Tag: Diversity
Shailendra Singh: How media can help unravel Fiji’s social cohesion puzzle
By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva
Conflict and insufficient social cohesion are the biggest challenges in Fiji, and all and any efforts to mitigate and...
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...
Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
When New Zealand's opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed...
Stan Grant stands up to racist abuse. Our research shows many...
ANALYSIS: By Bronwyn Carlson, Macquarie University; Faith Valencia-Forrester, Griffith University; Madi Day, Macquarie University, and Susan Forde, Griffith University
Stan Grant, a well-known Aboriginal journalist...
Rob Campbell: Are diversity policies backfiring in business – or am...
Corporate diversity and inclusion have become more about profits than about recognising the rights of women and minorities, argues ousted Te Whatu Ora chair...
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...
Labour’s caucus suspends rogue MP Gaurav Sharma for ‘breach of...
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand's ruling Labour's caucus has unanimously decided to suspend Hamilton West MP Dr Gaurav Sharma effective immediately in the wake of...
‘Face of democracy is going to change’ in NZ, say Māori...
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter
A number of Māori wāhine have put their hat in the ring to become mayor at this year's Aotearoa...
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...
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...
TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters
By AUT News
Television New Zealand Breakfast host John Campbell has highlighted the essential work that translators and interpreters do.
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee and Auckland...
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...
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...
Dear PM: ‘It breaks my heart that a sense of belonging...
Summer Joyan's open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:
Dear Prime Minister Ardern,
I am a 13-year-old Muslim girl from Australia and I would like to...
How to move beyond simplistic debates that demonise Islam
By Professor Edwina Pio
New Zealand is a religiously and ethnically diverse country with an almost negligible global terrorism index. Muslims have lived in New...
Christchurch mosque shootings must end NZ innocence over right-wing terrorism
ANALYSIS: By Professor Paul Spoonley in Auckland
New Zealand police continued today to respond to events following shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch yesterday.
The...
#Oscars2019 play it safe with Green Book – nothing progressive here
Spike Lee, who stormed out of the Oscars after Green Book won Best Picture at Sunday's Oscars, likened the news to a "bad call"...