Posts by Sacha
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conscious falsification
With real harm to NZ's reputation. That's likely to affect whether people want to move here, study here (remember previous waves of reporting about anti-Asian racism) or visit us with their tourist dollars. And who pays for that?
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(said theatrically o course)
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We are dictionary
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cover design amusingly extended to a large cabal of my partner's workmates
now *there's* a story
snap - again
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Slightly different circumstances
Surely there's some difference between a public exhibit and an industry-only behind-the-scenes tour?
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Russel Norman talks to Wammo about road vs rail. And MMP.
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On the solutions front, I'm delighted that Penny Hulse has been appointed Deputy Mayor.
Ms Hulse has served on the Waitakere City council in various roles for more than 15 years, most recently as deputy.
“She has been an outstanding conjugate across the [Waitakere] council with its many and varied political hue and experience in bringing that council together, and that has been a key reason why I have chosen her as my Deputy Mayor,” said Mr Brown at a press conference today.
Mr Brown says Ms Hulse will work closely with the Mayor’s Office on a range of policy initiatives like transport, social engagement and the environment.
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you had me at "the Kiwiblog".
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While we're on media making connections with the topic of the moment, Lynne Pope wrote an eloquent post yesterday about her own experience with the collection in question, in response to the Te Papa story.
Some taonga repelled me, as though there was a physical barrier I could not see. Others pulled me in. One attracted me so strongly and when I was given permission to hold it, I swear I felt hands holding mine. Fanciful? It probably seems so to anyone who has not had a similar experience around taonga of great power.
This is the collection the regional museum staff have been invited to see. This is the collection that iwi Māori expect to be treated in a culturally-appropriate manner.
Too often, we attempt to explain things Māori in terms that are not Māori. We explain guardianship and kaitiakitanga as if they were interchangeable words, yet the Māori concept of kaitiakitanga goes way beyond the simple explanation of guardianship. Māori speak of mana, which we conveniently translate as, "life force". We speak of "taonga" and translate this to, "treasures", which ignores the deep spiritual significance taonga has.
These European explanations allow non-Māori New Zealanders to dismiss Māori cultural beliefs as archaic, somewhat pre-history concepts. History, culture, spiritualism, and identity, are not separate concepts to Māori, nor are they a part of an old-fashioned, outdated tradition.
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how can we get these sort of lies exposed to a wider audience?
I'm being idealistic, but challenging lies *at the time* would be a good start. The opposition parties are supposed to have research units, aren't they?
Imagine if every time a Minister tried that shit they were called on it right away, so it was on the same record as the utterance. And a media release was dispatched immediately afterwards clearly summarising without spin the lies and the facts. Every time.
Also fed into subsequent parliamentary questions (and some training in constructing good ones wouldn't go amiss for some MPs) and into other communications plans.
Even if it took a while for media outlets with other priorities or loyalties to pass on the message they'd soon be aware of it. If enough other outlets went public, peer pressure would do the trick.
We deserve better than representatives who knowingly lie to us in pursuit of what they think is right.
Snap, Kyle