Learning from Moana Jackson
“I have never met a more inspiring person with a greater influence over so many of us for the good. Let’s hope that we can now be worthy of his generous challenges to us.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | May 1, 2022 | Reflections
“I have never met a more inspiring person with a greater influence over so many of us for the good. Let’s hope that we can now be worthy of his generous challenges to us.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Mar 27, 2022 | Comment & Analysis
“Pākehā culture faces some barriers to stepping up to Matike Mai. One barrier is the numbers of us still pretending we are not a visible group holding on to power.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Feb 26, 2022 | Comment & Analysis
“Our everyday practices need to follow Maōri authority and tikanga Māori in managing water. If water is protected from agricultural or urban pollution, everyone benefits.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Dec 12, 2021 | Reflections
“We want the land and the beach to be left in peace. My dream is that one day the rich will be made to give up having to own the view.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Oct 10, 2021 | Reflections
“The story of SWAP (Sawmill Workers Against Poisons) is more than the terrible and the tragic. It’s also about racism, class issues, and a kind of leadership that’s so often ignored and underestimated.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Sep 26, 2021 | Reflections
“How does that maunga in Aotearoa that you’ve claimed to be ‘toku maunga’ become your mountain? And what gives you the right to claim that river as yours? It’s not ancestry. It’s not an inherited story. So, what is it?” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Aug 22, 2021 | Comment & Analysis
“Indonesia is as brutal in its tactics as all colonisers.” — Catherine Delahunty on West Papua’s fight for independence.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Jun 27, 2021 | Reflections
“A lot more of our people are beginning to realise that social change led by Indigenous wisdom is about how we organise and how we treat each other, as well as what we’re fighting for.” – Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | May 9, 2021 | Reflections
“The reason this female ancestor of mine is a mystery is simple. She was either Indian or what was then called Eurasian.” — Catherine Delahunty.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Feb 20, 2021 | Reflections
“Much of our practice is repeatedly addressing the resistance to well-documented facts. Some people just can’t believe that they have been spun a toxic yarn about our history.” — Catherine Delahunty
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Oct 25, 2020 | History
“We are still here, the descendants and beneficiaries, the marginalised and reviled — so how are we going to face the truth, and how can it be taught?” — Catherine Delahunty on the teaching of New Zealand history.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Sep 13, 2020 | Comment & Analysis
“The challenge for small parties inside a coalition is to survive and hold on to your kaupapa.” — Catherine Delahunty, former Green MP.
Read MorePosted by Catherine Delahunty | Aug 23, 2020 | Comment & Analysis
“I’ve been part of endless debates which assume that we Pākehā can’t trust tangata whenua to look after the environment as well as we can.” — Catherine Delahunty.
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