Author: Moana Jackson

The upcoming Crown commemorations of James Cook’s voyages are “part of a wider narrative in which racism has been denied more often than it has been acknowledged”.

“The Christchurch terrorist was not some ‘lone wolf’ psychopath. He may have acted alone, but he drew upon the shared ideas and history that still lurk in the shadows of every country that has been colonised.”

“All that has come out of the moko kauae debate is that, as Māori, we’re still having to justify ourselves in order to appease those who think that what is ours should also be theirs.”