Tag: Indigenous
Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua
By Harun Rumbarar in Jayapura
Indigenous landowners from the Marap people in Arso in Papua's Keeron regency have this week invoked customary law to take...
‘Invisible’ Pacific, indigenous presence at UN disappoints NZ team
By TJ Aumua
Six of the Auckland participants who attended the UN Commission of the Status of Women held in New York in March have...
Protests mount over massacre of Filipino farmers in climate demo
WARNING: Shocking images. Citizen video footage of the Philippines security forces in their increasingly savage use of force against the protesting farmers. Video: Kilab...
Willie Jackson: What to do about Radio New Zealand?
OPINION: By Willie Jackson
Last year Radio New Zealand cut its last Māori dedicated news in prime time, Manu Korihi, from its airwaves and not...
Indigenous rights lawyer tells of ‘early zero-emissions’ lifestyle
By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop
Pacific Island peoples could be "early reclaimers" of a zero-emissions lifestyle, while also urging the international community to take "extreme"...
John Pilger: Australia’s day for secrets, flags and cowards
Report from Pacific Media Centre
This truth has no place in the Australian consciousness. Among settler nations with indigenous populations, apart from a facile “apology”...
#COP21: ‘No indigenous respect’ in climate deal, says Timor tribal chief
Report by Ryan Dagur in Jakarta
A leader of a Jakarta-based indigenous people's organisation has expressed disappointment at the agreement recently adopted at the Paris...
New documentary gives fresh side to Tame Iti story
From the Pacific Media Centre
By Alistar Kata
Most audiences are used to seeing Wairere Tame Iti as the Māori activist, who most notably shot the...
