Awkward Conversations
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"New Zealand is a multicultural nation built on a bicultural base"
25 Aug 2019Alex Perrottet talks with Dr Wayne Ngata and Mai Chen about race, colonisation, and identity from the different perspectives of tangata whenua and tauiwi. Recorded in Gisborne's Smash Palace. Read more Audio
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Buzzy bees and hidden histories mark out two paths to self-awareness
1 Sep 2019Alex Perrottet talks with "recovering racist" Andrew Newton and local body candidate Meredith Akuhata-Brown about race, colonisation, and identity. Recorded on location in Gisborne's Smash Palace. Read more Audio
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It's the “Aha!” moments which reveal how much Māori and Pakeha relations have changed
8 Sep 2019In this third panel discussion, Dr Jill Chrisp and Karen Johansen discuss with Alex Perrottet how their life together is affected by their families being on the opposite sides of Gisborne history. Read more Audio
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How should we remember contested history between Māori and Pakeha, and what should museums do about it?
15 Sep 2019In this fourth panel discussion Tairawhiti Museum director Eloise Wallace talks with cultural heritage expert Karl Johnstone. Alex Perrottet is in the chair. Read more Audio
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"Even when talking about Māori things, Pākeha voices carry more weight with Pākeha listeners"
17 Nov 2019Assoc. Prof. Avril Bell & Anne McGuire talk about what Pākeha identity means with Alex Perrottet. Read more Audio
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No bull: how a 16th-century Pope complicated the life of a Māori child every time she started in a new school
24 Nov 2019Dayle Takitimu and Glenis Philip-Barbara discuss colonisation and doctrine of discovery. Alex Perrottet is in the chair. Read more Audio
Awkward Conversations
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