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By LiveNews Publisher / January 17, 2019 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Consider youself one of us
Column: Barbara Sumner – As a child, my family saw the musical Oliver. For days after, my adopting mother hummed and sang the theme tune: Consider yourself one of usConsider yourself at homeConsider yourself one of the family ….etc etc The song is a bit of an earworm. I’d forgotten it and the memory until […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / December 1, 2018 / 24/7 News, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, DJF, EMTV, EMTV News, Evening Report, Featured, Human Rights, Investigative journalism, Journalism Education, KB, KB, Media, Media Freedom, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, New Zealand, NZ Institute for Pacific Research, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, Papua New Guinea, PMC Reportage, Reports, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic
EMTV journalist Scott Waide … “Papua New Guinea is a democracy and the media is free to hold those in authority to account.” Image: PMC By Blessen Tom Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a journalism academic “There are so […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 23, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Strange fruit
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – There have always been inconsistencies in my birth story. The dates, the people involved, the actual circumstances. All missing, suspect or manufactured. As an adopted person I have no legal right to know anything other than the story my adopting parents chose to tell. So I decided to challenge […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 16, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on I blame Karl Marx
Column: Barbara Sumner – The Gallows Bird is a historical trilogy I have coming out next year. There, we meet Mr Fingleston, a silk merchant and tailor. The character of Mr Fingleston visited me in the early hours, over 20 years ago. I described him as an ivy bush of a man, small and messy […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 15, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on In the blood
Column: Barbara Sumner – The Gallows Bird is a historical trilogy I have coming out next year. In it, we meet Mr Fingleston, a silk merchant and tailor. Mr Fingleston visited me in the early hours. I described as an ivy bush of a man, small and messy with a moustache drooping below his chin. […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 31, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on We’re not your real parents
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – There’s a cartoon doing the Internet rounds. A mum and a dad look down at their little girl: “Sarah, I’m afraid we’re not your real parents. You were made with sperm from Germany and an egg from Denmark from an Italian man and a Swedish woman, born to an […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 26, 2018 / 24/7 News, affordable housing, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Development, DJF, Economics, Evening Report, Featured, House rentals, Housing, Human Rights, Indigenous, KB, KB, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, New Zealand, Niue, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Reports, Social justice / Comments Off on Housing trust chief slams ‘short cuts’ approach to NZ homes crisis
Kiwi Build … criticised as not an affordable housing solution for many New Zealanders as only caters for middle class people with higher household incomes. Image: Rahul Bhattarai/PMC By Rahul Bhattarai A housing trust chief executive has condemned the government for taking “short cuts” to tackle New Zealand’s housing crisis. “We need to stop pulling […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 23, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on A selfless act?
Column: Barbara Sumner – While browsing Instagram, an image jumped out at me. A woman and her husband stand beside the bed of an exhausted mother who has given birth to twins. The woman, identified as the #IP (intending parent) has her hands clasped in prayer or gratitude. Her husband is leaning over looking as […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 15, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, AM-NC, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, DJF, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, KB, KB, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on I’m So Lucky
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – How special do you feel? What factors make up your sense of special – or otherwise? Many adopted people remember being told they were ‘special.’ “We chose you,” is a standard phrase for adopted people. At the same time, it is implied there is no difference between you and […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 9, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice, test-kb / Comments Off on Who Owns You?
Barbara Sumner. Column: Barbara Sumner – Who owns you? Have you ever asked yourself this question? If you are a non-adopted person then the idea that someone could own you may never have occurred to you. If you are an adopted person, you may not be aware of the terms of your adoption. Or […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 7, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Dear Toni Street
Column: Barbara Sumner – Dear Toni StreetCongratulations on the arrival of your child born through a surrogate. I have read of your frustration at the hoops you must jump through to now adopt him.Thank you for lending your profile in support of a petition to update the Adoption Act 1955. By doing so, you are […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Why I hate biographies
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. I have a friend who loves biographies. She’s always telling me to read accounts of dire lives turned around, the fall and rise of a star or a tragedy overcome. But I can’t. Biographies and especially autobiographies unsettle me. It is not the sweep of grand lives that leaves […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on What more do you want?
