Kaikōrero: Aaron Smale, Jean Te Huia, Professor Thalia Anthony Ringa Hāpai: Nicole Coupe Canada, United States of America, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand have several factors in common. We all have a population of Indigenous peoples who are marginalised, exploited and ignored. We were all colonised by the British. As indigenous peoples we have all suffered the same fates and bear the same scars. Our traditional languages, family structures and cultural and religious beliefs have been, and continue to be deliberately eroded. Traditional birthing, health and wellbeing structures were attacked, destroyed, and renamed. Our children continue to be the subject of ongoing colonial policy that has become a multi-billion dollar growth industry in each country, for non-indigenous peoples and ensures intergenerational trauma for indigenous populations, which is ongoing, even today. Colonial constructs of Indigenous children and families pervade the practices of child protection and detention institutions. We argue that such constructs inform a carceral logic that underpin the state’s interventions across the settler colonies of Aotearoa, Australia, the US and Canada. This contributes to high levels of child removals from families in the child protection system and the incarceration of Indigenous children in youth detention. We call for a radical response that decolonises the deficit discourses towards Indigenous children and displaces state institutions with self-determination and sovereignty. This webinar was recorded on Monday 23rd March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Haami Piriri, Tui Qauqau Te Paa Ringa Hāpai: Valance Smith History has shown a pattern of skulduggery around the purchase of land by government and settlers throughout the colonisation of Aotearoa. This “skulduggery” continues today under the pretence of sub-divisions and resource consents that exclude Māori from consultation processes. Councils’ plans and frameworks are full of rhetoric about being good treaty partners, understanding Treaty rights and working together… these words only adorn the pages of these plans and higher-level government documents with superficial substance. Putting action to these “Council and government documents” is what the hapū of Ahipara are striving to achieve. Whānau have been occupying whenua in Ahipara for 126 days. The whenua is known as Morangai/Moringai. This land was sub-divided and Clough and Associates Archaeological Report, 2004 clearly identified the pā site as a place of recognised cultural significance. Environmental Court, Judge Newhook re-issued consent with conditions in 2005, also clearly identifying areas of cultural significance and gave clear directives on how the developer should proceed within these areas. To the dismay of whānau the directives and conditions were not monitored by Council leading to breaches that have never been addressed. Our tūpuna declared this place to be tapu in nature and of deep cultural significance, but their objections were ignored beginning in 1868 and continuing to the present day. The iwi considers this wāhi tapu to have been desecrated and conditions in the consent have not been followed. This webinar tells the story of the current Ahipara occupation, the quest for the return of the whenua and the failure of promised government protections. This webinar was recorded on Thursday 24th March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Bev Tso Hong, Kirsten Wong, Tze Ming Mok, Mengzhu Fu Ringa Hāpai: Valance Smith How have Chinese in Aotearoa supported tino rangatiratanga and their own self-determination? We explore the pathways trod so far, the current day implications for our communities, and visions of where this may lead for a different kind of equitable, cohesive and Tiriti-based society. This webinar was recorded on Tuesday 22nd March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Sharon Shea and Tipa Mahuta Ringa Hāpai: Taima Campbell On 1st July 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand health system reforms came into effect establishing Health New Zealand and the Māori Health Authority (MHA) in a Te Tiriti based relationship. Aotearoa, New Zealand’s health and disability system has not delivered Te Tiriti-inspired, and equitable outcomes to, with and for Māori. Some gains have been made, but they are not systemic or consistent. The establishment of the MHA is a response to successive failures of the system and a growing call by Māori and others, for the system to fulfil the promise of te Tiriti. This is the first time in our history that an entity like the MHA has been established, and there are already calls for a similar entity in the fields of education, social services and other. There are significant expectations on the Authority to make a difference and to do it quickly. In this presentation, co-chairs of the MHA, Sharon Shea and Tipa Mahuta outline why the MHA was established, its role, where it is headed, its levers for change, and its priorities which include tackling bias, discrimination and racism. This webinar was recorded on Monday 21st March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Michael Bird Ringa Hāpai: Kem Gambrell Bird states two foundational elements that USA is based on: 1. The indigenous people in the America’s, their genocide and the theft of native land, 2. The enslavement of African Americans; both of which the