The Afro Islander

05/03/2024

Sign this petition to remove GST from Kai!!

Make it Māori. Mana Motuhake. Make it Happen!

05/03/2023

Palmerston North! Do better!! This is so sickening, its 2023 and black people are still getting racially targeted here in New Zealand!

29/03/2022

Otago Girls' High School so the incident with hoda, the Muslim girl that got attacked is not a reflection of your school….I beg to differ when other students displaying racism, whilst in uniform might I add, seems to be more then a one off incident! Just saying!!! The girl is saying “Chinese n@$%ers” “black c* ” and other slurs. Is this also going to fall on deaf ears and hushed like hoda’s incident? Silencing victims seems to be your ammo!!!

16/03/2022

So many voices coming out saying what I have been saying all along. This is Ava Jack, she shared this video on TikTok…the amount of islanders and Māoris commenting on it gaslighting her comparing it to their struggles with racism here.

It’s not a competition! Every racial group have their own societal issues, but what gets me is when they scream racism yet do it to others, just doesn’t sit right with me.

15/03/2022

MESSAGE FOR ZIMBABWEAN IN NEW ZEALAND!!!

Zimbabwe Embassy Consular staff will be in New Zealand on the following dates for Consular Services:
21 - 25 March 2022 Christchurch
28 March - 1 April 2022 Auckland
Auckland Venue: El Shaddai Worship Centre, 42 Galway Street, Onehunga, Auckland 1061.

The operating times will be 9:30 - 12:30pm and 2pm -4:30pm (Monday-Friday) on those dates. A booking form for you to choose an available time slot on a day that suits you will soon be sent out - Please look out for this form and book to help the days flow better without crowding and you can be assured of optimal service.

Please see attached, for the list of requirements for Passport Applications and Birth Certificates Applications for Children born outside Zimbabwe.

Requirements for Passport Application
Originals plus photocopies;
1. Zimbabwe Passport or Police Report for Lost/Stolen Passport
2. Zimbabwe Birth Certificate
3. Zimbabwe National Identity Card
4. New Zealand Visa
5. Marriage Certificate (For Married Woman)
6. Two (2) current coloured passport photographs (size 3.5cm x 4.5cm); Wear dark-coloured shirt on a white background; slightly more shoulders in photo and no jewellery i.e., earrings and necklace)
7. AU$80.00 (Cash Only) fee for verification of documents

Requirements for Birth Certificate Application for a Child Born Outside Zimbabwe
Originals plus photocopies;
1. Foreign Birth Certificate
2. Parents’ Zimbabwe Passport
3. Parents’ Zimbabwe Birth Certificate
4. Parents’ Zimbabwe National Identity Card
5. Marriage Certificate (if applicable)
6. AU$50.00 (Cash Only) fee for verification of documents

NB: If you are not able to bring photocopies, there is a photocopier at the Auckland venue but you will have to pay for the service.

There will also be an opportunity to meet and greet your ambassador - look out for details to come.

Best regards

Community Volunteer, sending on behalf of Consular Service

09/03/2022

What a beautiful write up!!! As you all know, Sahara has had her fair share of being called the “n” word by her peers and it has mainly been from Māori and Pacific Islanders!! Still to this day, they call her it or say it around her just to get a reaction…DJ Sirvere you have a platform where you can make a difference! It’s truely sad that you chose to have a cry about Mazbou Q because you got called out liking a racist comment. Just remember, your own people faced and still face discrimination, can you not see how your actions would hurt another? Especially because of the platform that you have?!? As a pacific island mother to an African Polynesian, I’m embarrassed that in my own community, the ones that cry discrimination and racism, can also do to others what has been done to them!

As for Mareko and Ladi6 saying hip hop belongs to no one, best believe it came from black people! How would you feel if someone (from another culture) appropriated island music and said it doesn’t belong to anyone! Hip hop was birthed by black people and forever and will be, black culture!! Learn to pay homage to the ones that created it so you could have a career!!!

A conversation on social media has sparked a discussion about anti-Blackness, New Zealand hip hop and appropriation. Writer Kristian Fanene Schmidt, who is Samoan, shares his opinion on Aotearoa’s Māori and Pasifika hip hop community.

08/03/2022

Hey all, can you all please click on this post and comment to vote with the New Zealand flag…. This counts as a vote for my fellow afroNesian mentor!!!!!

Just click on the original post and put 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

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05/03/2022

Hey all, I came across this lil guys parents post about creating this wee angels wishes whilst he is still with his whanau….click on this link and donate or if you can help with any of this wee angels requests, don’t hesitate to contact his parents!!

Tus kicking the bucket list

31/01/2022

And ya girl is finally off to high school! 😍😍 she’s super nervous but she’s ready for this next journey in her life!!!

Thank you to all who have supported her, she will be resuming her projects this year as youth ambassador for Black Creatives Aotearoa…2022 Lesss goooo!

22/11/2021

Great way to protect my hair and I don’t have to do my hair everyday, cos the struggle is real……Luckily my mama knows how to look after my hair type.

07/11/2021

Coming to the end of Africa week.….these two beauties connected through this very page and formed a beautiful friendship! Beautiful malia is African American and pakeha and is one talented beauty, who has also been doing some awesome work!! watch out for these two beauties in the future!!

Sahara has been fortunate enough to connect with so many beautiful people along this journey….we appreciate all the opportunities and support she gets from others supporting her to take leadership in projects coming up! She is so grateful to you all!

As the African Youth Ambassador for Black Creatives Aotearoa she was apart of discussion with other fellow Africans across nz on The blackhouse, and one issue she took away from that meeting is VISIBILITY! Something Sahara never got to see growing up was African visibility included in cultural festivals, sports and other community events. So we have some great projects coming up which will take a bit of time with some great people in BCA.

First, Africa week, now time to take over the world!!! Muahahahaha lol