Dr Heather Came
@heathercame.bsky.social
Activist scholar at large.
Director/ founder Heather Came & Associates.
Advocate Tiriti and racial justice.
Passionate about public health, community and craft.
Director/ founder Heather Came & Associates.
Advocate Tiriti and racial justice.
Passionate about public health, community and craft.
We are editing a book about Honourable kāwanatanga in the context of the global south. We are extending our expressions of interest to 30 March. Please share.
Editors: Mershen Pillay - PILLAYM1@ukzn.ac.za; Leah Waipuka-Bain - kopuconsulting@gmail.com; Clive Aspin clivea@me.com
Editors: Mershen Pillay - PILLAYM1@ukzn.ac.za; Leah Waipuka-Bain - kopuconsulting@gmail.com; Clive Aspin clivea@me.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:08 AM
We are editing a book about Honourable kāwanatanga in the context of the global south. We are extending our expressions of interest to 30 March. Please share.
Editors: Mershen Pillay - PILLAYM1@ukzn.ac.za; Leah Waipuka-Bain - kopuconsulting@gmail.com; Clive Aspin clivea@me.com
Editors: Mershen Pillay - PILLAYM1@ukzn.ac.za; Leah Waipuka-Bain - kopuconsulting@gmail.com; Clive Aspin clivea@me.com
For those of you planning up a storm. Don't forget to register for our regular CTA training if you haven't already. If you are our alumni why not supersize that training with some advanced CTA training a chance to learn what is new and interesting in the field. Email joyaratima@gmail.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For those of you planning up a storm. Don't forget to register for our regular CTA training if you haven't already. If you are our alumni why not supersize that training with some advanced CTA training a chance to learn what is new and interesting in the field. Email joyaratima@gmail.com
Anyone made new years resolutions about knocking off some academic publications... Check out our course.
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Anyone made new years resolutions about knocking off some academic publications... Check out our course.
Looking forward to being part of this session with Mereana Pitman Te Tiriti Based Futures + Anti-Racism registrations open now Register here - lnkd.in/ebGRpMDp
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Looking forward to being part of this session with Mereana Pitman Te Tiriti Based Futures + Anti-Racism registrations open now Register here - lnkd.in/ebGRpMDp
If you are in Auckland around Waitangi come and join us for a poetic celebration of crone Mitzi Nairn.
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 AM
If you are in Auckland around Waitangi come and join us for a poetic celebration of crone Mitzi Nairn.
How about this:
Critical public health begins with self-reflection on how public health has been formed from & incorporated, institutional aspects of domination, White supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, individualism, consumption, colonisation, racism, meritocracy & global health ‘enshittification’.
Critical public health begins with self-reflection on how public health has been formed from & incorporated, institutional aspects of domination, White supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, individualism, consumption, colonisation, racism, meritocracy & global health ‘enshittification’.
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
How about this:
Critical public health begins with self-reflection on how public health has been formed from & incorporated, institutional aspects of domination, White supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, individualism, consumption, colonisation, racism, meritocracy & global health ‘enshittification’.
Critical public health begins with self-reflection on how public health has been formed from & incorporated, institutional aspects of domination, White supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, individualism, consumption, colonisation, racism, meritocracy & global health ‘enshittification’.
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Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
The Side Eye: The Table
Why is New Zealand's wealth hoarded at one end of the nation's dinner table? Toby Morris of @TheSpinoffTV explains
interactives.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
First there was regular Critical Tiriti Analysis and then there was Advanced Critical Tiriti Analysis - come join us for a more robust conversation - how to apply CTA across your organisation... still spots available at Antiracism people leaders wānanga a chance to take a deep dive.
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
First there was regular Critical Tiriti Analysis and then there was Advanced Critical Tiriti Analysis - come join us for a more robust conversation - how to apply CTA across your organisation... still spots available at Antiracism people leaders wānanga a chance to take a deep dive.
Reposted by Dr Heather Came
This cut to Total Mobility on top of a cost-of-living crisis will only aggravate hardship in an already struggling population.
Higher taxi costs for disabled, elderly as Total Mobility subsidy cut
Transport Minister Chris Bishop said subsidies would drop from 75% to 65% from July 1, 2026, blaming unsustainable rising costs.
www.1news.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This cut to Total Mobility on top of a cost-of-living crisis will only aggravate hardship in an already struggling population.
Reposted by Dr Heather Came
Support Rangatahi and Whānau Affected by the Ban on Puberty Blockers #nzpol
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
Support Rangatahi and Whānau Affected by the Ban on Puberty Blockers
Raising funds to support rangatahi directly affected by the New Zealand Government’s decision to ban new prescriptions of puberty blockers.
givealittle.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Support Rangatahi and Whānau Affected by the Ban on Puberty Blockers #nzpol
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
givealittle.co.nz/cause/we-got...
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We need to a reorient away from individualised notions of “resilience” towards shared accountability, relational ethics, and structural transformation.
Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Holding space: Disability, families, and collective hope beyond neoliberalism.
University of Otago Critical Disability Studies Research Network seminar series
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We need to a reorient away from individualised notions of “resilience” towards shared accountability, relational ethics, and structural transformation.
Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Read more:
open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
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Our article in today's NZ Medical Journal - a disgraceful story of structural racism in NZ health policy. It highlights govt refusal to address a glaring inequity despite clear evidence and sustained advocacy. The result is avoidable disease and mortality for Māori and Pacific people.
Tūtakarerewa—Indigenous advocacy and structural racism in bowel cancer screening in Aotearoa New Zealand
The New Zealand Medical Journal (NZMJ) is the principal scientific journal for the medical profession in New Zealand. The Journal has become a fundamental resource for providing research and written p...
nzmj.org.nz
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Our article in today's NZ Medical Journal - a disgraceful story of structural racism in NZ health policy. It highlights govt refusal to address a glaring inequity despite clear evidence and sustained advocacy. The result is avoidable disease and mortality for Māori and Pacific people.
Reposted by Dr Heather Came
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
An interesting contribution to Te Tiriti scholarship by Dr Ngaire Rae - Te Tiriti as a research methodology. Pleased to be a contributor to this piece.
Te Tiriti as Methodology: Research as Relationship, Research as Resistance
Te Tiriti o Waitangi has always been far more than a historical artefact to me. It is a living document that sets out the ethical architecture for how we might live together in Aotearoa. Increasingly,...
www.heathercameassociates.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
An interesting contribution to Te Tiriti scholarship by Dr Ngaire Rae - Te Tiriti as a research methodology. Pleased to be a contributor to this piece.
Clive Aspin & myself are co-ordinating a special issue of Sites focusing on Dimensions of Honourable Kāwanatanga. We are keen to hear others perspective on this kaupapa - we are intentionally looking to the future but with a critical awareness of past dishonourable practice.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Clive Aspin & myself are co-ordinating a special issue of Sites focusing on Dimensions of Honourable Kāwanatanga. We are keen to hear others perspective on this kaupapa - we are intentionally looking to the future but with a critical awareness of past dishonourable practice.
Still a chance to register for our HC & A annual antiracism people leaders wānanga. Come join us for some holistic professional development to start the new year. Check out this blog about last years one. tinyurl.com/ypauhkn3
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Still a chance to register for our HC & A annual antiracism people leaders wānanga. Come join us for some holistic professional development to start the new year. Check out this blog about last years one. tinyurl.com/ypauhkn3
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Hey cis fam have a read about what’s happening. Think how you can support trans folks in your life, in particular young ones and their whānau patha.nz/news
NEWS | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Hey cis fam have a read about what’s happening. Think how you can support trans folks in your life, in particular young ones and their whānau patha.nz/news
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#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
#nzpol
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
The minimum wage increased by 1.5% this year. Data today from Stats NZ shows annual increases of:
- Food prices up 4.7%
- Fruit up 11%
- Beef up 17.4%, Lamb up 32.2%
- Bread up 11.4%
- Cheese up 14.8%
- Eggs up 16.2%
- Electricity up 11.8%
Laser-focused on the cost of living
A minor tweak of the dates and a new co-facilitator to add into the mix. Lock it into your diary now for a 2026 treat. Restorative, radical gathering of crones, and crones in training. Fundraiser for the Kotare Centre for Social Change.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A minor tweak of the dates and a new co-facilitator to add into the mix. Lock it into your diary now for a 2026 treat. Restorative, radical gathering of crones, and crones in training. Fundraiser for the Kotare Centre for Social Change.
Reposted by Dr Heather Came
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
New paper out about Māori experiences of working for the Crown led by Zoe Tipa.
www.heathercameassociates.com/post/holding...
www.heathercameassociates.com/post/holding...
https://www.heathercameassociates.com/post/holding-the-line-māori-public-servants-navigating-crown-spaces
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
New paper out about Māori experiences of working for the Crown led by Zoe Tipa.
www.heathercameassociates.com/post/holding...
www.heathercameassociates.com/post/holding...
We are offering an extention until the end of the year for organisations wanting to submit an abstract to share their Te Tiriti journey as part of our Honourable Kawanatanga themed associated event at Te Tiriti based Futures + Antiracism. Get those abstracts in.
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We are offering an extention until the end of the year for organisations wanting to submit an abstract to share their Te Tiriti journey as part of our Honourable Kawanatanga themed associated event at Te Tiriti based Futures + Antiracism. Get those abstracts in.
A chance to attend an on-line Critical Tiriti Analysis workshop if anyone is keen.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A chance to attend an on-line Critical Tiriti Analysis workshop if anyone is keen.
Any one fancy a hikoi for a good kaupapa?
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Any one fancy a hikoi for a good kaupapa?
Looking forward to this final gig of the year with Grant Berghan for our friends at Te Whāriki o te Ara Oranga. A chance to kōrero about honourable kāwanatanga and share some hope and light.
whariki-ao.nz/matapiata-pu...
whariki-ao.nz/matapiata-pu...
Matapiata | Pursuing honourable kāwanatanga: a tangata whenua and tangata Tiriti perspective - Whariki
As 2025 draws to a close, Whāriki is honoured to welcome Dr. Heather Came and Grant Berghan to help us round out the political year with depth, reflection, and hope.
whariki-ao.nz
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Looking forward to this final gig of the year with Grant Berghan for our friends at Te Whāriki o te Ara Oranga. A chance to kōrero about honourable kāwanatanga and share some hope and light.
whariki-ao.nz/matapiata-pu...
whariki-ao.nz/matapiata-pu...