Extra links for the extra curious: What is the current state of te taiao?
We destroyed mountains – The Spinoff – This comic is part of the Side Eye series written and illustrated by Toby Morris. In this comic he ponders the implications of the destruction of maunga in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Troubled waters – New Zealand's clean, green image hides a dirty truth. This Foreign Correspondent documentary presented on Māori TV summarises the freshwater issue.
What they didn’t teach me at school – Lewer began researching and making this body of work because he, like many New Zealanders wasn’t taught about the New Zealand Wars when he went through school in Hamilton in the 1980s. He feels it’s important for all New Zealanders to acknowledge and digest what happened, to help better understand our complex and disputed colonial history.
He Tohu – an excellent exhibition website from National Archives about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, He Whakaputanga, and the Women’s Suffrage Petition. This collection of discussion videos is particularly useful.
Interview with Moana Jackson – a deep dive with Mātua Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu) in which he powerfully speaks about the fight for tino rangatiratanga and the importance of the fight for Te Tiriti justice.
Stories about iwi – accessible, bite-size summary notes about some iwi across the motu, as presented within Te Ara: the encyclopaedia of New Zealand.
E-tangata: Who should tell our history? – an opinion piece from Catherine Delahunty about the tensions and responsibilities that come with teaching Te Tiriti o Waitangi in schools.
Waka Huia: Te Tiriti, governing Aotearoa and the way ahead – Rawiri Waititi and Marama Davidson feature on this special episode of Waka Huia.
Mau tūmārō: Sharing Stories of Perseverance – Dr Ruakere Honds speaks about Parihaka.
Matike Mai – this report reflects on ways in which Aotearoa could begin to imagine an inclusive constitution based on tikanga and kawa, He Whakaputanga, Te Tiriti, and other indigenous human rights instruments. Page 33 has an accessible discussion of Māori ways of organising prior to 1840.
What New Zealand can teach us about reparations – an excellent summary video by Vox media about Aotearoa history, the impact of colonisation and the Treaty settlements process.
Tūturu Episode 1: Land Back – Watch as Rawiri Waititi, Marama Davidson, Elizabeth Kerekere, Tina Ngata, Sharon Hawke, Pania Newton, Qiane Matata-Sipu, and Ihaia Puketapu share their thoughts on the concept of Land Back and how it is more than words but a call to action for all indigenous people across the world.
