Carwyn Jones
@ahikaroa.bsky.social
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa. Legal academic. Māori Laws and Philosophy, Te Tiriti o Waitangi | the Treaty of Waitangi, Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Carwyn Jones
@ahikaroa.bsky.social
· Oct 4
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.
Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...
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On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
Its vision of collective Māori authority still challenges how Aotearoa understands sovereignty today....
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October 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
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“For those of us who’ve been pressured to assimilate into Pākehā culture, it’s tempting to think that assimilating into Māori culture is respectful. But this is not what’s being asked of us.” — Mengzhu Fu.
We all have a stake in the future of this place | E-Tangata
“For those of us who’ve been pressured to assimilate into Pākehā culture, it’s tempting to think that assimilating into Māori culture is respectful. But this is not what’s being asked of us.” — Mengzh...
e-tangata.co.nz
October 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“For those of us who’ve been pressured to assimilate into Pākehā culture, it’s tempting to think that assimilating into Māori culture is respectful. But this is not what’s being asked of us.” — Mengzhu Fu.
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“The recognition of tikanga strengthens the rule of law. By contrast, rhetoric from the executive that disparages judicial engagement with tikanga undermines the separation of powers at the core of our constitutional order.” — Natalie Coates and Tai Ahu, Te Hunga Rōia Māori.
Why the justice minister is wrong about tikanga in law | E-Tangata
“The recognition of tikanga strengthens the rule of law. By contrast, rhetoric from the executive that disparages judicial engagement with tikanga undermines the separation of powers at the core of ou...
e-tangata.co.nz
October 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“The recognition of tikanga strengthens the rule of law. By contrast, rhetoric from the executive that disparages judicial engagement with tikanga undermines the separation of powers at the core of our constitutional order.” — Natalie Coates and Tai Ahu, Te Hunga Rōia Māori.
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones.
Fifty years of the Waitangi Tribunal | E-Tangata
“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...
e-tangata.co.nz
October 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Data shows 'exciting' shift in Kiwis' attitudes to te reo Māori
Data shows 'exciting' shift in Kiwis' attitudes to te reo Māori
The challenge is to find "the levers" to accelerate the rate of change, an advocate says.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Data shows 'exciting' shift in Kiwis' attitudes to te reo Māori
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“Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” #nzpol
To explain its decision to remove Māori words from junior reading books, the MoE chose to hide behind jargon.
To explain its decision to remove Māori words from junior reading books, the MoE chose to hide behind jargon.
Hiding behind jargon | E-Tangata
“Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” — Vincent Olsen-Reeder and Corinne...
e-tangata.co.nz
August 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Seeing vowels present in Māori words grows a person’s ability to communicate and to understand New Zealand English, of which many Māori words are an everyday part.” #nzpol
To explain its decision to remove Māori words from junior reading books, the MoE chose to hide behind jargon.
To explain its decision to remove Māori words from junior reading books, the MoE chose to hide behind jargon.
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“I get so many messages from people telling me how scared they are by what this government is doing. But they also say that watching me speak up gives them hope. I think thats why my tīpuna gave me such a big waha. So that I could use it.” — Tania Waikato
“It wasn’t bots, it was us.” #nzpol
“It wasn’t bots, it was us.” #nzpol
Tania Waikato: "It wasn't bots, it was us." | E-Tangata
“I get so many messages from people telling me how scared they are by what this government is doing. But they also say that watching me speak up gives them hope. I think thats why my tīpuna gave me su...
e-tangata.co.nz
June 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“I get so many messages from people telling me how scared they are by what this government is doing. But they also say that watching me speak up gives them hope. I think thats why my tīpuna gave me such a big waha. So that I could use it.” — Tania Waikato
“It wasn’t bots, it was us.” #nzpol
“It wasn’t bots, it was us.” #nzpol
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“The bill may very well open the door for corporations to force Māori to pay for their own exploitation and the erasure of their Indigenous rights and lands.” — Ryan Ward.
How the Regulatory Standards Bill gives companies more rights than the public | E-Tangata
“The bill may very well open the door for corporations to force Māori to pay for their own exploitation and the erasure of their Indigenous rights and lands.” — Ryan Ward.
e-tangata.co.nz
May 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“The bill may very well open the door for corporations to force Māori to pay for their own exploitation and the erasure of their Indigenous rights and lands.” — Ryan Ward.
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Hey Blue Sky fam, check this profile out....
@taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social
Give Tania a follow!!! This wahine is 🔥 🔥 🔥
#nzpol #HonourTheTreatyofWaitangi
@taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social
Give Tania a follow!!! This wahine is 🔥 🔥 🔥
#nzpol #HonourTheTreatyofWaitangi
May 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hey Blue Sky fam, check this profile out....
@taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social
Give Tania a follow!!! This wahine is 🔥 🔥 🔥
#nzpol #HonourTheTreatyofWaitangi
@taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social
Give Tania a follow!!! This wahine is 🔥 🔥 🔥
#nzpol #HonourTheTreatyofWaitangi
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So women are now quite literally holding up the New Zealand economy in under-paid work
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Counting for nothing: What men value and what women are worth: Marilyn Waring
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May 22, 2025 at 4:14 AM
So women are now quite literally holding up the New Zealand economy in under-paid work
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marilynwaring.com/publications...
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“The need for these discussions is urgent. We have perhaps not progressed the conversation as far as we ought to have in the nearly 10 years since the publication of the Matike Mai report.” — Carwyn Jones.