nation is still grappling with today. He then outlines and explains the nine policy periods that have impacted indigenous or American Indian/Alaska native communities in the United States, the nature of government-to-government relationships and the quest for self-determination and self-governance. Links are provided at 29:30. This webinar was recorded on Sunday 27th March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Kasey Henricks Ringa Hāpai: Emmanuel Badu “Manufactured Disorder” is a case study of Chicago that centers parking tickets written under false pretences. Much of the work on monetary sanctions details the relationship between levels of fines and fees, on one hand, and a culture of punishment, on the other. As important as these inquiries are, a question they leave unexplored is whether the punishments they quantify were the result of legitimate infractions. The common data practice of accepting crime numbers as a given creates an intellectual interdependency between researchers and the state, where the latter’s definition of the situation is laundered through interpretations offered by the former. “Manufactured Disorder” returns to the category of crime to question what it marks and who is marked by the consequences of these policing processes. The project outlines an alternative episteme for the study of fines and fees. Article link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23780231221084774 This webinar was recorded on Sunday 27th March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Professor Janine Hayward Ringa Hāpai: Professor Keith Tudor Professor Janine Hayward approaches this discussion of Treaty Principles as a fascinating case study of power, particularly in relationship to power in Te Tiriti. They address the questions: Why not just make Te Tiriti law? Who decides what the Principles are? and What are some examples of these Principles? They provide a timeline of the evolution of The Treaty Principles through 2 different avenues: the Treaty of Waitangi Tribunal and the Courts; explaining how the Crown has intervened by directing Courts to limit the Principles to ‘consultation’. They explore the controversies, legacy and future of the Principles. Professor Janine Hayward states that the Principles have never touched the Crown’s power and they never will. Because they are essentially a tool of the Crown. Ultimately, she names the elephant-in-the-room: If Māori did not cede sovereignty (as confirmed by the Te Paparahi o te Raki Tribunal Report), and the Crown is still hanging on to its sovereignty – where do we go with that? This webinar was recorded on Saturday 26th March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020

Kaikōrero: Professor Cindy Blackstock Ringa Hāpai: Toni Shepherd This presentation shares the story of how children joined the Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations as active human rights defenders in a landmark human rights legal case against the Canadian government to fix discriminatory shortfalls in First Nations children's public services dating back to Confederation. The combination of litigation and a child centred social movement has resulted in First Nations children and families receiving millions of services that they would otherwise have been denied. While Canada continues to resist and litigate, it is clear that this generation of children have not normalized the colonial discrimination and will not support any government that puts up with it. Links from Webinar: Music video: Spirit Bear & Friends - A LOVE WE KNOW: https://youtu.be/0jwEfp2FuYA The Great Dying: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118307261 Read about the case on First Nations child welfare and Jordan's Principle: https://fncaringsociety.com/what-you-can-do/ways-make-difference/i-am-witness Mosquito Advocacy: https://www.ecaconference.com.au/2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Cindy_Blackstock-Keynote-Workshop.pdf https://books.google.co.nz/books? hl=en&lr=&id=h9rcAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA219&dq=mosquito+advocacy&ots=tCBRbtjePh&sig=XU9fKaOl8U0alZ08iJz1T1NXpm8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=mosquito%20advocacy&f=false How to frame your message: Book: Lakoff, G. (2014). The all new don't think of an elephant! : Know your values and frame the debate (2014). Chelsea Green Publishing. Website: https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/ Gapminder: https://www.gapminder.org/ Moral Courage: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLcqw1jHO-piuquHVGt0O68cESdy2vpIre Mind Control and Colonisation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYHuBgR-Otk Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/cindy-blackstock-on-justice-for-first-nation-children/id1434096503?i=1000434215130 Assembly of Seven Generations Call to Honour the Rights of Indigenous Children and Youth: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/accountability_in_our_lifetime.pdf Support for Frontline Defenders: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/ Spiriti Bear School: https://fncaringsociety.com/spirit-bear This webinar was recorded on Sunday 27th March during the Te Tiriti-based Futures & Anti-racism 2022 online conference held 19-28 March 2022, in Aotearoa New Zealand. Website: https://www.tiritibasedfutures.info/ Transcript: Join the conversation in our Facebook group: http://bitly.com/decol2020