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Whitiora - Maisey Rika feat. MAJIC, Ngatapa Black, Ruia Aperahama, Sidney Diamond #AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight#Māorihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIM-S0AJVNU

@mattmarcha@mamot.fr Here's a really basic history lesson: #Aotearoa #NewZealand is the only British colony where the indigenous people, Māori, declared sovereignty over the land. He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni, is the 1835 Declaration of Independence of New Zealand. This is a foundational document by which northern Māori chiefs asserted their collective sovereign authority and independence as a nation. James Busby assisted in having this Declaration immediately sent to the colonial office in Britain where it was finally received by King William VI who recognised #Māori authority by registering the first flag of Nu Tireni - Te Kara. By July 1839, another 18 rangatira (chiefs) from around Aotearoa had put their mark to the parchment. When the founding document of NZ #TeTiritioWaitangi was signed by most not all Māori rangatira (Chiefs) 1840 it was an agreement between 2 sovereigns - Māori and the British Crown for co-existence in partnership. Māori never ceded their sovereignty but remained powerless against the colonial govt that never honored the founding document. Today, the Treaty of Waitangi still protects #Aotearoa #NewZealand from foreign exploitation of much of NZ's resources which is why these hard right #NZPol agents of groups such as #AtlasNetwork are determined to dismantle the treaty for foreign exploitation. Follow the Money.

#News: Save Our Springs campaign by @GreeenpeaceNZ launches urgent petition to expand #Kahurangi National Park. The move aims to protect Sams Creek from #mining and safeguard the sacred Te Waikoropupū Springs. Sign the petition to protect our pristine waters! #Maori #IndigenousRights @palmoildetect #HumanRights 💧🌿 https://community.greenpeace.org.nz/petitions/expand-kahurangi-national-park?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬 ✧ kererū ✧ The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) is a species of pigeon native to New Zealand. Described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789, it is a large, conspicuous pigeon, up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length and ranging from 550 to 850 grams (19 to 30 oz) in weight, with a white breast and iridescent green–blue plumage. Kererū pairs a... #newzealand #kererū #māori #bird #forestbird #wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.orghttps//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kererū

"the Good Faith Yarns Tour is not a harmless community roadshow. It is an #Atlas-aligned propaganda truck rolling into ten towns over seventeen days, loaded with "free speech" framing, fronted by an #FSU council member, and anchored by Professor Paul Moon #ONZM — the #Pākehā #historian in a #Māori faculty whose career trajectory has made him structurally useful to this regime." See the reasoning at https://www.themaorigreenlantern.maori.nz/paul-moons-good-faith-helps-a-white-supremacist-neoliberal-government-torch-te-tiriti-8-july-2026/

My pet peeve that I’d like to fix about Aotearoa as a proficient #Māori speaker? Stop using the translated days of the week, and just use the transliterated ones.

The transliterated/traditional days:

Mane – Monday Tūrei – Tuesday Wenerei – Wednesday Tāite – Thursday Paraire – Friday Reasons this is better: -It is historical, from the time of the missionaries -It is preferred by most Māori speakers, especially in those communities where the language never died out as it has been in use for generations. -It is accessible for people who know English and haven’t learned Māori, including international visitors to Aotearoa. The translated set is thus: Rāhina: Day of the Moon (Māhina) Rātū: Day of Tūmatauenga (the god of war, aligning with Mars) Rāapa: Day of Apārangi (aligning with Mercury) Rāpare: Day of Pareārau (aligning with Jupiter) Rāmere: Day of Meremere (Venus) The problems with this are: -After translating European concepts into Māori, they remain European concepts. -They are completely indecipherable to anyone who does not speak Māori.

• When using a day of the week, we’re communicating a utilitarian concept so it makes sense to use something universally decipherable. Note: Regardless of which set is used, the weekend days are the same, they are not translations but their own concepts created by early missionaries to Aotearoa: Rāhoroi - day of cleaning, (in preparation for) Rātapu - holy day. #TeReoMaori #indigenous #Language