Gonzalo Garcés, an Oxfam Youth Partner from Chile, gives us a brief snap shot of the Mapuche people’s struggle to protect their way of life.
Indigenous Issues / Take Tangata Whenua
MĀORI LANGUAGE DECLINE AND REVITALISATION
For all people, language forms an important part of culture, and plays a crucial role in daily life as a means of effective communication.
MY PYF EXPERIENCE: A REFLECTION
I knew that my going to the PYF would be a liberating home-coming of sorts, to a place in Polynesia which is a significant part of both my family heritage and cultural identity.
THE PYF: PĀKEHĀ REFLECTIONS ON A PACIFIC GATHERING
For myself personally, the Pacific Youth Festival was a chance to reflect on my own culture and identity, and to think about my place both in the Pacific and in Aotearoa.
THE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS INDUSTRY: TRIPSy!
Everyone in the world desires good health, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights gives everyone in the world the right to have access to medical care that allows them to have adequate health and wellbeing.
PYF: A TRIP TO TAHITI, BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD IT BE?
Nicole Mathewson describes the Pacific Youth Festival - from pre-departure nerves to an experience that taught her more about culture, respect and love than she learned in all her years at primary and secondary school.
PACIFIC YOUTH HOLD FAST: WE CAN’T IGNORE COLONISATION
Just Focus member Omar Hamed writes about his experience at the Pacific Youth Festival in Tahiti, and how he and another JF member, Char Clark, got caught up in the middle of the struggle for self-determination in Tahiti.
PARTYING UP AT PARIHAKA
The first Parihaka Pace Festival was held in March 2006. Rose Lawson and two friends went along to volunteer - and party…
A YEAR VOLUNTEERING IN SOUTH AFRICA
Felicity Gibson, 22, was interested in understanding other countries – not just seeing them through a camera or tour bus window.
¡YA BASTA! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
The Zapatistas in Mexico are part of a global wave of people standing up against a system that values profit over people and nature and striving for a global citizenry of dignity, democracy, freedom and justice.
