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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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 […]
Read more "Tony Abbott would see the indigenous incarceration rate rise just to save $9m"The irony of New Zealand and the Avatar Sequels: ramblings of a Maori socialist
Given the current political climate surrounding New Zealand’s growing chumminess with multinational corporations (as well as the country’s colonial history) one could unquestionably agree that Aotearoa is the right place for the filming of the Avatar sequels – for all the wrong reasons obviously. The first Avatar instalment was heavily drenched in themes of capitalism, […]
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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 […]
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“Indeed the Pākehā did have some useful technology but not the kindness of heart to see that Māori also possessed much great technology which if Pākehā were prepared to adopt would lead to stability and peace and the building of a great new society”. – Te Whiti, 1882 Today on 5th November 1881, the New […]
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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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This year has witnessed mass movements of indigenous eco-protests the world over, silhouetting a diverse stand against the land-and-resource-monopoly of big multinational corporations. Sadder than the nil coverage of mainstream media, as well as the sell-out agenda of participating governments, is the police brutality that continues to protect corporate greed. For the events that unfolded […]
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