30 Apr 2019

Colonial exploitation of Banaba on show in New Zealand

From , 3:01 pm on 30 April 2019

Seventy four years ago the people of Banaba which is now part of Kiribati were evicted from their homeland so that its phosphate could be stripped to fertilise farms in Australia and New Zealand.

Today, the Banaban artist and scholar Katerina Teaiwa has brought together an exhibition in New Zealand showcasing the systematic destruction of the island and the story of its people.

She spoke with Dominic Godfrey.

Katerina Teaiwa

Katerina Teaiwa Photo: Zan Wimberley