I also want to do some lateral promotion for @kylet-rangahau.bsky.social who's written a wonderful review on my book in Sexuality & Culture: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“While Māori generally support rainbow rights, many are also Christian. And on some level, they will feel conflicted about Tāmaki’s agenda. So, they become passive observers, unintentionally complicit in the hatred of takatāpui.” — Anton Blank.

“Liberal democracy can’t support the idea that government has an ethnicity of its own — a Pākehā ethnicity, that excludes Māori people and ways of thinking.” — Professor Dominic O’Sullivan.

I also generated overviews of what each oral submission was about. Obviously, this is at great violence to what person would have said, but aims to direct those interested in particular aspects, individuals, organisations, or takes on the TPB to specific oral testimonies. 1drv.ms/w/s!AraWbLoj...

The Asian Psychology Collective Aotearoa was invited by RNZ to have a conversation about what needs to change for Asian peoples in psychology. #Asian #racism

www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese...

Registrations for WERO International Conference are now open!
We've got some inspirational speakers lined up from Aotearoa and around the world to explore pathways to combat racial oppression. #WERO2025 @etangata.bsky.social
Link to register can be found here: www.ivvy.com.au/event/6HQTOW...

Researchers urge govt to ban mentally harmful LGBT 'conversions' #news

“The radical thing is the system that currently exists — a system that completely cuts across the truth that our tūpuna never ceded sovereignty. To me, that’s the radical thing.” — Eru Kapa-Kingi.

“Science can show us the ‘how’, but the humanities give us the ‘what’ and ‘why’. Funding one without the other is like sailing without a compass: you can move forward, but without direction or purpose.” — Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman.

#kikorangi StatsNZ has released their Place and Ethnic Group Summaries for the 2023 Census. For those working with Queer/LGBTQ+ data, you might be interested with the (updated) Gender and Rainbow/LGBTIQ+ indicator variables introduced in the latest census. tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz

“Without an informed understanding of the objectives behind equity-based initiatives, international students can erroneously perceive Māori as ‘privileged’ and contribute to anti-Māori sentiments.” — Kyle Tan.

“It is important that there is strong and visible opposition to the bill so that it is clear to politicians that there is no political advantage in progressing it.” — Carwyn Jones.

Everywhere on Aotearoa insta rn