these rights, lossing effect on new zealand, pacific island communities. the live pictures from oakland where the prime minister just in the dun and taking part in the firm needs it began about 20 minutes ago. wayne hey, also joins us live now from oakland. when just tell us what's happening here in the ceremony and what we're expecting to come down to say yes. so that ceremony, as you mentioned, is now underway in the oakland town hall. behind me, it's a very long ceremony. full of cultural performances from the pacific islands represent the poor thing here to listen to that government apology given by the new zealand prominence. did you send to roger and who will make that apology some time within the next hour? or so that period in the 1970 is when these dawn raids were conducted with police and immigration officials, looking for over stairs from the pacific islands, has been described as one of the zealand dock has periods in terms of race relations. and at the time that has had a lasting impact on pacific island communities, me on any cool winter's ni

and it's a period that has had a lasting impact on those pacific island communities. me on any cool winter night unusual and main city. a taste of more tropical pacific islands can easily be found. oakland is the world's largest polynesian city, with indigenous moldy joined by generations of migrants from countries like some or fiji and tongue up. but the vibrancy color and contribution of polynesians haven't always been welcomed here. we were the people that were responsible for the disintegration of, of the economy and the new zealand dream, the painters were vigilante group set up in the 1900 seventy's to defend the rights of modi and pacific islanders and to change the racist views held by many white new zealanders, we can educate them, they're not new to our way of life. let's keep stuff. one result of that sentiment was an immigration crackdown, targeting pacific islanders who had been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violent dawn rage, which the government has now apologizing for. so police searching homes, businesses and even churches looking

include over stands from other parts of the world and had a lasting effect on new zealand pacific islands communities. today, i stand on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal and unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 19th stephen teeth that lead to be a being of the dawn rights when hey, joins us now live from oakland and wayne, it was rather an emotional apology, wasn't it? the italy was hundreds of people packed into the oakland town hall behind me that ceremonies still going on. they came here to hear those words from the prime minister. just saying, sorry, i'll pull the door and rage period on behalf of the new zealand government. and when she delivered those words, it was certainly plenty of tea is from the people who had gathered inside the town hall representatives from the various pacific islands communities. this is a pretty rare thing and you feel under formal government apology for past injustices and such an apology. has strict criteria attached to it. those who are the subjects of the ap

it had a lasting impact on muse, elian's, pacific island communities. today, i stayed on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal an unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 19th stephen teeth that lead to be a being of the dawn rights on his way. hey, me. on any cold winter's night unusual and main city, a taste of more tropical pacific islands can easily be found. oakland is the world's largest polynesian city, with indigenous mouldy, joined by generations of migrants from countries like sophomore fiji and tongue up . but the vibrancy color and contribution of polynesians haven't always been welcomed. here we were the people that were responsible for the disintegration of the economy. and the new zealand dream. the painters were vigilante group set up in the 900 seventies to defend the rights of modi. and pacific islanders and to change the racist views held by many white new zealanders . we can educate them, they're not used to our way of life. let's keep stuff. one re

there is power and potential in the asia-pacific islander vote. it has grown tremendously and in the 2020 election, the early voting of apis in the battleground states grew by 300%. making a difference in states like georgia and the presidential election and in the senator elections. as the population continues to grow, what we are seeing is an onslaught of new description sherry -- discriminatory voting laws that threaten to halt this progress. hr four is an opportunity for congress to uphold this sacred right of hours. -- ours. this will restore the voting rights act through its new formula. i am so proud to be here to mark the passage of this critical legislation and i urge my colleagues on the senate side to move quickly to pass it in its entirety. and now i am so proud to bring up the represented for the congressional hispanic caucus. represented of chewing garcia -- chuy garcia. rep. garcia: i am just so happy to be here with this stunning group of leaders that are advancing empowerment by renewing the voting rights act. this occasion is esp

the so—called dawn raids were carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islandsuk or the us. let's speak to our correspondent phil mercer, who's in sydney. this seems like a significant moment. why did jacinda ardern stand up moment. why did jacinda ardern stand up and give this apology? idea? up and give this apology? new zealand rarely _ up and give this apology? ii? zealand rarely apologises for past injustices but such was the gravity of these immigration raids between 1974 and 1976 in new zealand that it has prompted the prime minister, jacinda ardern, to issue this formal apology at the auckland town hall. now, these raids spread panic and terror through pacific communities in the 1970s. after the second world war, new zealand invited thousands of pacific islanders in to work to boost a workforce that had been depleted by conflict overseas. but in the 1970s the new zealand economy was beginning to falter, and all of a sudden those valuable, welcomed migrant workers were turned upon and were accused of taking jobs away from new zealanders. and that prompted

