Justice and violence
What is our vision to end both interpersonal violence and structural violence, like colonisation and the state’s criminal legal system?
2022 ‘Ngā mahi o Rarohenga: organising well means organising to end violence’ (journal article), Counterfutures 12
He Ara Mataora: tools to stop violence
2008 ‘Why is it so hard to support survivors of abuse?’ (journal article), Imminent Rebellion 9
Coming soon: ‘What are we learning from Te Kawa o te Ako about eliminating violence’ (journal article), Whakatupu Mātauranga 2
Gender and sexuality
If whakapapa is how we understand our place in the world, how have gender and sexuality become so important, and is it healthy?
2023 ‘He takatāpui, he queer, he mokopuna rānei’ (book chapter), Honouring Our Ancestors:Takatāpui, Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQI-plus Wellbeing
2016 ‘He pūrākau, he pūmahara: telling our stories, teaching our children’ (journal article), Whakatupu Mātauranga, 2016
2013 ‘It’s about whānau: oppression, sexuality, and mana’ (presentation), Kei Tua o te Pae proceedings
2012 ‘Ahunga Tikanga and sexual diversity’ (journal article), Ahunga Tikanga
Coming soon: ‘Our tūpuna dreamed the future for all of us: gender, sexuality and creation stories’ (journal article), Whakatupu Mātauranga 2
Children and the state
What happens when the state makes decisions about children?
May 2024 ‘Not One More Child’ (online article), E-Tangata
2022 Korihi te Manu: Stories of Whāngai and Adoption (book) from the Whāngai and Adoption of Māori project team
Feb 2022 ‘Cast adrift: my story of adoption’ (online article), E-Tangata
Nov 2016 ‘Racial justice meets the child welfare system: why Hands Off Our Tamariki is a movement for change’ (online article), The Spinoff Parents
Other recent writing
Oct 2023 ‘The slow path to mātauranga’ (online article), E-Tangata
Feb 2023 ‘There’s a fine line between appropriation and respect’ (online article), E-Tangata
Nov 2021 ‘When it all feels unstoppable’ (online article), E-Tangata
2018 ‘E kore au e ngaro, he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea: Te Wānanga o Raukawa as an example of educating for Indigenous futures’ (book chapter), Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education
2015 ‘Mātauranga Māori, tino rangatiratanga and the future of New Zealand science’ (journal article), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 45(2)
Original He Hōaka archive (blog)