Tag: Cultural identity
‘Pacific Islander’ an insulting umbrella term, researcher tells Royal Commission
By Andrew McRae, RNZ News reporter
The umbrella term Pacific Islander or Polynesian has been criticised as degrading and insensitive.
Researcher Dr Seini Taufa, who is...
NZ Girmit group fights for ‘Pacific’ classification for Fiji-Indians
By Anish Chand in Suva
The Fiji Girmit Foundation of New Zealand is opposing moves by the New Zealand government to classify Fiji-Indians as Asians.
President...
Loimata, The Sweetest Tears carries off grand prize at 2021 FIFO
Director Anna Marbrook honours the last voyage of the great waka maker, sailor and mentor Ema Siope, whose journeys between Aotearoa and Sāmoa are...
Shilo Kino: Your mana diminishes every time you switch on the...
COMMENT: By Shilo Kino
What were you doing during the foreshore and seabed hīkoi in 2004?
I wish I could say I was at the protest, gripping...
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,...