the often violent rates were racially motivated because police mostly targeted pacific islanders for deportation, while ignoring people from other countries from oakland, wayne hay reports these experiences, the tears flowed as pacific islands, community leaders, and those affected by the door raids gathered in oakland town hall. they came to hear new zealand prime minister jacinta rod durn say the words they've been calling for for decades today. i stayed on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal an unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 1970s that lead to the events of the dawn rights the the immigration quack down in the 1970 s targeted pacific islanders who had been brought here because of labor shortages. the often violence don't rage, which the government has now apologized for. so police searching homes, businesses and even churches looking for over stairs to deport response from the place was welling. it was very reactionary, and it was very violent. the sense of injustice is still felt to

after the second world war, new zealand invited thousands of pacific islanders in to work to boost a zealand economy was beginning to falter, and all of a sudden those valuable, welcomed migrant workers were turned upon and were accused of taking jobs away from new zealanders, and that prompted a wave of police raids. this crackdown included churches, schools, workplaces and also homes, many homes raided in the middle of the night, and thousands of people were arrested and deported. and what has the reaction been to the apology? both major political parties in new zealand accept that the raids were racist. as you said earlier, these raids targeted pacific island communities from countries such as tonga and samoa. but at the time about 40% of overstayers in new zealand were visitors from the united kingdom and the united states, and those visitors were rarely if ever targeted for deportation. there has been this heartfelt apology by the prime minister, jacinda ardern. she has expressed her government's sorrow and remorse. many pacific island communities will be welcoming this apology,

new zealand prime minister says story for a racist rates of pacific islanders half a century ago. ah, welcome to the prego. we begin in going to spawn government forces are fighting against taliban assaults on major cities. rockets have struck kandahar airport in the south or flight sent an out of the city and i canceled the tele buns offensive in that form a stronghold is going on. as it also attacks, lasker guard the besieged carpet of helmand province. now that the ass gonna false has been blamed for bobbing a private hospital, killing at least one person. the owner says that the sit, he was targeted because the military wrongly believe that taliban fighters were being treated. the one was system. i said it was some of the hospital was bombarded, but there were no taliban in the hospital. there were only 6 staff members and i was pharmacists and nurses, and our 2 nurses were wounded. a patients caretaker was martin, and another patients caretaker was wounded. title in the how do we request from both sides not to destroy any public property that can affect people in the future o

do you think pacific islanders in new- pacific islanders in new zealand still face discrimination, orat are still felt toda ? , ., . , felt today? yes, unfortunately the addae _ felt today? yes, unfortunately the addae pacific _ felt today? yes, unfortunately the addae pacific racism - felt today? yes, unfortunately the addae pacific racism that l the addae pacific racism that was fostered by the government in the 1970s process today, there was not any ante based education or work done to undo the racism that the government fostered against pacific peoples in society. we see this in our immigration laws, there was a lack of equal pathways for pacific peoples to gain permanent residency, and also other immigration programs which are openly exploit pacific labour for majority fight again. so pacific labour for ma'ority fight agaimfi pacific labour for ma'ority fiuht aaain. . .. fight again. so what can the government _ fight again. so what can the government to _ fight again. so what can the government to do, - fight again. so what can the government to do, and - fight again. so what can

the sense of injustice is still felt today, mainly because it was only pacific islanders who were targeted, not the majority of overstate who were at the time from the united states or europe . a formal government topology for past injustices his rare and use the lender has to meet the strict criteria, including the victims being definable as a distinct court that continues to suffer hom, connected to those historic events today. many of those affected feel a sense of shame about what happened and they're reluctant to talk about it even to their families. you would have just felt like you were trampled on in some way emotionally, spiritually, many, many ways. and i think that has been answered generational leaders and new zealand, polynesian communities, welcome the apology and they hope it will help people of the pacific islands move on the l. a. stand proud because of who we are and achieve the very, very basic and simple goals for why we even came to this country. that's all we want. they also hope saying, sorry will help build trust between the island communities and the government and

