Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Tagata Pasifika

The Pacific voice on
New Zealand television
since 1987

Rapa Nui welcomes Maori Waka from New Zealand

Can you believe the indigenous people on the island of Rapa Nui are still fighting for autonomy and independence?

With the arrival of a Maori Waka from New Zealand on the small beautiful island of Rapa Nui the local people are still fighting for autonomy and independence two years after staging a sit-in to highlight indigenous land rights and concerns…
Rapa Nui’s annexation by the Chileans in 1888, the political journey to now and the struggles for recognition of land & indigenous rights to independence… right to the events of 2010 and the promises for recognition……John Utanga has this story…

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