Sep 21, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Ogonna Nweke In the 1970s African American activism was echoed in New Zealand influencing the creation and activism of both Ngā Tamatoa and the Polynesian Panthers. 50 years later these trends continue with protests across New Zealand sparked by the deaths of...
Apr 23, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Ocean Ripeka Mercier (Ngāti Porou) Many writers only loosely define what they mean by it, while others use it as a general black box for addressing the negative impacts of colonisation upon Indigenous peoples. Like colonisation, decolonisation is a huge and...
Feb 18, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
By Mark Busse & Sophie Faber Mark Busse and Sophie Faber examine West Papua’s history to see what’s at stake politically and economically in the current unrest. West Papua has been in the media more than usual over the last six months, with stories...
Aug 14, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
Is ‘Latin America’ part of ‘the West’? Why ask this question and what do these terms mean for understanding the world today? In this lecture, Professor Walter Mignolo will ask what role the Americas played in forming the colonial matrix of...
Jun 19, 2019 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Ethan Kisby Are New Zealand’s colonial institutions pushing Māori toward a life of crime? Ethan Kisby explores. New Zealand gang membership, especially Māori gang membership, may have more to do with our colonial history and young men searching for a sense of...
Mar 28, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Avril Bell In an extract from her new book A Land of Milk & Honey: Making Sense of Aotearoa New Zealand, Avril Bell discusses whether settler colonialism is still a thing in the twenty-first century. The movie Avatar tells the story of a corporation from Earth...