and i think that's highly problematic, particularly for the pacific island countries in which we're the whole fund of climate change impacts. so we really understand that for batteries is about, you know, those in the wealthier countries. so last green washing of this min was problematic . so you talked about, you brought it kind of people keep saying this is for batteries for renewable energy, but i mean, the big car companies right now seem to not want to be involved specifically b, m, w, valvo and google, which is not a car company, but the bigger companies say that they are not going to be using ocean mine, metals, and so we know more about actually what it is that they do. daniel, how would you characterize so if you just, just a quick interjection, you know, that has been used as an easy campaign slogan. those companies, if you read the fine print, they are really making no tangible commitment. it was an easy way for them to just make the and you will have be in p r point. but the reality is that if they are need, like, even tests, like, you know, test lab said for example, that o

one of the reasons some pacific islands like now who are interested in because they have been ravaged by terrestrial mining. and they see this as an opportunity to have revenue that i can, if i could just jack here the actual very, very quickly, very quickly look, using pacific island states, such as now lou to justify and how strict tipsy mining is really, really inappropriate. i think it is almost like comparing apples to pairs comparing learn base mining and to see miami. i think the jury is really quite clear on impacts off to the mining on the ocean floor. premise occasions will be beyond you cannot remediate what you destroyed these endemic species phone anywhere. we don't even know how much. alright, ok daniel, you're going to have the last word and very, very quickly. i'm interested in a point that lee made when he talked about. there's been a lot of talk about how car companies don't want to be involved in this is a business, did they really lead themselves wiggle room that at some point they could jump on board with this if they want to. yeah, i mean a commercial deep the mi

that's something about the pacific islanders -- also history has it that pacific islanders, there are more casualties of pacific islanders in kuwait and rack -- iraq war than any state put together in the union. i'm a 20-year vet. i retired and served this country well. i'm also a pastor in san francisco for 21 years. i ask of your support and america, is a beautiful country. we welcome every one in here to do as they want to do. we need your support. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. do we have another caller in the queue? >> caller: hello. i'm calling in full support of this project. it will be a good opportunity for our pacific islander people. i give my full trust and support to john nau r and gaynor for this project. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we have 57 who are listening and 8 callers in the queue. we are taking speakers in support of the appeal or in support of the project sponsor or the project. let's hear from the next caller. if you're unsure if it's your turn, just start speaking your comments. welcome. >> caller: hi. i'm a san francisco resident. i'm in ful

that's something about the pacific islanders -- also history has it that pacific islanders, there are more casualties of pacific islanders in kuwait and rack -- iraq war than any state put together in the union. i'm a 20-year vet. i retired and served this country well. i'm also a pastor in san francisco for 21 years. i ask of your support and america, is a beautiful country. we welcome every one in here to do as they want to do. we need your support. >> clerk: thank you for your comment. do we have another caller in the queue? >> caller: hello. i'm calling in full support of this project. it will be a good opportunity for our pacific islander people. i give my full trust and support to john nau r and gaynor for this project. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. we have 57 who are listening and 8 callers in the queue. we are taking speakers in support of the appeal or in support of the project sponsor or the project. let's hear from the next caller. if you're unsure if it's your turn, just start speaking your comments. welcome. >> caller: hi. i'm a san francisco resident. i'm in ful

the vice president and i are honored to posed leaders representing the rich diversity of the pacific islandersommunities, many of whom i have met before, some of whom i am meeting for the first time. welcome again to the white house. we have a full agenda to discuss -- the pandemic, the economy, immigration, voting rights, and hate crimes. let me start by acknowledging that on this day in 2012, i was with another friend who is a seek -- sikh, and we were dealing with the -- with 10 people shot in a hateful act of bigotry at a temple in wisconsin. seven people lost their lives that day. today, we honor everyone impacted by this tragedy. and we think about all the pain during this pandemic, with the rise of hate crimes, harassment, the bullying, and other forms of bias against asian americans seems not to stop. and after the shooting in the atlanta area, kamala and i met wi a gro in atlanta of asian american leaders. the discussi was wrong, -- r aw, it was powerful and a common theme was of asian americans feeling unsafe, unwanted, indicg invisible sometimes. t we can com together and truly look

