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Category: Indigenous peoples’ issues and rights

Bryce Edwards: Ihumātao reflects the Zeitgeist of 2019

Bryce Edwards: Ihumātao reflects the Zeitgeist of 2019

July 30, 2019

The extraordinary Māori land protest at Ihumātao in Auckland is symbolic of our time. It is unlikely to have occurred, say, five years ago. It perfectly reflects heightened concerns and increased radicalism over racism, economic inequality, and the history of colonialism in New Zealand. This meant that when the police moved in last week to …

February 11, 2019
Bryce Edwards: Fixing Treaty ignorance in politics and schools

Bryce Edwards: Fixing Treaty ignorance in politics and schools

2019’s Waitangi commemorations will be mostly remembered for two debates – whether the Prime Minister should be able to recite the detail of the Treaty of Waitangi, and whether the teaching of the Treaty and colonial history in New Zealand should be compulsory. PM’s unawareness of the Treaty Articles Jacinda Ardern’s awkward answers about the …

February 7, 2019
Bryce Edwards: NZ’s changing race relations

Bryce Edwards: NZ’s changing race relations

There has been a striking mood of positivity and optimism in the commentary about Waitangi Day, and race relations in general, this year. It’s as if we have turned a corner as a nation. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern epitomised this in her prayer yesterday in which she said God “made us of one blood, now …

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