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September 18, 2025

Deadline

Hawai’i International Film Festival To Open With ‘Rental Family’; Sets ‘No Other Choice’ As Centerpiece Film

This year's Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) will screen 72 features and 143 short films from 44 countries. The film "Remathau: People of the Ocean," produced by Nia Tero, will make its world premiere at this year's festival.

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September 10, 2025

Pacific Scoop

Solomon Islands Commits Ministerial Resources To World’s First Indigenous-led, Multi-National Ocean Reserve

The Melanesian Ocean Reserve is the world’s first Indigenous-led Ocean reserve and represents a bold new model for ocean governance that blends Indigenous knowledge, modern science, and regional political leadership. The initiative is led by the governments of the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu, in partnership with the Islands Knowledge Institute (IKI) and Nia Tero.

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September 9, 2025

The Guardian

Peru accused of violating human rights after government rejects reserve for uncontacted people

Campaigners have accused the Peruvian government of violating international human rights law and putting lives at risk in the Amazon after it rejected a vast new territory to protect some of the world’s most isolated Indigenous communities. The Guardian's series on uncontacted peoples is supported in part by Nia Tero.

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July 28, 2025

The Guardian

From isolation to integration – what happened to the Korubo people after contact?

In The Guardian’s next article from their series on uncontacted peoples, John Reid and Daniel Biasetto uncover the challenges faced by the Korubo People in northern Brazil after their recent first-contact events. This series on uncontacted peoples is supported in part by Nia Tero. 

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July 27, 2025

The Guardian

Missionaries using secret audio devices to evangelise Brazil’s isolated peoples

In the next article from The Guardian’s series on uncontacted peoples, learn about threats posed by missionaries trying to reach out to peoples in voluntary isolation in the Brazilian Amazon. This series on uncontacted peoples is supported in part by Nia Tero. 

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July 27, 2025

The Guardian

'A computer, a radio, a drone and a shotgun': how missionaries are reaching out to Brazil’s isolated peoples

In the first article from a series on uncontacted Indigenous Peoples, The Guardian reveals how, despite laws protecting uncontacted Indigenous Peoples, evangelical Christian missions employ secret methods to spread their gospel deep in the forest. This series on uncontacted peoples is a partnership between the Guardian and Brazilian newspaper O Globo and is supported by the Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Pulitzer Center and Nia Tero. 

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