over another local post office in Aotearoa New Zealand about to be closed down, this time...
How to fight Trump’s cyber dystopia with community, self-determination, care and...
COMMENTARY: By Mandy Henk
When the US Embassy knocked on my door in late 2024, I was both pleased and more than a little suspicious.
I'd...
Pasifika leaders remember ‘stand-out community leader’ Fa’anānā Efeso Collins
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fa'anānā Efeso Collins is being remembered as a pillar of the Pacific community with a "big heart of service",...
NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter
The race for the Auckland mayoralty ends this weekend in the Aotearoa New Zealand local elections and polls indicate...
Love of social work propels Rotuma’s Rachael Mario into local elections
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Rachael Mario isn’t just any woman, she is special in that she hails from the idyllic South Pacific island of Rotuma.
And it...
NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Justice and peace advocates in New Zealand have strongly criticised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "horrific crackdown" on community leaders, activists, and...
