Dale Husband, Author at E-Tangata

Inia Tomas: ‘Get your arse back into the fight’

Posted by Dale Husband | Feb 16, 2020 | Kōrero

“It was just me and my mother. She was a single mum during this time, on the benefit. And she essentially educated me in Māoritanga, and herself at the same time.” — Dr Inia Tomas

Peter-Lucas Jones: Storing our reo treasures

Posted by Dale Husband | Feb 2, 2020 | Kōrero

“In spite of all the opportunities in the mainstream Pākehā education system, having access to native speakers of te reo Māori is much more beneficial.” — Peter Lucas Jones.

Rahera Shortland: To know your reo is to know your culture

Posted by Dale Husband | Dec 15, 2019 | Kōrero, Reo

“Sometimes we don’t appreciate what’s right under our noses until we go away from home. Then we tangi weto for our reo. And that’s the situation for some of our Aussie whānau.”

You shouldn’t forget where you come from

Posted by Dale Husband | Dec 1, 2019 | Kōrero

“My sister always said I was a natural nosey parker as a kid. She reckons I’m really in the best position to do the work that I do — and that’s asking questions.”

Haare Williams: A child of the community

Posted by Dale Husband | Nov 24, 2019 | Kōrero

“’Whatever you do, remember, you’ll never be a Pākehā.’ Everyone then wanted their children to grow up in a Pākehā way. Speaking English was the norm, the wanted thing.”

Eteuati Ete: The things we don’t laugh about

Posted by Dale Husband | Nov 17, 2019 | Kōrero

“She’d say: ‘Ete, you’re a Laughing Sāmoan, and if you start telling your story of how you were violent and what you did to overcome that violence, that would be really awesome.’” — Eteuati Ete.

Rawinia Higgins: Regenerating the reo

Posted by Dale Husband | Nov 10, 2019 | Kōrero, Reo

“My greatest aspiration for the future of te reo is to have a mokopuna, so I can speak Māori to that mokopuna every day.”

Karamia Müller: Building futures that resist inequality

Posted by Dale Husband | Nov 3, 2019 | Kōrero

“I saw parallels with an earlier process of gentrification which displaced communities — largely Pasifika — from Ponsonby, St Mary’s Bay and Freemans Bay in the late 1970s to 1980s. That displacement has had ongoing ramifications for Pasifika people.”

Guled Mire: Working for a more welcoming Aotearoa

Posted by Dale Husband | Oct 27, 2019 | Kōrero

“It’s incredibly important, now more than ever, that we strive to become a more welcoming and compassionate nation.”

Waitohiariki Quayle: ‘Yep, I can do this’

Posted by Dale Husband | Oct 13, 2019 | Kōrero

“I thought: ‘There’s nothing stopping me from doing this, is there? If I’ve got a Bible and a prayer book to help me, then, yep, I can do this.’”

Jade Kake: Māori by design

Posted by Dale Husband | Oct 6, 2019 | Kōrero

“There’s a lot of ways that Māori design can be woven into a building. But I think the essential thing is that whoever holds mana whenua in that area is engaged in the process.”

Tim Tipene: My teacher changed my life forever

Posted by Dale Husband | Oct 6, 2019 | Kōrero

“Their idea was to send me to school to beat other kids up — and that didn’t go down too well with the teachers.”

Hiria Te Rangi: Stubborn has to be the best trait ever

Posted by Dale Husband | Sep 29, 2019 | Kōrero

“Only Māori have Māori insights. There’s still the routine where other cultures think they can build things for us. But that’s a no. Kāhore.” — Hiria Te Rangi, CEO of Whare Hauora.

Tuari Potiki: Fighting the darkness with the light

Posted by Dale Husband | Sep 29, 2019 | Kōrero

“This year, there’ll be another 4,000 convictions just for cannabis offences. Forty percent of those will be Māori. So I see decriminalisation and regulation as a way of reducing harm, particularly to Māori.”

Kerry Warkia: A chorus of Pacific voices

Posted by Dale Husband | Sep 22, 2019 | Arts, Kōrero

“In filmmaking, the essence is collaboration. For something to be really good, there needs to be different perspectives, techniques and skills from lots of different people.”

Meng Foon: A journey in te ao Māori

Posted by Dale Husband | Sep 8, 2019 | Kōrero

“When I told Mum I was going to take Māori, she said: ‘Waste of breath.’”

Lani Wendt Young: A hunger worldwide for our stories told by us

Posted by Dale Husband | Sep 1, 2019 | Arts, Kōrero

“There are lots of silly excuses that people offer for why there aren’t more of us published. They say, for instance, that we don’t like to write. We aren’t storytellers. We’re not readers. But that’s ridiculous.”

Dilworth Karaka: Singing songs of freedom

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 25, 2019 | Kōrero

“You do miss the brothers who’ve passed on. And you miss the vibe that they all brought to the gigs. You miss their mannerisms. You miss what made them individuals.”

Peter Cordtz: Learning to talk about money

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 18, 2019 | Kōrero

“One of the reasons that many of the more vulnerable whānau turn to third-tier lenders and shop trucks is that they’re treated nicely. They have things done for them, and aren’t made to feel stupid.”

Dave Veart: Unearthing Ihumātao’s past

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 11, 2019 | Kōrero

“The whole system is set up to fail Māori and to force people to do deals where they may not be 100 percent behind it.”

A tika Māori approach to climate change action

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 4, 2019 | Comment & Analysis

“The Treaty relationship needs to underpin the Climate Change Commission — and in fact, all the commissioners should be bound by Treaty obligations, such as to actively protect Māori rights.”

Wepiha Te Kanawa: Steering kids away from crime

Posted by Dale Husband | Aug 4, 2019 | Kōrero

“It may sound cheesy but joining the police felt like a calling.”

Rauru Kirikiri: Diplomacy and Māori convictions

Posted by Dale Husband | Jul 28, 2019 | Kōrero

“Your pride in being Māori was always there. There was no great epiphany. No thunderbolt striking. It was how you lived your life.”

Māori suicide rate calls for new strategy

Posted by Dale Husband | Jul 28, 2019 | Comment & Analysis

“With Māori people, it’s not just one thing. There’s a plethora of social barriers and problems that are against us at the moment, such as the recent kaupapa about Oranga Tamariki.”

‘Vea, you made me cry’

Posted by Dale Husband | Jul 21, 2019 | Kōrero

“There was a really beautiful thing that happened during the filming. We had a change of heart which changed our head.” — Vea Mafile’o on learning to understand her father through the making of ‘For My Father’s Kingdom’.

Caren Rangi: Leading and dancing

Posted by Dale Husband | Jul 14, 2019 | Kōrero

“Being able to express myself as a Cook Islander through dancing and singing and teaching is still important for me.” — Caren Rangi.

Kura Forrester: Rudely funny

Posted by Dale Husband | Jul 7, 2019 | Arts, Kōrero

“Everybody knows what it’s like to be on a first date. Or have rude thoughts. And, as long as you’re being honest, it can be funny.” — Kura Forrester, Billy T award winner.