Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Photo by Jacky Zeng on Unsplash Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University It’s a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the...
Apr 23, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Ocean Ripeka Mercier (Ngāti Porou) Many writers only loosely define what they mean by it, while others use it as a general black box for addressing the negative impacts of colonisation upon Indigenous peoples. Like colonisation, decolonisation is a huge and...
Aug 13, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
Last week saw the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, on August 9. Indigenous communities still struggle to maintain their autonomy in modern society. In various parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and the Americas, they are subjected to...
Jul 16, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Pita Sharples Former Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples reflects on New Zealand’s decision to support the UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights after initially opposing it for three years. In April 2010, the New Zealand government officially supported the UN...
Mar 26, 2018 | Politics & Society
Julianne Evans discusses the various ways in which indigenous oppression can be stopped with Fulbright Scholar Dr Andrew Erueti. Erueti spent four years working for Amnesty International as an indigenous rights advisor. When the richest one percent now own half of the...