Briefing Paper on the forthcoming National Action Plan Against Racism
After years of advocacy by STIR and others the goverment is finally writing a national action plan to end racism. To make sure...
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- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
Mana motuhake hesitancy: a threat to the COVID-19 vaccine roll out
Aotearoa New Zealand has done a remarkable job so far in keeping COVID-19 at bay. However, we can’t keep the borders of our island-haven...
- May 12, 2021
- 7 min
He Whakakitenga Tāngata
Affirmative Action: Where do we stand and where do we go from here? 2020 will go down in history for a lot of things, but perhaps more...
- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
When Nobody Was Looking
Directed by Alex Sutherland Over the past couple of years we have seen a rising narrative of racial injustices experienced by Black and...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change conference“Activating Collectivity: Aroha and Power”
It did not take long to realize that the Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change conference “Activating Collectivity: Aroha and...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
Anti-racist reflections: A Canadian in Aotearoa
Hello. My name is Manjeet Birk and I am a Canadian living in Aotearoa since July 2020. I am here as part of a Social Science and...
- Nov 24, 2020
- 12 min
How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram X Kendi
Book Review by Garrick Rigby How to be an Antiracist is published by Penguin Random House UK, 2019. The 2019 bestseller How to be an...
- Oct 8, 2020
- 15 min
White fragility and its opposite: being fragile
By Garrick Rigby Although I am quite new to the world of antiracism, I was lucky enough to attend the webinar discussions earlier this...
- Jul 13, 2019
- 1 min
STIR student intern - Sara Jones
My name is Sara Jones and I am an MD/MPH candidate at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the United States. As part of my
- Feb 22, 2019
- 1 min
WAI 2575 – Health kaupapa claim
We have been receiving positive feedback that various claimants involved in the WAI 2575 health kaupapa claim have been drawing on...
- Feb 22, 2019
- 1 min
Building the Evidence Base
STIR continues to undertake research about sites of institutional racism and anti-racism praxis. This year our paper about how ten years...
- Feb 22, 2019
- 1 min
STIR at the United Nations
In February 2018 STIR led a coalition of NGOs (Te Rūnanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Auckland University of Technology,...
- Feb 22, 2019
- 1 min
"A Legacy of Tino Rangatiratanga"
A highlight for us this year was our co-chair Grant Berghan being named Public Health Association 2017 Public Health Champion. The award...