. >> reporter: there are 23 million asian-americans and pacific islanders in this country, and one out attacked. >> thank you forgiving my country covid. >> reporter: hate crimes, over all, increased last year by 2%, but hate crimes against the asian-american and pacific islander population rose by 146%. >> kong flu. >> reporter: many blamed the previous administration's use of racist rhetoric for the rise and violence. >> president trump: i would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the chinese virus. >> what comes out of the mouth of leaders, especially the president, matters. >> reporter: here at the national japanese-american memorial in washington, d.c., this senator points out we're witnessing history sadly repeating itself. >> we didn't create this kind of discrimination, and, indeed, hatred, but i think that he called to the floor the kind of thinking that some people in our country have. we have always been deemed the other, the perpetual foreigners. it is not just the pandemic. there is an economic crisis in our country. there is a politi

this morning, a new report found that there were more than 9,000 incidents of asian american pacific islander hate across our country that was between march of last year to june of this year. a national nonprofit organization known as stop aap. i hate recently put out that report. kron four's tell exactly has the details. well, unfortunately, these anti-asian attacks aren't going away. one 3rd of the incidents in that report happened just within the last few months. it's something that hits close to home here in the bay area as we've seen countless assaults targeted robberies and racist behavior. one local group has been fighting back saying enough is enough. >> recent report by national nonprofit organization. stop aap. i had found more than 9,000 incidents of anti-asian hate a crude for march 2020 to june of this year. if this is surprising to you, these numbers. >> imagine what the real numbers are. san francisco native in founder of community organization. asians are strong hudson loud believes these national numbers only tell a fraction of what's going on within the asian american pacifi

while several pacific island nations have pulled out of the tokyo paralympics, the spotlights again goes on. how organizes handle the pandemic in japan. i'm going to stand has already withdrawn it because there was no safe way to get its competitors to the event starting on tuesday while they've been another 15 paralympics related cases of covered 19 hours prior to here is the safety and not, not just the safety of the athletes, that's the safety of the japanese people. what we don't want here is, is our plates for arrive at the games and to be seen are accused of spreading the corona virus. or if we have a positive case, then we will go by the rules that we've developed over the last 20 months, which is your close contact to go in twice elation. and then we follow the procedures step by step in order to get you back. training are competing, we have a number of nations from oceania, the pacific islands, who have been unable to travel. the reason why they can't travel is, is they would need to travel through from, from that country through a trailer where the strict rules at the moment wh

order to get you back. training all competing, we have a number of nations from oceania, the pacific islands, who have been unable to travel. the reason why they can't travel is, is they would need to travel through from that country through australia, where the strict rules at the moment, where they would have to corman chain at that expense for 2 weeks before flying here. and they would need to quarantine on the way back. so effectively they would need to pay for $4.00 weeks extra and a hotel. and these are tiny national paralympic committees and they just do not have the resources to be able to accommodate that type of expense. so sadly, they've needed to withdraw. let's get through some live sport from saturday women's world number one. ashley bardy is 3 to her 6 final of the year, reaching the decider in cincinnati. the australian was too strong for 3 times grand slam champion. angelie kerber, finishing at 6275 party has won a tour leading $39.00 matches this year and will play swift wildcard jill pigment in the decider. it's exciting. i felt like this week we've been able to build play

the native hawaiian or other pacific islander alone grew 25%. the native hawaiian or other pacific islander, nation grew at 30.8% since 2010. the sum of the race in combination publish and changed 733% since 2010. it is important to note that these comparisons between the 2020 census in 2010 data should be made with caution, taking into account the improvements we have made commit data processing, and the ways we code what people tell us. data from the 2020 census showed reasonable and expected distributions from the 2010 distributions. especially for people who self identified as both white and some other race. the largest multiracial combinations in 2020 were white and some other race, white and american indian and alaska native, white and black or african-american, white and asian, and black or african-american and some other race. another way to examine data on race and ethnicity is to cross tabulate hispanic or latino origin by race. this was done for 2000 and 2010 as well as the 2020 census redistricting tables. table p2 includes cross tab

order to get you back. training our competing, we have a number of nations from oceania, the pacific islands, who have been unable to travel. the reason why they can't travel is, is they would need to travel through from that country through australia, where the strict rules at the moment, where they would have to quarantine at that expense for 2 weeks before flying here . and they would need quarantine on the way back. so effectively they would need to pay for $4.00 weeks extra and a hotel. and these are tiny national paralympic committees and they just do not have the resources to be able to accommodate that type of expense. so sadly, they've needed to withdraw boxing legend manny pack. yeah, i was ready for his return to the ring later on, taking on your dentist gas for the w. b. a super welterweight title. the 42 year old filipino start is looking to reclaim his world title. after losing the belt, earlier this year for an activity, it was handed to his cuban upon it and stepped my thinking this fi lately. i don't want to be over confident for this, but i want to make sure that to morrow

