“The compulsory Te Tiriti education at the University of Auckland is not a burden. It’s a necessary starting point for migrants, especially for caste-privileged Indian migrants like Dr Parmar, to begin undoing the toxic ideologies we bring with us.” — Mohan Dutta.
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“Without an informed understanding of the objectives behind equity-based initiatives, international students can erroneously perceive Māori as ‘privileged’ and contribute to anti-Māori sentiments.” — Kyle Tan.
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“There are still so few Māori in the university, relatively speaking, that we can often feel alone, and yearn for more Māori life.” — Te Kawehau Hoskins, Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori, Auckland University.
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“An inclusive university might provide many of its members with a sense of progressive change, while change for Māori is not significant at all.” — Te Kawehau Hoskins & Alison Jones.
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“I still remember the Year 13 dean who decided I didn’t need university pamphlets because, in his eyes, I wasn’t university material.” — Jemaima Tiatia, Pro Vice Chancellor Pacific at Auckland University.
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“While the hijacking had taken things to another level, this was also just another day in the life of a Māori academic working within a colonial and patriarchal institution and society.” — Dr Elana Curtis.
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“You’ve got hundreds of years of research and development behind the wharenui that we see today. That doesn’t even take into account the building knowledge that our ancestors brought with them from Polynesia.” — Professor Deidre Brown.
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“There are Pasifika families who want their daughter to succeed in medicine but she still has to teach Sunday school, cook food for their family, and look after the young ones — and those expectations aren’t realistic.” — Dr Collin Tukuitonga.
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“The longer I stay at university, the more I realise that not only are universities not made for me, but there are institutional structures embedded within them that actively exclude me.”
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Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath — on suicide prevention, the migrant dream, and the motivating force of a high school teacher who made her feel like “a dumb Coconut”.
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Law professor David Williams on a lifetime of engagement with te ao Māori.
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