Becoming ‘really Pākehā’
…now and to ensure all their teams do, too. To become Te Tiriti honouring, we need an amnesty on ignorance, along with a concerted effort to create well-equipped citizens —…
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We must be brave and use the reo
…mai te hinengaro o te rōia ki tēnei ao o tātou, te ao o te Māori, te reo Māori, ngā tikanga Māori, te ao kei tua atu i te kupu….
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Tripping over Te Tiriti
…all the students, who were obliged by their employer to participate, acted so polite — but then, in the written feedback, one of them wrote: “This is the most offensive…
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Imagining an even better deal for Māori
…elevate the Crown’s understanding of He Whakaputanga me Te Tiriti o Waitangi through a meaningful and genuine sharing of power? Wouldn’t that be something? Moana Maniapoto is one of the…
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The myth of tikanga in the Pākehā law
…mo te Tiriti o Waitangi: Ko te mana tuatahi ko te Tiriti o Waitangi Ko te mana tuarua ko te Kooti Whenua Ko te mana tuatoru ko te Mana Motuhake…
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Taihakurei Durie: It’s time for an Upper House
…coming on. So they interrupted the person who was on his feet. And my grandmother stood up and told the mayor to go back to the gate, and told the…
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Without He Whakaputanga, there might have been no Treaty of Waitangi
…in order to alter that situation. For this reason, the text of the Treaty explicitly refers to the “Chiefs of the United Tribes of New Zealand” (“nga Rangatira o te…
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Claudia Orange and the Treaty
…Her latest book, an up-to-date edition of The Treaty of Waitangi / Te Tiriti o Waitangi: An Illustrated History, is out now. (Photo supplied) In a way, it’s comforting that…
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Partnership and Privilege
…and Te Tiriti o Waitangi”, in which they urged the government to “renew and reinvigorate its commitment to Te Tiriti and to work in partnership with Māori and jointly devise…
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Who should tell our history?
…MP, I lived in Te Tairawhiti and ran Te Tiriti o Waitangi workshops. On one occasion, I was standing in a small classroom in a polytechnic, about to launch into…
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Moana Jackson: Decolonisation and the stories in the land
…some of you may need an antidote to the past week’s scaremongering on health reforms and constitutional transformation — here’s a double dose of one of our leading thinkers, to…
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Learning from Moana Jackson
…encouraged us to see the honouring of Te Tiriti as an act of imagination. One of my favourite stories was about one of his tiny mokopuna packing her lunch and…
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Claudia Orange: Questions of sovereignty
…Illustrated History, Claudia Orange details the progress of British plans to establish New Zealand as a colony, leading up to the drafting and signing of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti…
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Becoming Tangata Tiriti
…of the seven sons of Bridget “Mountain” Sullivan, a champion oarswoman. But the crowd, so we were told, had gathered to celebrate the lives of two of their women —…
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Doing the right thing in the post Covid-19 world
…this relationship is Te Tiriti o Waitangi, debated and signed by more than 500 rangatira on behalf of their hapū. It’s our responsibility as New Zealanders, regardless of our cultural…
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Waitangi: An oral covenant
…vigorous debate, with its complex mix of written, aural and oral elements. However, despite its historical and cultural significance, the fourth article of the Treaty, the oral, has often been…
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Stepping up to Matike Mai
…vision. Matike Mai is based on the transformation of the current state for the benefit of all, and to finally honour te Tiriti. But, to my surprise, when I read…
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Being part of Moana’s legacy
…and care to guide us, teach us, and to be our friend. He treated us young people as equals and even sought our opinions on his writing and work. Te…
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Transforming our ideas of justice
…to now graduate students with knowledge of Māori laws and te Tiriti. Because, no matter what area of law our students go into, they will be working with Māori clients….
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Moana Jackson: His legacy will endure
…their lives to realising te mana Māori motuhake, He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu TIreni, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and tikanga, as the first law of this country. The…
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Rangatiratanga and immigration
…look instead to ourselves for recognition and validation, so that we might imagine tino rangatiratanga on our own terms, in accordance with our own tikanga. Rangatiratanga over borders is being…
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He Whakaputanga: Partnership and power sharing
…the relationship between He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti? Claudia Orange: One of the key factors in the approach Britain made to New Zealand was to negate or nullify the sovereignty…
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Moana Jackson: ‘I’m absolutely sure transformation is coming’
…on everyone. So part of a reaction to that, I think, is to look for a scapegoat, someone that can be picked on to sort of release tension. And that…
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Waikaremoana Waitoki: Don’t let your mana be trampled
…ngā take. Ko tētahi kua kitea ko te āhuatanga o te whare wānanga. Ko te āhuatanga o te ako. E ono tau te roa ki te ako. He tino roa….
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For the Greens, survival is on the edge
…knows them from the inside. In terms of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Greens can claim a big picture commitment. But, as one of the architects of that position, I…
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Claire Charters: Working towards a true partnership
…groups dedicated to Indigenous rights. Naturally, though, she’s had a special focus on the rangatiratanga agreed on in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. And that’s led to her working, here in…
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Tamatha Paul: Show up and be counted
…of work to do, though, especially in the way that Wellington City Council upholds its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and to mana whenua. It hurts to see how…
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Wāhine, White Women, and Waitangi
…the least appropriate day to carry out that exercise. Waitangi is an opportunity for us to talk about challenging Treaty issues, so let’s talk colonielle oppression. By colonielle, I mean…
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Moving from tokenism to respect
…We need to listen harder to mana whenua. Some of our models may be useful but not when imposed without Article 2 of Te Tiriti being central to equitable dialogue….
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Injustice in Justice
…defendants”. So it’s clear the issue is well known. However, beyond diversity, there are other structural features of our justice system that contribute to our system’s shameful record. One of…
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