$39 to show Hurricanes Poua support 💛 lanyard 💛 give your tickets to friends in the region each week 💛 vote for player of the year hurricanes.flicket.co.nz/memberships/41…

Maria Bargh has developed ‘A Tika Transition to a Flourishing Aotearoa’ policy guide and toolbox. These resources were inspired by her experiences responding to Government proposals around climate adaptation, mitigation and transition. Story here: bioheritage.nz/a-tika-transit…

Always in our hearts and minds 🖤🤍💔 #MoanaJackson

New Zealander of the Year nominations are now pointless. It’s this girl, who will also be the coolest kid at her school pretty much forever. #hesadickso

“I wrote the book in te reo Māori first. For me, that's a whakamana o te reo: an elevation and validation of our reo. The English version is the translation. Te reo Māori wasn’t the second thought here. It was the first.” — Qiane Matata-Sipu Qiane Matata-Sipu   e-tangata.co.nz/arts/qiane-mat…

“We're all colonised, and we fight that every day. And there's always new forms of colonisation too, with the AI digital space and the algorithms that are promoting particular ways of being, seeing and doing.” — Dr Jenny Lee-Morgan e-tangata.co.nz/korero/jenny-l…

I spoke to Dr Carwyn Jones about tensions between Māoridom and the Government. Also comments from Te Pāti Māori and David Seymour. There's so much room for positive debate but it's being undermined by headline-grabbing quips. nzherald Carwyn Jones nzherald.co.nz/nz/why-tension…

“As I was walking around the city, I’d have these weird experiences, and I’d think: ‘I’m supposed to write about that.’ I just had that feeling.” — Poet Debbie Broughton on the writing of her debut poetry collection The Ani Waaka Room. e-tangata.co.nz/arts/debbie-br…

Treaty Principles Bill translation fails 'international... ethical standards' rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-k…

“It is an act of extreme bad faith for one party to a treaty to try to change the terms of that treaty without seeking the agreement from the other parties.” — Dr Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Over the past few months, Jamie Tahana and I examined the coalition's direction for Māori and gathered expert analysis on key policy areas. We hope this two-part series (interactive policy breakdown & written feature) becomes a useful resource. 1/2 theguardian.com/world/article/…

In front of a packed gallery Hastings District Council reaffirms its’ commitment to Maori wards!

This October, get a copy of 'Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics and Law' – a new collection edited by Metiria Stanton Turei, Nicola R. Wheen and Janine Hayward. Available through local bookshops or order online today: bwb.co.nz/books/te-tirit…

“The government’s directive is not just an attack on Māori, but an attack on science and good medical practice.” — Doctors from the universities of Auckland and Otago. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

“The authority of tino rangatiratanga comes from tikanga Māori, not from recognition by kāwanatanga (government).” — Tracy Karanui-Golf, Mahinarangi Maika, Jota Firmin, and Carwyn Jones. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

“It is important that there is strong and visible opposition to the bill so that it is clear to politicians that there is no political advantage in progressing it.” — Carwyn Jones e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

“If we are to move forward together to counter the twin existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, then we need to ensure tangata whenua are part of decision-making.” — Kayla Kingdon-Bebb and Carwyn Jones. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

“The difficulty with starting from the institutions we have now and trying to think how they could be tweaked to better reflect Māori aspirations is that our current institutions are based on a particular way of understanding power.” — Carwyn Jones e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

“The need for these discussions is urgent. We have perhaps not progressed the conversation as far as we ought to have in the nearly 10 years since the publication of the Matike Mai report.” — Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones e-tangata.co.nz/history/fifty-…