Making an uncommon land
“They were unwitting participants in the violence of colonisation, imperialism and capitalism, just as we, their descendants, continue to be today.” — Catherine Knight on her settler ancestors.
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Uncovering the stories my family forgot, about a past still haunting Aotearoa
“The instruments used to displace the querulous Irish … are the same as those subsequently deployed to deal with the troublesome Māori.” — Professor Richard Shaw.
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