Tag: Indigenous rights
Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana...
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell
Is it just me or is it not more than a little odd that coverage of current events in New Caledonia/Kanaky...
CIVICUS protests to Marcos over ‘judicial harassment’, ‘terrorist’ label on human...
Asia Pacific Report
A global alliance of civil society organisations has protested to Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr in an open letter over the...
Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining.
Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...
Colonial ideas have kept NZ and Australia in a rut of...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
Crisis is a word often used in politics and the media -- the covid crisis, the housing crisis,...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
Fiji court fines Malolo developers in nation’s first ‘environmental crime’
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
A landmark case in Fiji today at the High Court in the capital Suva issued what is...
‘Protect Papuan women and children – not kill them’, security forces...
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
Deputy chair Debora Mote of the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) says the Indonesian state's security forces should be protecting indigenous...
Separatist or radically inclusive? What NZ’s He Puapua report really says...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
For many New Zealanders, He Puapua came shrouded in controversy from the moment it became public knowledge earlier...
Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71
By Mark Ladao in Honolulu
Dr Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawai'ian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of...
Nine Australians fighting for gender equality and making a difference
ANALYSIS: By Blair Williams, Australian National University
It feels like every day brings more harrowing claims of harassment, bullying and abuse of women in Australia's...
Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation
Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of...
Indigenous people spearhead the fight to save the planet
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila
Indigenous people across the world are disproportionately affected by climate change. They are also leading movements to protect our...
Climate change research aims to give back Pacific’s ‘sustainable voice’
Pacific Media Watch
A University of Waikato researcher says some of the current colonial representations of climate change in the Pacific are obscuring Pacific voices...
Lowering of Kīngitanga flag at Ihumātao ‘appropriate’, says Soul
By RNZ News
Protesters at Ihumātao remain hopeful a resolution to the lengthy dispute will be announced before Waitangi Day.
Kiingi Tūheitia arrived at Ihumātao yesterday...
Utu actor Zac Wallace – ‘born a leader and a fighter...
Trailer for the 2013 redux version of the 1983 film Utu produced for the Cannes Film Festival. Video: Utu
OBITUARY: By Matthew Theunissen of RNZ...
Ramzy Baroud: Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?
OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud
I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that...
Decolonisation in New Caledonia – who decides the future?
In this second of three articles from Noumea, Dr Lee Duffield learns about multicultural Kanaky/New Caledonia and the events that led to their referendum...
Activists fear Indian proposal for coal reserves in Indonesian-ruled Papua
By Febriana Firdaus in Jakarta
As it seeks to diversify its sources of fuel, India is looking to get in on the ground floor of...
Philippine soldiers harass mission probing rights abuses in Mindanao
By Ronalyn V. Olea in Manila
Philippine state security forces have repeatedly blocked members of a fact-finding mission investigating human rights violations against peasant...
Gallery: Lumad campaigners appeal for NZ support to defend schools
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand and Filipino teachers, community advocates and students this week launched an open letter appealing to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte...
Manila brands volunteer teachers as ‘terrorists’, say Lumad advocates
By Jean Bell in Auckland with additional reporting by Rahul Bhattarai
Volunteer teachers are being maliciously labelled as "terrorists" by the Philippine government while paramilitary...
Indonesian president recognises land rights of nine more indigenous groups
ANALYSIS: By Basten Gokkon in Jakarta
The Indonesian government has relinquished control over nine tracts of forest to the indigenous communities that have lived there...