Tag: Discrimination
NZ election 2023: Overstayers issue kicks off Pacific communities debate
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Pacific Election 2023 debate kicked off today with one of the most pressing issues for Pacific communties --...
‘Historic’ Cook Islands parliament vote to decriminalise homosexuality
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists
The Cook Islands has removed a law from its Crimes Act that could jail men for...
PNG’s Education Minister slams UPNG ‘discrimination’ against Filipino student
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby
Higher Education Minister Don Polye has condemned a decision by the administration of the University of Papua New Guinea...
New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment...
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury
Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to...
Papuan students abroad plead for Governor Enembe to get treatment
Jubi/West Papua Daily
Papuan students studying in Russia and Australia have appealed to the Indonesian government to respect the health rights of Papua Governor Lukas...
West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch
Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans...
Rotuman social justice advocate puts key bid for Roskill Community Voice
By Laurens Ikinia
"Noa'ia 'e" is a greeting people hear when you meet anyone from the island of Rotuma in Fiji or when they visit...
Māori councillors condemn racism faced in NZ local government role
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News Te Ao Māori reporter
Māori councillors have detailed the torrents of abuse and racism they say they face in their...
Pandemic effect on human rights ‘catastrophic’, says Samoan report
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Ombudsman Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu says the human rights effects from the covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic.
She has just submitted Samoa's eighth State...
Seven women challenge Fiji electoral law ‘discrimination’ over name changes
By Ian Chute in Suva
Unionists and political activists are among seven prominent women who have brought a lawsuit against the Fiji government challenging new...
‘Shame on you, Fiji’, says human rights advocate over Professor Lal’s...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
A human rights advocate in Fiji says the country should be ashamed of the exile of the now dead...
Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts
By Josefa Babitu
The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the...
Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence
By Māni Dunlop, RNZ News Māori News Director
New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal has heard the voices of Māori women have been marginalised for far too...
