Tag: Royal Commission
PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland.
He was holding a press conference...
Australia’s social cohesion under strain, challenges and solutions
Pacific Media Watch
Australians are being urged to stay united following the horrific events in Sydney last week, reports the ABC's Saturday Extra programme.
Five women...
OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’
Asia Pacific Report
The Free Papua Organisation (Organisasi Papua Merdeka-OPM) has sent an open letter to the United Nations leadership demanding that "decolonisation" of the...
Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West...
NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...
RNZ News
A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation.
Prime...
NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response
RNZ News
The New Zealand government has announced a Royal Commission into its covid-19 response.
The Commission will be chaired by Australia-based epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely,...
Defend NZ’s ‘fragile democracy’ by tackling disinformation, says advocate
By David Robie
A human rights advocate appealed tonight for people in Aotearoa New Zealand to take personal responsibility in the fight against disinformation and...
‘Pacific Islander’ an insulting umbrella term, researcher tells Royal Commission
By Andrew McRae, RNZ News reporter
The umbrella term Pacific Islander or Polynesian has been criticised as degrading and insensitive.
Researcher Dr Seini Taufa, who is...
NZ government plans new law, tougher penalties for hate speech as...
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
Hate speech will become a criminal offence in New Zealand and anyone convicted could face harsher punishment under...
Christchurch commission’s call to improve NZ social cohesion is its hardest...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The most fundamental obligation of any state is the safety of its citizens. On 15 March 2019, New...