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When Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke (Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Te Āti Awa, and Ngāi Tahu) performed a haka on the floor of New Zealand’s Parliament, she brought global awareness of the constant colonial pressure to dismantle established rights for Indigenous people. In the viral video, she dramatically tears apart a proposed bill that would weaken Māori political standing established in a nearly 200 year-old treaty between the Crown and 500 Māori chiefs. She was suspended … for a bill that may never become law. The fight in New Zealand exemplifies a resurgence in efforts to backtrack on the gains in recognition and respect for established Indigenous rights.
Plus, we’ll get Indigenous perspectives on the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference COP29 in Azerbaijan that just wrapped up. There is growing concern and dissatisfaction that the concerns of Indigenous people about their vulnerabilities to the effects of climate change are going unheard.
GUESTS
Professor Margaret Mutu (Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, and Ngāti Whātua), Ngāti Kahu leader and professor of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, and Ngā Rauru), Member of Parliament and co-leader of Te Pāti Māori
Professor Janine Hayward, professor of politics at the University of Otago
Tom Goldtooth (Diné and Mdewakanton Dakota), executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network
Break 1 Music: Haka (song) Te Runga Rawa (artist) Chants Maoris (album)
Break 2 Music: Burn Your Village to The Ground (single) The Halluci-Nation (artist)
Here’s an extended interview with MP Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. She begins by talking about the likelihood of the Treaty Principles Bill becoming law.
Thank you for your afford. Your best lead would be to find and contact Steve Darden. He used to work here in Flagstaff. I don’t know if he still live here. He’s will known on the Navajo Reservation as well. The native American Community Action might know his where abouts.