12 Jun 2025

New Zealand's Filipino community celebrate Independence Day from afar

From Nights, 8:20 pm on 12 June 2025

June 12 marks 127 years since the Philippines declared themselves independent from Spain.

Becky Buada, secretary of Filipino migrant support group Banyuhay Aotearoa, joins Emile to discuss the migrant experience in New Zealand.

A group of people sit at an information kiosk, next to a banner that says BANYUHAY AOTEAROA. They all smile.

Photo: Banyuhay Aotearoa