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Honoured to read a poem tonight following the Cantonese apology for the Poll Tax, 21 years after the first apology was delivered in a language that many of those who paid the tax wouldn’t have spoken. (+ my first time out as Poet Laureate with the Matua Tokotoko!)

Words I live by. Toni Morrison knew.

Rangiānehu Mātāmua, Astronomer - New Zealander of the Year. 🖤❤️🤍

“We think the concept of indigenisation leads to quite a different — and potentially more promising — route, because it’s a process by which Indigenous ways of being and knowing are normalised.” e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Dr. Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga has been a stalwart of Pacific education, walking beside so many Pacific graduates -removing obstacles and helping them navigate the hostile waters of Uni. The loss of would be immeasurable to the Uni and to Aotearoa as a whole.

The war we ignore - E-Tangata “ too many Pākehā still see Polynesia as a holiday destination where we go to play and bask in the sun while the locals serve and entertain us.” ⁦Catherine Delahunty⁩ e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Our Crip and Disability Poetics collection gathers contemporary poets with forebears who wrote on the nonnormative body-mind. Spend some time with it this weekend! bit.ly/44j6Yp3

#NZ “Language shapes how we remember, but also how we talk about what we remember. It guides what we tell those who come after us. These are our stories. The words we use are important” ~ Joanna Kidman 🫶 #HeTaongaTeReo e-tangata.co.nz/reo/the-great-…

i do not have patience for the belief that art shouldn’t be political. are you not alive? are you not dying? is the planet not in crisis? do you think your enemies care how beautifully subtle you can be? or that your so-called allies care about the ‘longevity’ of your work?

“Most Pākehā want to claim our geographical ties without the historical ones. Want to say that we’re from Taranaki, with its rolling green pastures and calm dairy herds, without the accompanying story of violence.” — Sarah Hopkinson e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/th…

Taranaki Maunga, Taranaki Tangata - Taranaki is the Mountain and Taranaki are the people'. Taranaki iwi sign settlement: maunga, and park to be recognised as a person rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Taking the hood off the KKK in New Zealand | E-Tangata ⁦Dr Avery Smith⁩ ⁦E-Tangata⁩ “…. because colonisation relied on the ideology of white supremacy to make it work.” e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Want to support te reo Māori? Learn about colonisation | E-Tangata. e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…