Jamie Whyte is proving to be a bit strange and prone to thoughtless pronouncements. Like Colin Craig without hair. In an interview on Ruminator he stated he didn’t think the State should deny consenting adult siblings the right to marry if they wanted to. Just because. It was a bit strange. In any case, his strangeness… Read More Incest is as bad as voting for ACT: Māori & personal freedom
Close to the time of his death, my ancestor, Tutereinga, was asked where he wished to be buried. He answered: E koro ana mate koe, e hiahia ana koe kia takato koe i te taha o mātua e moe mai rā i te tihi o Mauao? E kao, ēngari me moe ahau ki Tahataharoa kia rongo ai… Read More Developing injustice: Māori, land developers and the future of grievance
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Some motivational words before I begin this post: ‘Renegades of Funk’ cover (2000) by Rage Against the Machine [original by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force (1983)] Now renegades are the people With their own philosophies They change the course of history Everyday, people like you and me We’re the renegades we’re the…
At Auckland’s Big Gay Out, in a surreal moment, John Key claimed he would “definitely win” a game of beer pong against Labour leader David Cunliffe. “Wouldn’t be any doubt about it,” the PM said. David Cunliffe responded in kind, claiming “I could, I’m sure – if the moment arose – drink him under the… Read More In the battle for control of NZ, Key and Cunliffe wave their phalluses at each other
WARNING: This is not a positive feel-good Waitangi Day column. I begin as did Paulo Freire: To the oppressed, and to those who suffer with them, and fight at their side. This image appeared in the NZ Herald newspaper on Waitangi Day:Like others, I hope the use of a White Power image was inadvertent, though… Read More Waitangi: it’s time to break the leash
On 21 January 1864, General Cameron despatched a naval force to Tauranga Moana. You will read consistently that he did this because the iwi of Tauranga provided food, resources and men to the war in the Waikato, so logically he wanted to cut the supply line. That is inaccurate. Patrick Nicholas prepared evidence for the… Read More Te Ara Wairere: following my ancestors to the Waikato from Tauranga Moana
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