Making Matike Mai happen | E-Tangata
“The need for these discussions is urgent. We have perhaps not progressed the conversation as far as we ought to have in the nearly 10 years since the publication of the Matike Mai report.” — Carwyn…
e-tangata.co.nz
May 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“The need for these discussions is urgent. We have perhaps not progressed the conversation as far as we ought to have in the nearly 10 years since the publication of the Matike Mai report.” — Carwyn Jones.
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Thanks for posting Tanya.
Yet more awesome mahi from the always brilliant @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social - lucky she’s superhuman and doesn’t need much sleep 🤣
Have you signed? Tangata Tiriti can sign as supporters
Yet more awesome mahi from the always brilliant @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social - lucky she’s superhuman and doesn’t need much sleep 🤣
Have you signed? Tangata Tiriti can sign as supporters
May 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Thanks for posting Tanya.
Yet more awesome mahi from the always brilliant @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social - lucky she’s superhuman and doesn’t need much sleep 🤣
Have you signed? Tangata Tiriti can sign as supporters
Yet more awesome mahi from the always brilliant @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social - lucky she’s superhuman and doesn’t need much sleep 🤣
Have you signed? Tangata Tiriti can sign as supporters
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Here we go again… why voting is not a privilege to be removed as punishment
Here we go again… why voting is not a privilege to be removed as punishment
Here we go again… why voting is not a privilege to be removed as punishment...
thespinoff.co.nz
April 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Here we go again… why voting is not a privilege to be removed as punishment
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Reinstating a blanket ban on prisoners voting is retrograde and harmful
Reinstating a blanket ban on prisoners voting is retrograde and harmful
It is an unjustifiable limit on the electoral rights of New Zealand citizens that will disproportionately harm Māori....
thespinoff.co.nz
April 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Reinstating a blanket ban on prisoners voting is retrograde and harmful
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“Making constitutional change means thinking less about the institutions of power we have now, and more about what values we’d like represented, writes Carwyn Jones.” #nzpol
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
The building blocks of constitutional change | E-Tangata
“The difficulty with starting from the institutions we have now and trying to think how they could be tweaked to better reflect Māori aspirations is that our current institutions are based on a partic...
e-tangata.co.nz
May 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Making constitutional change means thinking less about the institutions of power we have now, and more about what values we’d like represented, writes Carwyn Jones.” #nzpol
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...
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Reckons ...
Here we go again… why voting is not a privilege to be removed as punishment
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April 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reckons ...
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“Participating in the Matike Mai hui was a profound experience. People wanted to have those conversations. And they were ready and waiting for the opportunity to discuss the issues.” — Carwyn Jones.
Moving forward with Matike Mai | E-Tangata
“Participating in the Matike Mai hui was a profound experience. People wanted to have those conversations. And they were ready and waiting for the opportunity to discuss the issues.” — Carwyn Jones.
e-tangata.co.nz
April 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Participating in the Matike Mai hui was a profound experience. People wanted to have those conversations. And they were ready and waiting for the opportunity to discuss the issues.” — Carwyn Jones.
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“We defeated a well-funded, bad-faith attempt to turn our country against our founding agreement.” — Kassie Hartendorp.
Why the Treaty principles bill had to go down | E-Tangata
“We defeated a well-funded, bad-faith attempt to turn our country against our founding agreement.” — Kassie Hartendorp.
e-tangata.co.nz
April 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“We defeated a well-funded, bad-faith attempt to turn our country against our founding agreement.” — Kassie Hartendorp.
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Kinda furious with NZ Labour for putting down a brown woman - again - to score cheap and nasty political points - you didn't have to do that #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...
Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says
A history of negative experiences of policing will affect how some communities view the police – and it's crucial that the opinions of these communities are heard.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Kinda furious with NZ Labour for putting down a brown woman - again - to score cheap and nasty political points - you didn't have to do that #nzpol thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...
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“If we are to move forward together to counter the twin existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, we need to ensure tangata whenua are part of decision-making.” — Kayla Kingdon-Bebb and Carwyn Jones. #nzpol
Removing Maōri rights is a war on nature | E-Tangata
“If we are to move forward together to counter the twin existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, we need to ensure tangata whenua are part of decision-making.” — Kayla Kingdon-Bebb ...
e-tangata.co.nz
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“If we are to move forward together to counter the twin existential crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, we need to ensure tangata whenua are part of decision-making.” — Kayla Kingdon-Bebb and Carwyn Jones. #nzpol
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Below is the poem for Waitangi Day (in captions too) I read on Radio New Zealand. Email fightingwords2025@gmail.com for a free e-copy of the book.
Tangata Tiriti Principles
Karlo Mila
As Tangata Tiriti
we’ve got to have clarity,
that Māori never ceded sovereignty.
Tangata Tiriti Principles
Karlo Mila
As Tangata Tiriti
we’ve got to have clarity,
that Māori never ceded sovereignty.
February 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Below is the poem for Waitangi Day (in captions too) I read on Radio New Zealand. Email fightingwords2025@gmail.com for a free e-copy of the book.
Tangata Tiriti Principles
Karlo Mila
As Tangata Tiriti
we’ve got to have clarity,
that Māori never ceded sovereignty.
Tangata Tiriti Principles
Karlo Mila
As Tangata Tiriti
we’ve got to have clarity,
that Māori never ceded sovereignty.
We all benefit when Te Tiriti o Waitangi is respected
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#toitutetiriti
#nzpol
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#toitutetiriti
#nzpol
We all benefit when Te Tiriti o Waitangi is respected.
OPINION: It should set alarm bells ringing for all democratically-minded people when politicians are unwilling to be held accountable to the minimal standard of acting reasonably and in good faith.
www.waikatotimes.co.nz
February 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We all benefit when Te Tiriti o Waitangi is respected
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#toitutetiriti
#nzpol
www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#toitutetiriti
#nzpol