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. I’ve spent most of my adult life searching for my biological family. I’ve encountered endless roadblocks. The majority of them from officialdom. During the search and now as I start a campaign to free all adoption files, I am often asked – what do you want?But as an adopted […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Like a Stranger
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. There once was a woman who kept changing everything: her hair, her glasses, her furniture, her style, her husbands and her lovers. She moved 34 times and changed her name seven times. Her restless journey was almost unconscious. She described herself as emotionally and physically peripatetic. The idea of […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / October 6, 2018 / 24/7 News, Adoption, Adoption Laws, Adoption Legislation, Analysis-Reportage, Barbara Sumner, Civil rights, Columns, Editor's Picks, Evening Report, Features, Human Rights, Identity, Law, Lead, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, MIL Syndication, New Zealand, Pacific Region, Self Determination, Self Identity, social change, Social Issues, Social justice / Comments Off on Letter to Jacinda
Column: Barbara Sumner – Barbara Sumner. Dear Prime MinisterYour child is almost three months old. I was this age when I was taken from my mother because of her marital status.Or, it could have been earlier.Or later.I don’t know because I have three possible birth dates, seven months apart and two birth certificates.Can you imagine […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / March 12, 2018 / 24/7 News, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Asia Report, Evening Report, Featured, Gender, Gender empowerment, Gender security, Gender violence, Human Rights, Indonesia, Injustice, Justice, Legal issues, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, PMC Reportage, Politics, Reports, Social justice / Comments Off on Step up efforts to support Indonesian women’s rights plea to Jakarta
By Sheany in Jakarta The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, has called on the government to do more to protect women’s rights, particularly by enacting a long-overdue bill on the elimination of sexual violence. The commission also said that current response to and handling of cases of violence against women in […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / March 4, 2018 / 24/7 News, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Cultural diversity, Culture, diversity, Evening Report, Feminism, feminist studies, Gender, Human Rights, Indigenous, inequality, Justice, Maori, Maori culture, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, New Zealand, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Reports, Research, Social justice, Te Ao Māori / Comments Off on Gender and diversity research at AUT turns 10
By Helen Twose in Auckland Auckland University of Technology’s Gender and Diversity Research Group has reached a significant milestone, celebrating 10 years of research and debate on gender and diversity issues within the community. Formed in 2007 with the aim of establishing a network of researchers within (and beyond) AUT who share an interest in […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / November 28, 2017 / 24/7 News, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Civil Society, Democracy, Development, Evening Report, Featured, Human Rights, Justice, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, Opinion, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Region, Pacific Report, Parliament, PMC Reportage, Political Stability, Politics, Reports, Social justice, Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste resistance / Comments Off on 42 years after Timor-Leste’s declared independence, a democracy plea
ETAN members at the time of the award of the Order of Timor-Leste, the country’s highest honour, in 2012: John M. Miller (second from right), and Charles Scheiner (right), with other special awardees Father Domingos Morato da Cunha (left) and Father Reinaldo Cardoso at the presidential ceremony. Image: ETAN OPINION: Open letter by Charles Scheiner, […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / February 8, 2017 / 24/7 News, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Evening Report, Human Rights, Immigration, Migration, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, Minorities, Multimedia, Muslim, New Zealand, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Politics, protest, racism, Reports, Social justice / Comments Off on Colourful, vibrant Aotearoa rally condemns Trump’s ‘racist, Islamophobic’ bans
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Video and images by the Pacific Media Centre’s Del Abcede. Video: Café Pacific More than 2000 people have taken part in a colourful and vibrant “Aotearoa Against Muslim Ban” march in New Zealand’s largest city to condemn the “racist and Islamophobic” immigration bans ordered by US President Trump. […]
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By LiveNews Publisher / January 31, 2017 / 24/7 News, Analysis-Reportage, APR, Asia Pacific, Asia Pacific Report, Censorship, Evening Report, Featured, Human Rights, Indonesia, Media, MIL NZ OSI, MIL OSI, Multimedia, Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Report, PMC Reportage, Politics, Reports, Social justice, Social Media, West Papua, West Papua human rights, West Papuan independence, West Papuan self-determination / Comments Off on Indonesia blocks websites circulating #LetWestPapuaVote petition
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Launch of the Free West Papua Campaigns 2017 global petition calling for an internationally-supervised vote for West Papua at Westminster last week. Video: Pouk Malay By Badriyanto in Jakarta Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Gatot Nurmantyo was relaxed in response to news that there is a West Papua […]
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