NZ: Pacific Islanders & Maori in joint anti-whaling protest
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Representatives from New Zealand's Maori and main Pacific island communities have cooperated in a joint anti-whaling protest. A delegation representing the Samoan, Tongan, and Fijian communities, and the Maori Ngati Awa tribe have handed a diplomatic protest letter to the Japanese embassy in Wellington. They're calling on Japan to allow Pacific nations to protect whales and to halt its scientific research harvesting of humpback whales. The Chairman of the Tongan Advisory Council, Melino Maka says the protest is simply one more way that Pacific Islanders and Maori are cooperating in New Zealand.
Presenter: Bruce Hill
Speakers: Melino Maka, Chairman of the New Zealand Tongan Advisory Council
