Josie Keelan
@jkeelan.bsky.social
Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa and Tuhoe. Periphery dweller given to saying inappropriate things and coming up with ideas that often miss the mark 🤓😎
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The year ahead: The first time Ngāti Toa went to the courts it was told the Treaty was 'a simply nullity'; the iwi's chief executive asks if NZers will stand up today against similar political attacks?
Why we should walk backwards into our vexed future
newsroom.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The year ahead: The first time Ngāti Toa went to the courts it was told the Treaty was 'a simply nullity'; the iwi's chief executive asks if NZers will stand up today against similar political attacks?
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'Funding White Supremacy', a new blog by Robert B. Williams, author of FUNDING WHITE SUPREMACY
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December 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
'Funding White Supremacy', a new blog by Robert B. Williams, author of FUNDING WHITE SUPREMACY
📚 https://cup.org/3Mi6M5d
📚 https://cup.org/3Mi6M5d
“…. and majority tyranny is a big thing in a democracy.”
Best of the Year:
Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.
Hell hath no fury like an attorney-general scorned
newsroom.co.nz
December 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“…. and majority tyranny is a big thing in a democracy.”
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Comment: What worries me the most with Bishop's RMA reform is the loss of significant features of the environment being sacrificed on the altar of development, writes Geoffrey Palmer.
Geoffrey Palmer: The vaulting ambition of Chris Bishop
newsroom.co.nz
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Comment: What worries me the most with Bishop's RMA reform is the loss of significant features of the environment being sacrificed on the altar of development, writes Geoffrey Palmer.
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'Devastating in all ways': Sand dune ecosystems on Tokerau Beach being destroyed by vehicles
'Devastating in all ways': Sand dune ecosystems on Tokerau Beach being destroyed by vehicles
Thrill-seekers causing significant damage to dunes on the Far North beach have forced the installation of temporary fences and blockage of access points.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
'Devastating in all ways': Sand dune ecosystems on Tokerau Beach being destroyed by vehicles
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Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll
The poll of Māori voters put Parliament's youngest MP at the top of the list for favoured leaders of Te Pāti Māori.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll
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South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
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Kia ora koutou — Te Waka Taki Kōrero/The Māori Literature Trust has opened applications for two grants (up to $6K) for mid-career Māori writers. Applications for Te Tupu Hauora close on 30 Jan, 2026. All info on the website linked below. Mauri ora!
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
Apply Now: Te Tupu Hauroa Development Grants 2026
The Māori Literature Trust invites submissions from mid-career Māori writers seeking to undertake development opportunities between February – May 2026.
mlt.org.nz
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Kia ora koutou — Te Waka Taki Kōrero/The Māori Literature Trust has opened applications for two grants (up to $6K) for mid-career Māori writers. Applications for Te Tupu Hauora close on 30 Jan, 2026. All info on the website linked below. Mauri ora!
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
mlt.org.nz/te-tupu-haur...
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Comment from Auckland University: How do we get beyond the scepticism each ‘side’ of the education debate seems to have for each other?
Education in Aotearoa doesn't need to be this divided
newsroom.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Comment from Auckland University: How do we get beyond the scepticism each ‘side’ of the education debate seems to have for each other?
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Stoked to have been involved in the paper. Less pleased to have my own story profiled in it.
Our article in today's NZ Medical Journal - a disgraceful story of structural racism in NZ health policy. It highlights govt refusal to address a glaring inequity despite clear evidence and sustained advocacy. The result is avoidable disease and mortality for Māori and Pacific people.
Tūtakarerewa—Indigenous advocacy and structural racism in bowel cancer screening in Aotearoa New Zealand
The New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) is the principal scientific journal for the medical profession in New Zealand. The Journal has become a fundamental resource for providing research and written p...
nzmj.org.nz
December 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Stoked to have been involved in the paper. Less pleased to have my own story profiled in it.
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Opinion from Otago University: NZ built a reputation as a world leader in tobacco control. Will it now protect Kiwis’ health, or favour the interests of an industry that profits from their addiction?
Our smokefree goal has turned to ash, so what next?
newsroom.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Opinion from Otago University: NZ built a reputation as a world leader in tobacco control. Will it now protect Kiwis’ health, or favour the interests of an industry that profits from their addiction?
