My heart longs for the day when every single one of us as Māori celebrate who we all are as Māori, celebrate the return of our taonga, and consider ourselves, and each other, worthy of them. Decolonisation starts with how you see yourself.

When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction. The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance. We have the right to fight back! Rest in Power George Floyd

black people riot when their anger over being murdered and oppressed reaches a boiling point. here are some fun reasons why white people have rioted:

Powerful.

The very same people complaining about cancel culture had no problem with the cancellation of Colin Kaepernick’s career.

The macron signals a long vowel sound eg “Whoever keeps removing the macron in the Kāpiti sign is a cān’t”

The Treaty of Waitangi is an international treaty between sovereign hapū Māori & the British Crown. The te reo Māori & English texts are contradictory & irreconcilable: they cannot be read together or converted into meaningful 'principles' because they are diametrically opposed.

My Aunty Rangitahi did a series of karanga yesterday where she covered about 5 issues. She was the first voice heard and the men walked behind her. She said more in her karanga than the first speaker. #WahineRoles

The expressed opinions are representative of the legacies of colonisation and scientific racism, and therefore impact us all, and, in particular, Māori. We acknowledge the harm this letter has caused for Māori staff and students within the School of Psychology, ... 2/4

... Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Aotearoa and beyond. The School of Psychology recognises and values the richness of mātauranga Māori, and the invaluable contributions made by Māori scholars and students to psychology. 3/4

We embrace a psychology reinvigorated by the knowledge generously shared by Māori and which has existed for thousands of years. We strive to create a disciplinary home that is inclusive of, and responsive to, the richness of mātauranga Māori. 4/4

Fortunately, mātauranga Māori (and Pacific knowledges) are going to flow through the School of Psychology and Faculty of Science regardless of these views ✊🏽

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NZPsS President expresses our disappointment in the recent letter in the Listener regarding Mātauranga Māori and Western Science Royal Society Te Apārangi University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau

1/18 Richard Dawkins & his allies have been attacking the idea that Polynesians gained scientific knowledge during their thousands of years exploring the Pacific & settling lands like Aotearoa. Dawkins et al regard such an idea as a 21st C, 'woke' phenomenon. They're badly wrong

Manawatia te parawhai #huiatau17

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