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Jamie Tahana

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Māori queen could bring much-needed stability to the warring British tribes
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The Māori queen could bring much-needed stability to the warring British tribes
Nga wai hono i te po arrives in London as British tribes continue to war over Downing Street. Perhaps she can bring them stability. Maybe she could whip them up a treaty?...
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“Not caring anymore doesn’t mean the problem is no longer there. Especially in the Pacific, where climate change isn’t a distant threat but a present-day catastrophe already uprooting communities, unravelling the fine tapestry of culture, and upending entire ways of life.” — Jamie Tahana.
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Giving up isn't an option for the Pacific | E-Tangata
“Not caring anymore doesn’t mean the problem is no longer there. Especially in the Pacific, where climate change isn’t a distant threat but a present-day catastrophe already uprooting communities, unr...
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Jamie Tahana @jamietahana.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her Tūhourangi people, work that is still used by Māori today www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today
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Jamie Tahana @jamietahana.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Six years ago, I met a couple of uni students with an ambitious idea to take the issue of climate change to the UN's highest court. Last week, I met them again in The Hague as they pulled off an incredible win. This is how a group of students from Vanuatu changed the face of international law.
rnz.co.nz
How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world's highest court. And won.
Feature - Jamie Tahana charts how a group of young students from Vanuatu changed the face of international law.
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Jamie Tahana @jamietahana.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
A one-off reappearance in the Aotearoa news cycle to report on this landmark ruling from the ICJ in the Hague. A massive decision that all spawned from an idea a group of law students in Vanuatu had six years ago. www.rnz.co.nz/internationa...
rnz.co.nz
UN's highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for emissions
The landmark decision is the culmination of six years of advocacy and diplomatic manoeuvring which started with a group of Pacific university students in 2019.
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E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
“A slate of policies that have lazily played on this country’s insecurities and set a fire beneath the nation’s founding document have been met with a resistance not seen for generations.” — Jamie Tahana.
e-tangata.co.nz
The year we stood up | E-Tangata
“A slate of policies that have lazily played on this country’s insecurities and set a fire beneath the nation’s founding document have been met with a resistance not seen for generations.” — Jamie Tah...
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