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'Anytime he had a word that he didn't know, we would write a song'
'Anytime he had a word that he didn't know, we would write a song. And it worked'
Award-winning Kiwi musicians and parents Steph Brown and Fen Ikner use death metal, reggae and Latin grooves to help kids learn how to spell tricky words.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
'Anytime he had a word that he didn't know, we would write a song'
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Alongside the many critiques of government policies that we published in 2025, we also ran many pieces about fortitude, accomplishment, and optimism. These are the stories that we’d like to leave you with over the summer. Stories of restoration, resistance, and hope.
Summer reading: A year of resistance and hope | E-Tangata
Alongside the many critiques of government policies that we published in 2025, we also ran many pieces about fortitude, accomplishment, and optimism. These are the stories that we’d like to leave you ...
e-tangata.co.nz
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Alongside the many critiques of government policies that we published in 2025, we also ran many pieces about fortitude, accomplishment, and optimism. These are the stories that we’d like to leave you with over the summer. Stories of restoration, resistance, and hope.
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Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform
Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform
Te Arikinui said she was proud to launch the initiative as a "declaration" that Māori were ready to invest.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Māori Queen launches multi-million-dollar investment platform
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Coalition Government ministers insist their reform of regional councils is "not a power grab" – but all the evidence suggests the opposite, to democracy's detriment.
Anne Salmond: We're reforming the wrong part of government
newsroom.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Coalition Government ministers insist their reform of regional councils is "not a power grab" – but all the evidence suggests the opposite, to democracy's detriment.
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Clive Aspin & myself are co-ordinating a special issue of Sites focusing on Dimensions of Honourable Kāwanatanga. We are keen to hear others perspective on this kaupapa - we are intentionally looking to the future but with a critical awareness of past dishonourable practice.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Clive Aspin & myself are co-ordinating a special issue of Sites focusing on Dimensions of Honourable Kāwanatanga. We are keen to hear others perspective on this kaupapa - we are intentionally looking to the future but with a critical awareness of past dishonourable practice.
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When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
Tears Weren’t About the Fight
by ELVOn the way home, I cried.Tears stung the unhealed cold sore on my lip,and the aircon dried them hard against my chin.I didn’t cry because I was exhausted from breaking up a fight before morning ...
www.engaginglearningvoices.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When the Ministry cannot explain how a foreign company won a national contract to hold the learning data of every child in Aotearoa, it is not an administrative inconvenience.
It is a breach of trust.
It is a breach of trust.
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Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon delivers complaint to UN in Geneva
Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon delivers complaint to UN in Geneva
"The coalition government has escalated discrimination against Māori, spread misinformation, and overridden constitutional norms," says Lady Tureiti Moxon.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon delivers complaint to UN in Geneva
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Te Matatini champion Kereama Wright on power of kapa haka
Te Matatini champion Kereama Wright on power of kapa haka
Kereama Wright (Te Arawa) says kapa haka is a form of rongoā, healing body, mind and spirit.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Te Matatini champion Kereama Wright on power of kapa haka
Today’s conversation with Miss 4 was about the fact that stars are planets.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Today’s conversation with Miss 4 was about the fact that stars are planets.
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New Zealand receives 'Dirty Ashtray' award for poor progress in tobacco control
New Zealand receives 'Dirty Ashtray' award for poor progress in tobacco control
Researchers say New Zealand is attracting international attention for all the wrong reasons.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New Zealand receives 'Dirty Ashtray' award for poor progress in tobacco control
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Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, writes Dame Anne Salmond
Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, writes Dame Anne Salmond
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Wow!
#nzpol Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on current events.
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Wow!
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“The treaties of the 1840s shared a common foundation. They were instruments of imperial domination, signed under pressure. The Treaty of Waitangi belongs in that company — yet where others withered, it lived on.” — Shane Te Pou.
The other treaties of 1840 | E-Tangata
“The treaties of the 1840s shared a common foundation. They were instruments of imperial domination, signed under pressure. The Treaty of Waitangi belongs in that company — yet where others withered, ...
e-tangata.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“The treaties of the 1840s shared a common foundation. They were instruments of imperial domination, signed under pressure. The Treaty of Waitangi belongs in that company — yet where others withered, it lived on.” — Shane Te Pou.