Hoping for a dose of humanity and decency
“There can be no open, fair and honest conversations or ‘equality’ when one side denies your history, denies your narrative, denies your suffering.” — Patrick Thomsen.
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Author: Patrick Thomsen
We’re part of New Zealand’s Pacific story
“I’ve found it disheartening that their stories are almost always left out when we talk about Pacific peoples and our contribution to New Zealand society.” — Seuta’afili Dr Patrick Thomsen on the Pacific’s Rainbow and Queer community.
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Language, identity — and ‘real’ Sāmoans
“Some of the things you may have learned from those anthropology textbooks shouldn’t be seen as a bible for what a ‘real’ Sāmoan is.” — Patrick Thomsen.
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We’re all in this together? Yeah, nah.
“It’s precisely in these moments of panic that a country’s inequities are most visible.” — Patrick Thomsen
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Israel Folau’s demise is also partially ours
“Israel Folau’s demise is one that I can’t fully celebrate as a gay Pasifika person.”—Seuta’afili Dr Patrick Thomsen.
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Patrick Thomsen: Why Moana could actually be good for us
Disney’s latest film, Moana, featuring its first Pacific Island princess, is being released in New...
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Patrick Thomsen: The racial divide in our education system
The NCEA final exams that are about to take place in a few weeks will, for a large proportion of...
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