Oct 13, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society, Referee
By Ogonna Nweke Despite criticism, sports players have used their role and the unique platform of sports to highlight and drive change, from the Springbok tour of New Zealand to the kneeling that Colin Kaepernick did in 2016. ‘Shut up and dribble,’[1] said Laura...
Sep 21, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Ogonna Nweke In the 1970s African American activism was echoed in New Zealand influencing the creation and activism of both Ngā Tamatoa and the Polynesian Panthers. 50 years later these trends continue with protests across New Zealand sparked by the deaths of...
Jun 8, 2020 | Arts & Culture
By Jennifer Frost Systemic white violence against black Americans is alive and well, and it’s white violence that sustains white supremacy. Current scenes from the United States are both familiar and shocking. George Floyd’s life being brutally snuffed out by...
Jun 14, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
Long before three African American women registered the twitter handle, #BlackLivesMatter, and started sending out tweets that helped to mobilize the spontaneous outrage against the impunity that followed the killings of unarmed black people by police officers and by...