We are on the wrong side of history NZ.

New Discursive Tiriti Analysis paper out in Ethnicities critiquing the 2024 Needs based service provision Cabinet Circular You can guess how that went... with Dominic O'Sullivan, Grant Bergan & Tim McCreanor Holding steady on the intellectual frontline. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/a-tirit...

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like "A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act." fuck yeah

If you are in Wellington on 14 October, a new edition of my book 'The Meeting Place' is being launched at the Royal Society Te Apārangi, with Hon. Justice Sir Joe Williams speaking. @bwbnz.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social www.bwb.co.nz/events/bwb-t...

Exciting about being on the organising crew for the open-access, virtual Te Tiriti based futures + Antiracism 21-26th March 2026. Check out the draft programme. Registrations open later in the year.

Another chance to come to a public Critical Tiriti Analysis workshop.

Plain language is important for many New Zealanders - please consider signing: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...

#BookBans #Canada #Alberta #MargaretAtwood www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Looking forward to Dominic O'Sullivan's visit and public lecture on his forthcoming book in October. Dom is an advisor on our Royal Society Te Apārangi Honourable Kāwanatanga research project. vuw.zoom.us/j/95918756505

Indigenous rights and managed public land: a critical treaty analysis of parks and reserves in New Zealand: Local Environment: 2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Excited to see a new #CriticalTiritiAnalysis paper

Check out our next Critical Tiriti Analysis community of practice later next month featuring Dr Fiona Miles on CTA's application in clinical practice. She will be fab.

The Local Govt Bill might sound dull but it’s anything but. It strips out councils’ responsibility for wellbeing, accessibility & inclusion. That means fewer safe footpaths, fewer inclusive playgrounds, fewer spaces where disabled people can belong. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...

🌿 Public Service Amendment Bill This Bill erases values of equity, inclusion, and participation from our public service. Disabled whānau and marginalised communities end up sidelined. Your voice matters. Make a submission before 31 Aug. ✍️ 📖 Read more: drbex.substack.com/p/submission...

Clive Aspin and I are looking for applications for a summer student (Dec-Feb) for our Honourable Kāwanatanga project. Applications close 8th September. Please share if you know someone passionate about racial and Tiriti justice. Apply - www.maramatanga.ac.nz/funding-oppo...

Save the date for next years radical cronehood gathering. Likely to be full of heart warming moments, deadly political analysis, good food and great company. There may also be crafting, jigsaws, slippers and fireplaces depending on your groove. Fundraiser for the Kotare Centre for Social Change.

Paying people at least a Living Wage should be the starting point for every start up and if you’re already in business and you don’t you need a plan to get there asap. #LivingWage #EthicsInAction #NZpol

New paper & blog re Tauiwi visioning an antiracist health system. To end racism in the health sector, we need to write submissions and take action in our spheres of influence. This is a matter of life & death. Note there is a companion Māori-led paper ojs.aut.ac.nz/ethnographic...

#nzpol #sexism #patriachy #leadership I appreciate David Fisher's reporting on this - but the sub ed needs to be told there's no question mark needed in this headline. Fisher gives us multiple clear cut eg's of how sexism & patriarchal culture actually works 🧵 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...

Minister for Rail Winston Peters on the $671m scrapped ferry fiasco #nzpol #ferries www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Great night at Bats Theatre hanging with Lisa Maule and being part of her poetry/ spoken word show Revelation Valley- last night tonight. Get tickets here: www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/revelat... I even got Denis onto the stage...

Looking for professional development focussed on Te Tiriti and racial justice check out this blog & video about HC &As annual co-facilitated people leaders' wānanga 16-18th Jan 2026. Sliding scale & a scholarship opportunity available for one lucky motivated recipient.

Pop down to Bats if you have a window this week to see Lisa. I'm joining her on stage Friday night Theatre Review: Revelation Valley (BATS Theatre, Wellington, until August 9) open.substack.com/pub/simonswe...

Looking forward to making a guest appearance at Revelation Valley - Lisa Maule's poetry debut at Bats theatre on Friday. Buy tickets now bats.co.nz/whats-on/rev... I will be sharing some of my poem including my excuses for racism poem - which is also an academic paper, poster and fridge magnet...

Healthy Futures (Pae Ora) Amendment Bill submissions due 18th August 1pm. All power to your pen. www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

Ethiopia (population 133 million) today undertook a huge environmental effort to plant 700 million trees in a single day. It is part of the Green Legacy programme, which aims to plant 50 billion trees across the drought-prone nation by 2026.

Not only genocide but also libricide as Israeli crimes against humanity. lithub.com/israel-has-d...

We were admiring those flags earlier in the week. They are a powerful statement of mana motuhake to drive through.

Whose workplace wants to share their Tiriti-organisational journey? This is an HC &A event as part of our Honourable Kāwanatanga Marsden research co-led with Clive Aspin. SUBMIT your abstract by 28th October 2025 use the QR code or email [email protected]

Looking forward to making a guest appearance at Lisa Maule Revelation Valley show at BATS on 8th August. A first comedy/poetry appearance on such hallowed ground for this activist scholar. Buy tickets now - and enjoy Lisa's radical poetry, art and banter. bats.co.nz/whats-on/rev...

WOW: "We have been told to not argue on either side of contentious issues such as the pay equity reforms or the Treaty Principles Bill for the excuse that they are current topics in the current Parliament. This is not just illogical, it is censorship," www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

My stepson Forest needs lifesaving surgery for their rare condition. If you are in Wellington join us at a fundraising movie.

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Gold from the OG

Looking forward to Dean Cowles' korero on the application of Critical Tiriti Analysis in private healthcare #CTA

Language revitalisation win :-)

In this podcast with Melanie Nelson, I draw on my work to expose how the RSB could entrench colonial ableism and make basic accessibility measures harder to introduce — or defend. #disability #DisabilityRights #RSB #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/melanien...

Check out HC & A health & safety-themed "Excuses for Racism" poster or fridge magnet. Based on shorturl.at/XLDaP - by Toni Shepherd, Dougal Thorburn, Tim McCreanor the poster is for bystander interventions. Any profits support Toni & Dougal's families & antiracism scholarship Order shorturl.at/f30iB

#nzpol Minimum Wage increased 1.5% this year. Data just released by Stats NZ shows: - Food Prices up 4.4.% - Beef up 16.2%. Lamb up 20.3% - Cheese up 17.3%. Milk up 13.7% - Electricity up 8.7%. Gas up 15.4% - Rent up 2.8% Laser focussed on the cost of living www.stats.govt.nz/information-...

Still time to sign up for my Aotearoa NZ history workshop on Friday 27 June. Details in the link. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...

Great night out at The Handlers at Circa if you are local check it out. www.circa.co.nz/.../kia-mau-...

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Cracking up at George and Sam's classic masterpiece "Bell's knock knock birthday" and inclusive rainbow children's book conjured during covid lockdown. You can order yours through: www.flamingorampant.com/books/bells-...

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C. Let us never forget.

Perfecting child-friendly platter food #whanautime