Tag: Cultural identity
PNG ‘politicians, pastors’ supply weapons to fuel deadly tribal fights, says...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
National politicians and pastors are fuelling the tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea by supplying guns and ammunition, says...
Baby product business to teach Māori children pride in culture
TE WIKI O TE RĒO MĀORI: By Aroha Awarau
Last year Joelle Holland invested all of the money she had saved for a home deposit...
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...
Tongan Language Week helping empower NZ’s Tongan youth
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e lea faka-Tonga, or Tongan Language Week, is under way with schools and community groups organising...
‘It’s our identity’, declare Papua’s defiant mamas over Morning Star
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
A Papuan woman politician has warned Indonesian security forces against restricting women from selling noken -- traditional string bags --...
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...
‘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,...