The Pursuit of Tiriti justice - An Activist Scholar Perspective webinar

The pursuit of Tiriti justice: An activist scholar perspective
2:30pm Saturday 16 March
Kaikōrero:
Prof David Williams
Ringa hāpai:
Carl Chenery
Many people gathered on Takaparawhau at dawn on 25 May 2023 to honour those who 45 years ago had stood with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei for 506 days in support of the call that “Bastion Point is Māori Land”. That occupation has come to be recognised as a major step forward in the pursuit of Tiriti justice since the 1970s. The slogans have changed from “The Treaty is Fraud”, to “Stop the Celebrations”, to “Honour the Treaty”. There has been resistance to Te Tiriti being reframed as “the principles of the Treaty”. There has been debate about what was meant by the rangatiratanga guarantee to Māori but no doubt that the guarantees have been breached on countless occasions. This talk involves story-telling by a scholar/activist who has changed his mind on how to frame the issues over the years, and on how best to pursue Tiriti justice.
We are very grateful to David for responding to questions in the Q&A that we not answered on the day. These can be found here: docs.google.co...
This webinar was part of the Te Tiriti-based Futures + Anti-racism open access, online conference, 16-25 March 2024. #TBF2024 www.tiritibase...