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The Hollywood Māui would have no chance against the Māui of Polynesia, whose biggest muscles were in his head and stomach.
Nineteenth-century European settlement is often depicted as a triumphal ‘taming of nature’. But does that collective memory impede more honest appraisals of the environmental risks we face today?
While tracing his own family’s journey from Ireland to Aotearoa New Zealand, Richard Shaw encountered how much ‘selective amnesia’ about the colonial past still shapes our lives today.
Like it or not, many Pākehā New Zealanders are the beneficiaries of a colonial settlement system based on dispossession and alienation. How can the past and present be reconciled honestly?
This year marks 140 years since Parihaka pā was sacked. As He Puapua reignites the debate about the impacts of colonisation, how do the descendants of early European settlers respond?
New Zealand is the last major landmass to be settled. One of the sites of earliest occupation is under threat from development, despite its cultural significance for Māori.
Top contributors
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Professor of Politics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Race Relations, Health and Wellbeing, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professional Teaching Fellow in Relational Justice and Ethics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate in Māori Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Head of School, Te Kawa a Māui, School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington