Breadcrumbs List.
Facing racism
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Covid and ethnicity: ‘a difficult balancing act’
24 August 2020
Opinion: There’s been much debate about identifying the ethnicity of the Pacific family at the centre of the new Covid-19 outbreak. Dr Collin Tukuitonga explains why he thinks that decision was, on balance, the right call.
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'Remember, Covid-19 knows no ethnicity': Pacific mental health expert
19 August 2020
Dr Jemaima Tiatia-Seath says the family at the centre of the recent Auckland Covid-19 cluster is feeling well supported.
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Selina Tusitala Marsh's Mophead memoir makes an impact
3 August 2020
Poet Selina Tusitala Marsh’s first book for children, a graphic memoir, is a finalist in the NZ Book Awards for children and young adults.
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Karamia Müller: 'There is no other way to say it'
1 July 2020
Opinion: Dr Karamia Müller says when you decide that lives are not negotiable, questions that appear difficult have simple and clear answers.
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To dethrone statues erases presence, not past
18 June 2020
Opinion: Despite strong instincts to preserve the past, Felicity Barnes explains why she won't be sad to see monuments to our colonial legacy removed.
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The truth is not set in stone
16 June 2020
Opinion: Ancestors of present-day New Zealanders fought on both sides during the New Zealand Wars. And both sides should be remembered, writes Avril Bell.
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New Zealand: A nation grappling with its racist past
15 June 2020
Opinion: A country can best heal when it acknowledges past injustices, and New Zealand is no exception, writes Robert Bartholomew.
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Powerful wāhine voice in child protection review
11 June 2020
Opinion: Pleas by wāhine in a report on treatment of Māori mothers and babies reflect need for respect, honesty and for whānau to be worked with, writes Ian Hyslop.
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To control the past is to control the future
10 June 2020
Opinion: UK protesters who tore down a slave trader statue want a future free from racism - but for that you have to fully reveal the past, writes Neal Curtis.
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New exhibition maps racialised over-policing and law changes in New Zealand
10 June 2020
An exhibition capturing instances of racialised human rights violations in New Zealand though interactive mapping, initiated by Pacific architectural researcher Dr Karamia Müller, School of Architecture and Planning, has opened at the Adam Art Gallery/ Te Pātaka Toi.
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Māori and Pacific dread armed police patrols
9 June 2020
Opinion: Fear and anger from Māori and Pasifika to armed policing in Aotearoa are not emotional reactions: they are valid scientific conclusions, writes Emilie Rākete.
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Strong social justice background informs new role
9 June 2020
Professor Tracey McIntosh (Ngāi Tūhoe) from the University of Auckland has been announced as a commissioner on the Government’s recently established Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).