Tag: Cultural diversity
‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says...
The fourth report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week.
SPECIAL...
PNG Communications Minister calls for media to ‘protect, preserve Pacific identity’
Wansolwara News
Here is the speech by Papua New Guinea's Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Timothy Masiu, at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference...
Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ News journalist
Melanesians all across Aotearoa are coming together in Auckland this weekend to celebrate their unique cultural heritage.
This is the...
Pasifika people using kava and talanoa to boost mental health
By Alualumoana Luaitalo, Te Rito journalism cadet
A new business initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand aims to open up conversations about the benefits of kava...
Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes...
RNZ News
Wellington's Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Te Whanganui-a-Tara in a triumph for diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand's local government...
West Papuan Laurens Ikinia helps empowering fellow overseas wantoks
Jordan Fennell of ABC Pacific Beat talks to Laurens Ikinia
Living in New Zealand as a student Laurens Ikinia wanted to create a space for...
How NZ’s Public Interest Journalism Fund can help ‘normalise’ diversity
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific ReportThe announcement in February of a new $55 million, three-year Public Interest Journalism Fund...
Indonesian artist charged under ‘pornography’ law for bikini protest faces 10...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Artist Dinar Candy has held a protest action over the extension of Indonesia's Enforcement of Restrictions on Public Activities (PPKM) by...
They are (using) us: ‘How is it okay for others to...
COMMENT: By Saziah Bashir
It was announced yesterday that Australian actress Rose Byrne will star as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in an upcoming...
More diversity representation needed in NZ media, Pio tells Herald staff
By Anya Imandin, AUT News
Auckland University of Technology director of diversity Professor Edwina Pio has made a presentation on diversity and the media to...
Whakapapa through portraiture – Taaniko Nordstrom talks to RNZ
By RNZ Saturday Morning
Former Air New Zealand cabin attendant Taaniko Nordstrom, and her sister-in-law Vienna Nordstrom, are the creative duo behind Soldiers Rd Portraits,...
Ziena Jalil: Why ticking the diversity boxes keeps missing the mark
COMMENT: By Ziena Jalil
Diversity was in the spotlight last week. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori were embraced...
Former Somali refugee now Ivy League scholar bound for US
Studying a Bachelor of Arts at AUT helped Guled Mire understand his place in the world, so that he can make a difference in...
RNZ Mediawatch: Forcing the issue of race at the Herald
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
The New Zealand Herald recently published a column which criticises its own record on race. Teuila Fuatai explains why...
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape...
ANALYSIS: By Danielle K. Kilgo of Indiana University
A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life...
Muller defends lack of Māori on opposition National front bench
By RNZ News
New opposition National leader Todd Muller is backing his front bench, saying he chose the shadow cabinet line-up on merit and talent.
While...
Pressure on Beaumont to investigate homophobic slurs by Fiji rugby chief
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
The pressure goes on re-elected World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont to investigate Fiji Rugby Union chief...
Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model...
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has embarked on a state visit to New Zealand. It is...
Iran’s great global adventurers – around the lost world in 10...
David Robie, concluding his three-part series about Iran, profiles an extraordinary pair of Tehran brothers who have been pioneering global research adventurers.
They have been...
The call of Ihumātao: Migrant communities standing with Māori
By Michael Andrew
The occupation at Ihumātao is a spectacle of flags.
In every direction they flutter. Alongside tino rangatiratanga - the Māori flag of independence,...
NZ mosque massacre, New Caledonia referendum and Fiji elections top PJR
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand’s unprecedented “internet-native mass shooting” attack on two mosques, the New Caledonia independence referendum, Fiji’s general election and news media...