Vigilante Racists Make New Zealand No Place for Foreign Drivers

  Most tourist seasons in New Zealand have a theme. Some years it’s backpacker attacks, some years it’s the ongoing war on freedom campers, but overall the underlying thread is the love hate relationship New Zealand has with tourists, tolerated for nothing more than the wealth they bring and despised simply for being there. This…

Racism in New Zealand’s Universities – I, Too, Am Auckland

  Harvard’s successful I, Too, Am Harvard Tumblr campaign highlighted the faces and voices of black students at Harvard College, and its now been an inspiration students across the globe, including a group at Auckland university… “I, Too, Am Auckland” is a student-based initiative at The University of Auckland. This video explores experiences and perspective…

Open Racism in New Zealand, and ‘On the Buses’

The video says it all. A neighbour complained about noise disturbing her daughter, this is the reaction she got. “This is my country, I’m BORN here..they should all go home” Small towns, small minds. Even in Wellington. This one was filmed on the Naenae bus (Lower Hutt, Wellington) loaded to YouTube yesterday by Transport New…

John Banks and Racial Profiling. Racism Alive, Well and Broadcast Freely in NZ

From Twitter, you’ll be astounded by the racism and profiling from John Banks, a New Zealand politician and close supporter of the present Prime Minister. Warning offensive content NSFW. Banks for #Auckland Mayor? Listen to these enlightened views on law and order first: https://t.co/qhtYFAgDI4 #aklpol — Vernon Tava (@vernontava) December 3, 2014 The last line demonstrates…