Ancestry: Indigenous Pride
This is a poem written in the build up to Waitangi Day 2016, as well as the signing of the Trans-Pacific-Partnership in Auckland (New Zealand).
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Māori Privilege: Ramblings of a privileged Māori
Contrary to what some may believe, Māori aren’t privileged citizens of Aotearoa New Zealand. Dr (yes this guy is learned) Jamie Whyte and Winston Peters would obviously beg to differ, as their recent remarks clearly propagate a narrative that belongs in the 19th century. Analysing the situation, it’s evident that two major discourses influenced the […]
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“The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.” – Frederick Buechner 1/4 New Zealand children live in poverty. Evidently the Neoliberal economics of the 1980′s, which are still at large today, […]
Read more "We can #EndNeoliberalism in New Zealand – Ramblings of a #Maori Socialist"New Zealand politics: Labour needs to remember who they’re fighting – ramblings of a #Māori socialist
National will win the 2014 elections, but it won’t be due to any politicking by the Right. Since David Cunliffe became the leader of the NZ Labour Party, the political Centre-Left has gravitated more towards creating factions and discord than a sense of political direction and unity against the capitalist National government. Labour needs to […]
Read more "New Zealand politics: Labour needs to remember who they’re fighting – ramblings of a #Māori socialist"Tim Wilson, George Brandis and Section 18c – systemic racism in Australia stoops to a new low
Usually the end of the year is a season of festivity not right wing political reforms upholding systemic racism. The Australian attorney general, George Brandis, has appointed Tim Wilson as the country’s ‘Freedom’ Human Rights Commissioner. As one of many recent politicking schemes, the other being funding cuts to legal aid services, the Abbott government […]
Read more "Tim Wilson, George Brandis and Section 18c – systemic racism in Australia stoops to a new low"Tony Abbott would see the indigenous incarceration rate rise just to save $9m
Mass indigenous imprisonment seems to be a trend for colonial governments – Australia though, appears to pride itself on a whole new different meaning of systemic racism. Yesterday PM Tony Abbott announced funding cuts to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, in a bid to save the Government $9-13m over a period […]
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As the government targets to resolve all historical Treaty claims by 2014[1] (more likely 2016), the subsequent aftermath will be intriguing to observe, as the historic transition is bound to be marked by conflict. The only way New Zealand society can meaningfully move forward is together, some believe that comes in the form of […]
Read more "Manaakitanga, indigeneity and nationhood: ramblings of a Maori socialist"Colin Craig and the threat to mana tangata whenua
“You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say you are free to compete with all the others, and still just believe that you have been completely fair.” – Lyndon Johnson, Affirmative Action, 1965 […]
Read more "Colin Craig and the threat to mana tangata whenua"An open letter to Pita Sharples and Tariana Turia
Tēnā kōrua Tariana and Pita, I write to ask you both, as the Minister of Māori Affairs and the Minister of Whānau Ora, to rectify the tapu that has been disregarded. Explicitly, I am referring to the comments and actions made by John Tamihere and Willie Jackson over the past week. As prominent Māori leaders, […]
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“Tama Tu Tama Ora, Tama Noho Tama Mate” – To stand is to live to lie down is to die The winds are changing in New Zealand politics and the movement of the left is going to silhouette the 2014 elections. The resurgence in New Zealand socialism and the centre-left is the fruits (or the […]
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