Just Focus

Archive for August, 2004

New places

By VAIOA ULUGA
Colonisation wrecked countries
Couldn’t live da way we wanted to be free
Claimed independence…

E tu! Stand up!

By PAORA DURIE. E tu! Stand up! Know your past, be proud of it; be strong in the present. The four elements of hip hop have bled their way into the throbbing veins of New Zealand, providing a positive way of dealing with the legacy of colonisation.

Betrayal in the Pacific

By JEHAN CASINADER. Native West Papuans continue to fight for their freedom. In the recent past, three major countries have struggled for control of West Papua. Two failed. One didn’t.

Colonisation: what does it mean?

By Roya Azadi. What does the word colonisation really mean? Are we the leaves of one tree?

A world divided

As we spin further into the twenty-first century our world remains a divided place. For a lucky few there is plenty; for most there is none.

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