"If racism is something you're sick of hearing about, imagine how exhausting it must be living it every day." – Jon Stewart
One of the most important issues to address, in all colonised countries is racism and I do not say this lightly people.
Yesterday I sat at Waikirikiri Marae, Ruatoki and listened to stories of invasion of the peoples of Taneatua and Ruatoki communities. For those on my FB page who do not know what occurred there then please LEARN about it. As this is the place that the Labour Party had been actively spying on for 5 years. On October 15, 2007 they sent the police in and terrorised the people. The people's experience of that day has come to be labelled as nothing more than 'collateral damage'. The people included Kaumātua - young children coming home from school and men who had been or were working on their farms.
This Pākehā found yesterdays hui filled with much sadness and I came face to face once again with the history of racism. I felt the veil between 2014 and 1860 lift as a kuia spoke of the invasion of the crowns forces.
So again I want to encourage all my Pākehā friends to VOTE for change - a change that does not include merely a change the government, but a change that can bring about the annihilation of racism. This is why I encourage all my friends to vote Internet MANA as your party vote in 2014 - if you cannot then ask yourselves if you want history to continue to repeat itself? Is it not time to step up and become the partners that Māori believed us to be under Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
We cannot change the past but we can give all our children the future they deserve.
One of the most important issues to address, in all colonised countries is racism and I do not say this lightly people.
Yesterday I sat at Waikirikiri Marae, Ruatoki and listened to stories of invasion of the peoples of Taneatua and Ruatoki communities. For those on my FB page who do not know what occurred there then please LEARN about it. As this is the place that the Labour Party had been actively spying on for 5 years. On October 15, 2007 they sent the police in and terrorised the people. The people's experience of that day has come to be labelled as nothing more than 'collateral damage'. The people included Kaumātua - young children coming home from school and men who had been or were working on their farms.
This Pākehā found yesterdays hui filled with much sadness and I came face to face once again with the history of racism. I felt the veil between 2014 and 1860 lift as a kuia spoke of the invasion of the crowns forces.
So again I want to encourage all my Pākehā friends to VOTE for change - a change that does not include merely a change the government, but a change that can bring about the annihilation of racism. This is why I encourage all my friends to vote Internet MANA as your party vote in 2014 - if you cannot then ask yourselves if you want history to continue to repeat itself? Is it not time to step up and become the partners that Māori believed us to be under Te Tiriti o Waitangi .
We cannot change the past but we can give all our children the future they deserve.
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