I want to learn my reo.
I want to learn my reo. As a teacher of reo Māori to adults, I have heard this lament uttered many times over the years. Tears are...
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Apr 12, 20223 min read
Can you ask me that?
Scholarship season is upon me. Am I really ready to answer the questions leveled at me about my contribution to Māoridom. Actually, I...
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Apr 10, 20224 min read
Look to the oceans with wonder and hope
Reading Our Sea Of Islands by Epeli Hau’ofa Hau’ofa, E. (1994). Our Sea of Islands. The Contemporary Pacific, 6(1), 148–161....
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Apr 9, 20224 min read
Taking back our Power
Alfred, T & Corntassel, J 2005, ‘Being indigenous: Resurgences against contemporary colonialism’, Government and Opposition, vol. 40, no....
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Apr 3, 20225 min read
Am I an imaginary Māori?
This thought-provoking reading precipitated me to consider who I am as Māori — am I an imaginary Māori? I had never questioned the...
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Mar 26, 202211 min read
He kākano ahau : How do I define myself ?
E kore au e ngaro he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea. The translation of this māori proverb is I shall never be lost for I am a seed...
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