Fuck it can be tiring being the only Māori in a corporate environment. Having to nicely explain why blood quantum is actually quite a fucked thing to ask someone, without them getting butt hurt or offended.
What police want from whānau at #Ihumatao and what to actually give them - A Thread.
The number one approach of police at Ihumātao is psychological right now and there are tactics they are using that are taken directly from other playbooks.
Great game Maori ABs. Nek time. Do not turn your back during a traditional Pasifika challenge. You are not behaving like Polynesians when you do that. You are behaving like rude uncultured guys.
Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern PM NZ MP Arts Culture and Heritage: STOP the Endeavour coming to Aotearoa. - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/s2hpgfYKui via @Change
hate the "this isn't us" stuff. it is. there's been hosking, drinnan, plunket, etc broadcasting racist trash and defending 'free speech' for years. it's a country founded on violent colonialism. we won't get any better by being wilfully ignorant, gotta face what we are
That one group of ‘unruly tourists’ or just actually a whole of lot of New Zealanders everyday who justify leaving their plastic and rubbish.. #justsayin
I was going to go to #Waitangi but Brash is there. I think I’ll just stay home and ponder the world and ask myself “why the fuck should he get to be invited to speak when I could name 10 Maori Women who would speak with more mana than in his little finger.”
@LizzieMarvelly Margaret Mutu is fab, Renee (writer, poet) Robyn Bargh, Prof Linda Tuhiwai Smith, AssProf Leonie Pihama, Dr Hinemoa Elder, Jennifer Ward- Lealand. None of them are (too) scary or older but all are awesome ✊🏾