order to get you back. training all competing, we have a number of nations from oceania, the pacific islands, who have been unable to travel. the reason why they can't travel is, is they would need to travel through from that country through australia, where the strict rules at the moment, where they would have to call and change their expense for 2 weeks before flying here. and they would need to quarantine on the way back. so effectively they would need to pay for $4.00 weeks extra and a hotel. and these are tiny national paralympic committees and they just do not have the resources to be able to accommodate that type of expense. so sadly, they've needed to withdraw. well, the world's top ranks golfer is showing no sign of having just recovered from coven 19 spin. your john rom has a one stroke lead at the halfway stage of the pga tour event in the u. s. seat of new jersey, the us open champion is at 12 under after a buggy 367 on the 2. american jordan speith is in contention. he's 4 shots behind rom, after around that included 2 eagles, including this in tennis, the dream run of switzerla

the so—called �*dawn raids�* were carried out to find, convict and deport people from the pacific islands the us. earlier i spoke to dylan asafo, lecturer at university of auckland law school who specialises in human rights in the pacific and issues of racial justice. the anti— racist anti— pacifica policies of the 1970s still exist. with the racism that the government has fostered against pacific peoples within new zealand society, we see this with our immigration laws, the resident lack of equity pathways —— there is a lack of pathways, and other immigration programmes which openly exploit pacific labour for majority white gain. pacific labour for ma'ority white gain.�* white gain. what can the government _ white gain. what can the government do, - white gain. what can the government do, and - white gain. what can the | government do, and what white gain. what can the - government do, and what would pacific islanders like the government to do to improve things? government to do to improve thins? �* , government to do to improve thins? h .,, things? let's hope the government _ things? le

and oakland often violent degrading police rein. township. pacific islands is for deportation, but didn't include over stairs from other parts of the wo. race have had a lasting effect on new zealand pacific island communities. and mammals, military ruler has promised new multiparty elections 6 months since the army seized power in a televised draft men on tongues that his government is ready to work with any special envoy named by the association of southeast asian nations. the army took charge in february, following elections won by uncle 2 cheese ruling policy. well and 900 people have been killed in thousands more arrested during mass protests against military rule. those are headlines all be back with more news here on al jazeera, that's after the stream to stay with us. after a one year delay, the tokyo olympics finally did, despite growing opposition and spiraling cost fountains of athletes, a complete thing, an empty stadium. amid the corona virus and demick algae here it will be inside the olympic bubble. bringing you the latest from again, right? no other. when freedom of the pr

i hope people understand this is a universal experience among asian americans and pacific islanders in the united states. we are the ones after our ancestors going from the civil war had it taken away from them in the chinese exclusion act veterans actually had the citizenship taken away that they had earned due to the chinese exclusion act. are the only population that has a family play into internment camps in the middle of the war and fought for the country even as family members just because they were of japanese descent or even look like they would be of japanese descent. i had people come up to me while i was wearing the uniform of my nation but saying where are you really from? duckworth is not your name. that is your husband's name. no. i am a duckworth. i have been here since the revolution. this past year was really hard on the a api community. it is always been here but now to be the target of hate crimes part of it because the president of the united states was using hate speech the president was saying the country virus and blaming the chinese for the virus but not saying

recorded 7,000 hate incidents involving asian americans and pacific islanders since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. since his passing, his daughter and husband have both worked hard to ensure survivors of these attacks and their families are supported through city services, law enforcement and the justice system. i'm

new zealand has apologized to pacific islanders for the country's past racist anti-migrant policies.1970s, new zealand police routinely raided the homes of pacific islanders in the middle of the night looking for residents who had overstayed their visas. new zealand prime minister jacinda arden spoke on sunday. >> today, i stand on behalf of the new zealand government to offer a formal and unreserved apology to pacific communities for the discriminatory implementation of the immigration laws of the 1970's that led to the events of the dawn raids. [applause] amy: in burma, the head of the military junta has named himself prime minister, six months after the military seized power. army chief min aung hlaing has announced the state of emergency imposed after the military coup will extend for two more years. he also vowed to hold elections in 2023. since the coup, more than 900 people have been killed and thousands arrested. “the washington post” reports police in the united states shot dead more than 1000 people in 2020, the highest number since the post began an effort to track police