Tag: Migration
Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter
The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the...
NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion...
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter
An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can...
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...
Storytelling a Filipino migrant family’s experiences in NZ student doco
By Leilani Sitagata of Pacific Media Watch
Student journalist Irra Lee has offered a "human face" to migration in a new short documentary called A...
Students, migrants boost Nepalese community in NZ by 1000%
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Almost 17,000 Nepalese people are now living in New Zealand following a sharp increase of migration from the Himalayas country,...
Rapa Nui activist calls for rigorous curb on ‘flouting’ of migration...
By RNZ Pacific
An indigenous activist on Chile's Rapa Nui says new rules restricting internal migration to the island need to be rigorously enforced.
Non-Rapa...
Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua
BOOK REVIEW: By David Robie
Two damning and contrasting books about Indonesian colonialism in the Pacific, both by activist participants in Europe and New Zealand,...
Indonesia, Timor-Leste establish new forum process to settle border disputes
Indonesia and Timor-Leste have agreed to establish a Senior Official Consultation (SOC) forum to formulate the settlement of border disputes.
The agreement was made following...
Regional meeting eyes Pacific climate migration and displacement
By Debbie Singh in Suva
A regional meeting to consider key Pacific priorities and responsibilities for advancing commitments under international and regional policy frameworks on...
Bid to save 126 Indonesian workers facing death in Malaysia
Ministries are pooling their efforts to save 126 Indonesian migrant workers facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drug-related offences, say Indonesian officials.
The government...
COP21: Top media ‘fail to connect’ climate, migration and food security
Report by Pacific Media Watch
PARIS: Top news media are failing to identify climate change as a contributor to some of the world’s biggest crises...