Tag: Dawn Raids

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A Tongan RSE worker, whose case sparked an independent review of Immigration New Zealand's "out-of-hours compliance visit" practices, is...

By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network Dozens of Pacific Islanders and Palagi defied the bitterly cold wind and rain for a peaceful "remember the...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties --...

RNZ Pacific An academic says the power of Pacific voters is growing, giving them increasing influence in upcoming Aotearoa New Zealand elections. University of Auckland associate...

RNZ Pacific A meeting has been held in Auckland between the New Zealand government and those who lived through dawn raids past and present. The meeting...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The use of "dawn raid" tactics have trampled on Immigration NZ's "very special relationship" with the Pacific communities, says...

RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government is investigating the case of a Pasifika overstayer who was detained after a dawn raid in South Auckland last...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Tony Fala Community organisers representing multiple Aotearoa struggles gathered at the Ponsonby Community Centre in Tāmaki Makaurau last Sunday to celebrate the...

RNZ Pacific A total of NZ$196 million has been set aside for Pacific services in Aotearoa New Zealand in this year's Budget. A big chunk of...

By Gill Bonnett, RNZ News immigration reporter Pacific leaders say offering "visas for vaccinations' would be the ultimate incentive for New Zealand overstayers to get...

COMMENTARY: By Trevor Richards Apologies have been in the news recently. Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron told "French" Polynesia (Ma'ohi Nui) that French nuclear testing...

COMMENT: By Melani Anae When the Polynesian Panthers (PPP) activist group began calling for an apology for the Dawn Raids two years ago, we went...

COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Apologies are, more or less by custom, the end of things. Say sorry, and don’t mention it again. As...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ Pacific correspondent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today offered a "formal and unreserved apology" to the Pacific communities left traumatised by the...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today delivered the government's apology for the Dawn Raids against Pasifika overstayers. She apologised for the raids in...

Tagata Pasifika They were the face of a generation growing up in a new land. They were the Polynesian Panthers, young activists fighting against social...

RNZ Pacific Today marks 50 years to the day that six Pacific Islanders grouped together in central Auckland to form the Polynesian Panther Party. The party...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent As the New Zealand government confirmed it would apologise for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders, memories...

RNZ News A co-founder of the Polynesian Panthers says the government should allow overstayers to remain in New Zealand after it formally apologises for the...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will make a formal government apology for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders on June 26...

By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific social justice movement is calling on the New Zealand government to formally apologise for the Dawn Raids...

By Irra Lee of Te Waha Nui Pacific stories spanning generations emerged through film and poetry at a South Auckland art exhibition about the Dawn...