“In London, I’m constantly searching for signs of Aotearoa and Te Tiriti in museums, public squares, and wall texts. But in the museums I’ve visited so far, there are no references to Te Tiriti or Aotearoa at all.” — Charlotte Doyle.
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“The Treaty bill is not just about legal wording — it’s about economic power. If Te Tiriti is successfully reframed as symbolic rather than contractual, the Crown will have removed one of the last barriers standing in the way of total economic control.” — Joshua Koko.
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“The radical thing is the system that currently exists — a system that completely cuts across the truth that our tūpuna never ceded sovereignty. To me, that’s the radical thing.” — Eru Kapa-Kingi.
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“A slate of policies that have lazily played on this country’s insecurities and set a fire beneath the nation’s founding document have been met with a resistance not seen for generations.” — Jamie Tahana.
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“Pāpā Moana Jackson used to say that if you’re born Māori, you’re automatically political. It’s inherent in who we are and how we roll, irrespective of the careers or the paths that we take.” — Ria Hall.
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