Naomi Simmonds

Raukawa. Ngāti Huri. Wahine. Māmā. Researcher.

[Research Training @indigenoushart]

Plan to attend! Registration is open at https://t.co/rMimKBt9wv

[Naomi Simmonds @Naomisimmonds]

@tangiwhaiora @kaupapamaori @honayyyyyyyyyy Absolutely we should!!

[Naomi Simmonds @Naomisimmonds]

"Transformation comes in many forms - and so the question to you is - what is your contribution to transformation?" - Leonie Pihama @kaupapamaori

[Naomi Simmonds @Naomisimmonds]

"we should be appauled and enraged that we have schooling that don't even teach about the history of the lands that we are walking on" - Leonie Pihama @kaupapamaori

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"If you only focus on an individual then you will never heal the collective. You will just move from one individual to another individual. That approach will not heal a collective soul wound" - Leonie Pihama @kaupapamaori

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"We are all ancestors in this room... we need to be careful about what we do. We need to walk carefully on this land and be intentional in what we do" - Leonie Pihama delivering decolonising gems to a social work class of 50 at University of Washington.

[Naomi Simmonds @Naomisimmonds]

Leonie Pihama on researchers coming to mine our communities for their own agendas- "that kind of research has always been dangerous for our communities, it still is dangerous for our communities, because it is decontextualised, ahistorical and generally apolitical" @kaupapamaori

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"we are eternal warriors on our land" @JJDeSantolo @kaupapamaori @bonniemduran Tautoko!!

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"How do we make meaning of this research in our communities? We make meaning outside of these four walls through the land, it is deeply relational" @JJDeSantolo @kaupapamaori @bonniemduran privileged to be presenting alongside amazing indigenous activist academics.

[𝔹𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕦𝕦 😕 @tinangata]

Pākeha Entitlement to Moko Kauwae, and Other Territorial Incursions. https://t.co/Omi5j6yvEP

[Naomi Simmonds @Naomisimmonds]

@kaupapamaori @thesarahhunt Thank you for having us. A strong and powerful place!! Ngā mihi.