Above Photo: Protestors gather at Ihumātao in July 2019. New Zealand’s Māori are using occupations to reclaim land taken from them by confiscation or inequitable purchases. Phil Walter/Getty Images. An Unstoppable Movement. Since 1975, Māori have been able to reclaim land through a tribunal – but its reach is limited and now they are exploring other options. Two years ago, a small pocket of land three kilometres from Auckland’s international airport became the most prominent site of a struggle by Māori, New Zealand’s indigenous people, to reclaim land confiscated by the crown more than 150 years ago. Ihumātao contains evidence of New […]
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An Indigenous Māori View Of Doughnut Economics By Juhi Shareef, Resilience.org. October 14, 2020 An Indigenous Māori View Of Doughnut Economics2020-10-142020-10-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/donut-1-e1602703446565.jpg200px200px Background My heritage – my whakapapa – has been shaped by 200 years of colonialism: I am a woman of Indian-Pakistani descent who was born in the UK. It is therefore perhaps no surprise that, when coming to New Zealand four years ago, I wanted to make sure that my sustainability practices here reflected – and were shaped by – the indigenous peoples of New Zealand. Working in sustainability, one understands that context is key. When we fail to identify or understand […]