Tag: Migrants
NZ election 2023: ‘People power’ alliance wins pledge of 1000 new...
Asia Pacific Report
Opposition National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis was among three political leaders who made a surprising commitment at a debate last night...
First-time Asian voters embrace New Zealand’s democratic process
By Blessen Tom, RNZ journalist, and Liu Chen , RNZ journalist, for IndoNZ
The upcoming general election in Aotearoa New Zealand is poised to witness...
An important book exposing problems immigrants – especially Muslims – face...
REVIEW: By Adam Brown
How to be a Bad Muslim is a collection of 19 short essays by Mohamed Hassan, an award-winning poet and an...
Migrant Action condemns NZ nation-building course idea as ‘discriminating’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Migrant Action Trust has condemned a proposal by a diversity academic calling for a New Zealand nation-building course before people...
Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
New Zealand's largest ever crowd in support of migrant rights gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square at the weekend in triple protests...
AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (AJF) has called on the Malaysian government to desist its current investigation of Al Jazeera English...
Unite union chief welcomes ‘fairness’ changes to fight migrant exploitation
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Unite Union national director Mike Treen has welcomed the changes made by the New Zealand government in a $50 million reform...
Jobless immigrants face exploitation, poverty due to virus, says NZ adviser
By RNZ News
An immigration consultant is warning an entrenched underclass of unlawful workers will emerge unless the government provides emergency benefits to unemployed immigrants.
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Telling the real stories behind ‘plastic’ Pacific islanders and stereotypes
A look at the lives of Pacific Islanders who choose to ignore or struggle to embrace their heritage. Video: Plastic Polynesia trailer
By Leilani Sitagata
Two...
Refugee, migrant culinary delights boost new diversity cookbook
By Rahul Bhattarai
Students and staff gathered in Auckland last night to launch a cookbook with a difference celebrating culinary delights from refugee or immigrant...
Caribbean researcher tells of her work with NZ migrant community
Anabel Fernandez-Santana and Dr Camille Nakhid in the AUT research video.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Anabel Fernandez-Santana, who has been awarded an vice-chancellor’s scholarship at Auckland...
Erin Harris: Nauru appeal court move denies justice for refugees
BRIEFING: By Erin Harris
The decision to terminate a long-standing arrangement that saw the Australian High Court act as a partial appellate court for Nauru,...
Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM
The Indonesian government needs to change the policy of development which makes Papuan community a subject, says a non-government organisation that specialises in West...
Mike Treen: ‘Extend the amnesty’ – facing NZ’s ‘inhuman’ migrant plan
Unite Union's Mike Treen critiques the injustices of the New Zealand migrant policies and their fraud on foreign students, especially Asian. Skykiwi journalist Leon...
‘Dump Trump,’ say Philippine women protesters
Philippine protesters at an anti-Trump rally in Manila at the weekend. Video: Eagle News Philippines
Hundreds of Filipinos protested outside the United States embassy in...
Dame Susan Devoy: We have a choice on how our media...
New Zealand’s Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy gave this opening address at the Ethnic Communities Engagement Summit at Auckland University of Technology at...
Phil Robertson: Eroding human rights in Australian foreign policy
By Phil Robertson
The scene happens every day in capitals across south-east Asia: a strategy session in an ambassador’s ornate sitting room over coffee with...
High Court ruling leaves asylum seeker families facing deportation to Nauru
From SBS News
Scores of asylum-seeker families, including babies born in Australia, face the prospect of deportation to Nauru after a High Court ruling, reports...