Te Karere Ipurangi - Latest News [Page 1]
Defence Appointments Send Timely Message
Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 9:51 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
The significant feature of the new appointment to Chief of Defence Force is that the Labour Alliance government has passed over the existing chiefs. More >>
TKI Editorial: Campaign To Discredit M.G. Dodson
Monday, 10 December 2001, 11:18 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
Major General Maurice Dodson has been the target of an 18 month campaign of misinformation designed to discredit him personally, to prevent his becoming Chief of Defence Force. More >>
Indigenous Fiji Newsletter
Wednesday, 21 June 2000, 11:06 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
The following is the text of a newsletter received from Fiji. It sets out many of the grievances and suspicions of many indigenous Fijians. It is republished by Te Karere Ipurangi to illustrate the issues that concern many indigenous Fijians, that ... More >>
Fiji - Speech To UN Conference On Women
Monday, 12 June 2000, 9:39 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
By now most of you have heard of the coup in Fiji. About 30 of our people are being held hostage. The President has been forced to resign and the Constitution put in place in 1997 has been revoked. More >>
Democracy, Constitutions and Revolution
Monday, 12 June 2000, 9:33 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
Throughout the Fijian constitutional crisis New Zealand's foreign minister Phil Goff has declaimed from his high moral perch the principles of democracy and constitutionality, the absolute and non-negotiable values that Fiji must adhere to, or else. These are ... More >>
The Failure of Electoral Engineering in Fiji
Thursday, 8 June 2000, 10:15 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
George Speight's seizure of Fiji's parliament may have shocked the world, but it comes as less of a surprise to those familiar with the situation here in Fiji. More >>
Thoughts on 3rd Coup by Mere Tuisalalo Samisoni
Wednesday, 7 June 2000, 10:32 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
To date George Speight and the Army have agreed to the following. 1. Ratu Mara and Sitiveni Rabuka step down from their respective Leadership positions. 2. Annul the 1997 constitution. 3. Pardon George Speight and his seven men who were responsible ... More >>
FIJI & Solomons: Coup, Coup & Coup
Tuesday, 6 June 2000, 2:01 pm | Te Karere Ipurangi
What we are seeing in an arc from South East Asia to the Pacific is the failure of imported and culturally inappropriate systems of governance. Ross Himona of Te Karere Ipurangi writes. More >>
Foreign Affairs is a Maori Affairs Issue
Wednesday, 31 May 2000, 9:05 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
Few politicians and commentators have even begun to grasp the future political effects of the browning of Aotearoa New Zealand, including the major changes it will bring about in our foreign policy stance. Ross Nepia Himona of Te Karere Ipurangi writes. More >>
TKI - Provocation, Resentment and Passion in Suva
Tuesday, 30 May 2000, 9:56 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
The crisis drags on, and on, and Australia and New Zealand grow angrier and more and more frustrated at the Pacific Way, and the Fijian Way. Western nations try to force the unfolding of events towards pre-determined conclusions. More >>
Te Karere Ipurangi - What is Martial Law?
Tuesday, 30 May 2000, 9:53 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
Commander Frank Bainimarama tonight reluctantly declared martial law over all of Fiji, personally assumed executive authority, and imposed curfews on all citizens. All Army territorials and reservists have been called up. More >>
FIJI - European Principle vs Polynesian Kinship
Thursday, 25 May 2000, 10:21 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
At the heart of the Pacific Way, which is so much at odds with the Western Way, is the network of kinship ties and reciprocal obligations that guides all cultural, social, economic and political thinking and behaviour throughout the Pacific. This ... More >>
Te Karere Ipurangi - Fiji Editorial
Monday, 22 May 2000, 10:20 am | Te Karere Ipurangi
Two things this morning. Firstly, in their interviews over the weekend and this morning, the media have featured overwhelmingly the views of Fijian Indians, and have disregarded any indigenous Fijian viewpoint. Hardly a balanced response. More >>