Tag: Waitangi Day

Just don’t call her an activist

Posted by Moana Maniapoto | Mar 26, 2023 | Kōrero

“We must never, ever take it for granted that freedom comes on the silver platter. It does not.” — Titewhai Harawira.

Wāhine, White Women, and Waitangi

Posted by Tina Ngata | Feb 13, 2022 | Comment & Analysis

“New Zealand is steadfastly committed to drinking its own Kool-aid when it comes to race relations. We have stitched-in blinders when it comes to convincing everyone that we are kind, and just and equitable.” — Tina Ngata.

Claudia Orange: Questions of sovereignty

Posted by Claudia Orange | Jan 31, 2021 | History

“The early plans for a British colony envisaged a Māori New Zealand in which settlers would somehow be accommodated,” writes Claudia Orange. But, by 1840, there’d been a shift in thinking, reflecting “reluctant official acknowledgement that the tide of British colonisation could not be held back forever”.