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101 East

Easter Island presented by: Nick Lazaredes: Like many indigenous peoples in the Polynesian Triangle, from Aotearoa to Hawai'i, the Rapa Nui islanders are a minority on their islands and are fighting for their culture to be anything more than a synthetic dance-act for a tourist-hotel.

The show launched in November 2006, at the same time as Al Jazeera English itself, and remains the channel's flagship Asia-Pacific current affairs show.



see also

Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings

A documentation on APRIL as part of the 101 East program of Al Jazeera English (video, 25 mins)

Fauziah Ibrahim

In 2011, she was nominated for an Asian Television Award for Best Current Affairs Presenter, for her work on 101 East.