A man of contradictions
“When you ask me whether I’m in parliament as a Māori? No, I’m a New Zealander lucky enough to have Māori in my background.” — Winston Peters.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Oct 11, 2020 | Kōrero
“When you ask me whether I’m in parliament as a Māori? No, I’m a New Zealander lucky enough to have Māori in my background.” — Winston Peters.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jul 5, 2020 | Kōrero
“When we say that we’re struggling for Black lives, it’s not just for Black people, it’s for a different framework, a different system, a different future. A future that involves all of us.” — Angela Davis.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | May 10, 2020 | Reflections
She described Pākehā as “the product of the riffraff, the flotsam and jetsam of British culture.” — Moana Maniapoto on Atareta Poananga, who died just over a week ago.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Mar 29, 2020 | Comment & Analysis
Whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, and aroha will get us through, writes Moana Maniapoto. But stay in your bubble.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Mar 8, 2020 | Kōrero
“I’ve always detected a growing level of smugness and snobbery amongst the woke leadership and I’m just never going to tolerate that.” — Shane Jones.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 9, 2020 | Reo
“I’ve always wanted to be confidently fluent and, at times, I’ve felt like it’s been within my grasp. But then I let it slip away.”
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Nov 17, 2019 | Comment & Analysis
“There’s a litany of examples, including admissions by the police themselves, of unconscious bias. Or racism, as we called it in the good old days.” — Moana Maniapoto.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Sep 1, 2019 | History
“We want to work shoulder to shoulder with this government rather than head-to-head headbutting.” — Ngahiwi Tomoana, Kahungunu leader.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Aug 25, 2019 | History
“If someone had said to me in 2008, I’d be turning the Whanganui River into a legal person — or parliament would be — I would have laughed.” Chris Finlayson, former Treaty negotiations minister.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Aug 18, 2019 | History, Reflections
“It was so stressful. I told my lot I just want to be Pākehā for a while.”
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Apr 14, 2019 | Reflections
“Maria Thompson became a part of the Jackson household after my son’s grandmother, June, found her on the streets and took her home. She stayed for over three decades.”
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 10, 2019 | Media
At the heart of the problem is the hare-brained notion that the primary goal for the Māori media is preserving and promoting the Māori language.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Sep 2, 2018 | Reflections
“The big challenge is how we as whānau and communities confront this terrible darkness, this sad duality that creates such a tragic legacy. There is no quick fix. It requires an open and honest conversation.”—Moana Maniapoto
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | May 27, 2018 | Reflections
The concept of wearing allegiances on the face, of using the skin as a canvas to tell a personal story . . . was a distinctly Māori expression.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Apr 22, 2018 | Reflections
One day, while our Māori Anglican dad was at work, our Pākehā Catholic mum rushed her brood off to...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Mar 4, 2018 | Comment & Analysis
If you can’t kill us or shut us up, redefine us — then make us extinct. Problem solved.
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 4, 2018 | Comment & Analysis, Media
I love a good debate. When I was at St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College, I was in the school debating...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Oct 28, 2017 | Comment & Analysis
Birds are singing, the grass is greener — and after Winston Peters’ announcement, there’s...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Sep 30, 2017 | Comment & Analysis
When I was young and apolitical, I didn’t get around to voting. It was the ‘80s. Party time. I met...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jul 1, 2017 | Comment & Analysis
I’ve been to a fair few marae in Auckland. The first one was Hoani Waititi at Glen Eden, in...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 18, 2017 | Comment & Analysis
Willie Jackson can be really annoying. In fact, that was one of the reasons we divorced about 16...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Feb 11, 2017 | Reflections
Uncle Manu was an 11-year-old schoolboy when his dad instructed him to “put some gear on” and play...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Nov 19, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
I started US election week in San Francisco, hanging with a bunch of Māori and native Hawaiians...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Oct 22, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
Doesn’t life pack a wallop sometimes? One minute our family was laughing, singing and dancing,...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Aug 27, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
Our daughter turned eight this week. She is a bright, happy and curious little girl with lots of...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jul 23, 2016 | Arts
Back in the day, when “floor shows” were king, the pub crowds of South Auckland were ruthless. I...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jul 16, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
All quiet on the TPPA front. Is that good or bad news? Well, it’s a bit of both, actually. The bad...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jun 25, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
I reckon we’ve come a long way in New Zealand. Yes, we have our fair share of nutters and racists,...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | Jun 18, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
“Bet we’re the first Māori to come here,” I whispered to Toby when we landed in Inari, a tiny...
Read MorePosted by Moana Maniapoto | May 21, 2016 | Comment & Analysis
We can all understand plain old personal racism. Like the time the friendly stranger at the bus...
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