‘They travel with shadows’
“Their tūpuna inhabit every room they enter, they embody every act, and they help guide every word.”
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Author: Morgan Godfery
Māori media: Where are our Māori print journalists?
“We’re in the danger zone if Māori print journalism relies on mainstream organisations for its survival (and let’s be honest — it does).”
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Did the Māori electorates decide the 2017 election?
“Labour’s Māori MPs live and work in two worlds, relating to Māori voters as Māori, but also as workers, citizens and more. The problem for the Māori Party is it never did the same.” —Morgan Godfery, in an extract from a new book, ‘Stardust and Substance’.
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Morgan Godfery: The hardest job in politics
Failure is part of the Treaty settlement process, at least if you understand a settlement from the side of iwi and hapū — who never get what was taken.
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Hekia is right about our history teaching. Well, half right.
We can all recall a horror story from our time at school. But Māori are likely to have a longer...
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Our Māori MP of the year?
I’m not a great fan of political awards. The way I see it, it’s usually better to criticise than...
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The “hakarena” – a silly dig or a serious insult?
Behold, the “hakarena”. And yes, that’s a combination of “haka” and “macarena”. It was coined in...
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Warrior race? Pull the other one
My deepest impulses are pacifist, something that seems out step with what I’m told it means to be...
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Who wins from health and safety reforms?
Here’s an unwelcome stat if you’re Māori or Pasifika. It confirms that you’re more likely to be...
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Is it ever okay to eat a kererū?
The native wood pigeon – that’s our kererū or kukupa – has been a tasty item on the news menu...
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Too quick to take the credit?
We’ve just had Budget 2015 which Labour has called the budget of broken promises. National,...
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In defence of Whānau Ora
Last week the Auditor General, Lyn Provost, released a report on the Whānau Ora programme....
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Hone Harawira may have a point
From time to time, New Zealanders from any number of political persuasions have rubbished the way...
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Why do we ignore the New Zealand Wars?
There is no shame in us pausing to grieve over the horrors and waste of human life in our...
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No pro-Maori line on water rights
It doesn’t take much for the Establishment in New Zealand to find fault with any Maori effort to...
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Winston Peters just keeps winning
Winston Peters is the most successful Maori politician since Apirana Ngata. Or so says Tau Henare....
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It’s time for some action
There’s more news out of the north, but it has nothing to do with Winston’s win in the Northland...
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Should the state control our language?
There is a fairly strong indication that the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill could be on the...
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We’ve heard more than enough from David Rankin
He wants to “overthrow” the Kingitanga, he “boycotts” Waitangi Day, and he seems to think a...
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Sovereignty not surrendered – and not asked for
There’s no point in exhuming the sovereignty debate – or so we’re advised by right-wing...
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History isn’t always written by the winners
Let’s suppose the history of the Treaty of Waitangi reads like a balance sheet. We would...
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It’s now up to Te Ururoa
Democracy thrives in turbulent times. Where there is resignation, passivity or inactivism – the...
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