About to start a 2.5 day conference at Vic Uni.
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So this morning was due to start with a talk titled "towards cultural restoration" - Te Awarua o Porirua and Te Moana... which I'm looking forward to hearing as I am planning on basing my next aromatawai on it.
Hopefully they've just updated the title slightly
#KiaTikaKiaPono
What does a fight for justice look like in the context of the years after a Treaty Settlement and associated cultural redress? - the question topic.
There's a deep kaupapa around this design in the second image i won't be able to do justice to.
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What does a fight for justice look like in the context of the years after a Treaty Settlement and associated cultural redress? - the question topic.
There's a deep kaupapa around this design in the second image i won't be able to do justice to.
Restoration land titles all deliberately exclude Pākehā monuments to their first settlers, and sites of Union Flag raising after the signing of Te Tiriti and the claiming of the lands. So these cannot be moved, removed, or touched. It's unclear if that means the lands under them as well however.
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Restoration land titles all deliberately exclude Pākehā monuments to their first settlers, and sites of Union Flag raising after the signing of Te Tiriti and the claiming of the lands. So these cannot be moved, removed, or touched. It's unclear if that means the lands under them as well however.
Cultural redress is just a starting point. A cooperative strategy is essential, but the iwi need to be in the driving seat.
Being in driving seat doesn't mean being in control, it means our way of thinking can be embedded into the process.
e.g. Having a playground at Battle Hill is a great idea, but a missed opportunity to have a meaningful place for generating discussion about what this space means for our people.
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Cultural redress is just a starting point. A cooperative strategy is essential, but the iwi need to be in the driving seat.
Being in driving seat doesn't mean being in control, it means our way of thinking can be embedded into the process.
e.g. Having a playground at Battle Hill is a great idea, but a missed opportunity to have a meaningful place for generating discussion about what this space means for our people.
This next one is titled "From harm to hauora: Lessons from Tairāwhiti"
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This next one is titled "From harm to hauora: Lessons from Tairāwhiti"
How can whānau voices influence change in the social state?
Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant uptick in severe weather events. In 2023 there was over 2000mm(!!) of rain. Over twice the usual amount.
Only about 18% of produce created in the region is consumed in region, making our infrastructure critical to the entire country.
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How can whānau voices influence change in the social state?
Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant uptick in severe weather events. In 2023 there was over 2000mm(!!) of rain. Over twice the usual amount.
Only about 18% of produce created in the region is consumed in region, making our infrastructure critical to the entire country.
We were naive thinking we could influence the systems, but were full of energy.
We went to whānau to ask what was important to them.
Built a whole tech stack to track every interaction a family had, to see if the systems were working and if they were doing what they said they would. Along with what the needs were
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We were naive thinking we could influence the systems, but were full of energy.
We went to whānau to ask what was important to them.
Built a whole tech stack to track every interaction a family had, to see if the systems were working and if they were doing what they said they would. Along with what the needs were
This is the housing system. The one designed to give people the most basic needs. Even the trained navigation experts struggle to move through it.
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This is the housing system. The one designed to give people the most basic needs. Even the trained navigation experts struggle to move through it.
The results of the study.
(Side note, compare the number of barriers to the number of whānau!)
Our project was about democratising the use of data.
Half of all requests (51.3%) were met with a barrier of some type.
The number and spread shows it's not a single failure.
Navigating the services was a significant component of demand.
#KiaTikaKiaPono
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The results of the study.
(Side note, compare the number of barriers to the number of whānau!)
Our project was about democratising the use of data.
Half of all requests (51.3%) were met with a barrier of some type.
The number and spread shows it's not a single failure.
Navigating the services was a significant component of demand.
#KiaTikaKiaPono
(No alt texts while I try to keep up, sorry)Conclusions; navigator to help negotiate the systems can help. But they work _around_ highly complex systems. A locally designed system for a locally designed response is what's needed.
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Conclusions; navigator to help negotiate the systems can help. But they work _around_ highly complex systems. A locally designed system for a locally designed response is what's needed.
"Don't do the wrong things righter, do fundamentally different things instead. "
An excellent summary.
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"Don't do the wrong things righter, do fundamentally different things instead. "
An excellent summary.
Morning tea break, and not the purpose of today, but my god the brownie was divine
Back to it now with a talk from Gareth Hughes entitled "A system is what a system does: Our unjust and unsustainable economy is not an accident; it is the result of deliberate decisions"
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Morning tea break, and not the purpose of today, but my god the brownie was divine
Back to it now with a talk from Gareth Hughes entitled "A system is what a system does: Our unjust and unsustainable economy is not an accident; it is the result of deliberate decisions"
"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
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The results of the study.
(Side note, compare the number of barriers to the number of whānau!)
Our project was about democratising the use of data.
Half of all requests (51.3%) were met with a barrier of some type.
The number and spread shows it's not a single failure.
Navigating the services was a significant component of demand.
#KiaTikaKiaPono
(No alt texts while I try to keep up, sorry)@Phil_Tanner do you know if this study has been published somewhere? I'd love to know more.
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"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.
It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...
We're massively over producing food, but 20% of Kiwi kids are going hungry. It's a symptom of a broken system.
Today we're in a poly-crisis. Everything is breaking down, and affecting ever other crisis.
A study suggested two thirds of Kiwis are open to the idea of "violence may be needed to solve the problems we're facing".
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We're massively over producing food, but 20% of Kiwi kids are going hungry. It's a symptom of a broken system.
Today we're in a poly-crisis. Everything is breaking down, and affecting ever other crisis.
A study suggested two thirds of Kiwis are open to the idea of "violence may be needed to solve the problems we're facing".
There is no point claiming the purpose of a system is to do what it consistently fails to do. A system is what it does.
The economy is not a law of nature, it is a system designed to keep power concentrated.
The economy is presented as an external force, we need to do X to appease it. It is us and our decisions we make. We designed it, we can redesign it. But the master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house.
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There is no point claiming the purpose of a system is to do what it consistently fails to do. A system is what it does.
The economy is not a law of nature, it is a system designed to keep power concentrated.
The economy is presented as an external force, we need to do X to appease it. It is us and our decisions we make. We designed it, we can redesign it. But the master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house.
4 in 10 Kiwi kids in poverty have a parent in full time work.
History reminds us big changes can happen in short periods, the 1840s, the 1930s (welfare state), the 1980s (neoliberalism).
Even our once in a generation MMP parliament was constrained in what it could achieve in the benefits space by the rules imposed by the legislation imposed in the 1984 neoliberal era.
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4 in 10 Kiwi kids in poverty have a parent in full time work.
History reminds us big changes can happen in short periods, the 1840s, the 1930s (welfare state), the 1980s (neoliberalism).
Even our once in a generation MMP parliament was constrained in what it could achieve in the benefits space by the rules imposed by the legislation imposed in the 1984 neoliberal era.
We are literally at a fork in the road. We can't keep kicking the can down the road.
The Left needs a clear and powerful message. The Right blame the immigrants, a clear boogeyman. The Left need to point to the rich and wealthy to show why you can't afford your house.
[Second image] is a good metaphor for voyaging- we cant see where we're trying to get to [the islands of the future] but we're needed to make decisions now to guide us towards it regardless.
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We are literally at a fork in the road. We can't keep kicking the can down the road.
The Left needs a clear and powerful message. The Right blame the immigrants, a clear boogeyman. The Left need to point to the rich and wealthy to show why you can't afford your house.
[Second image] is a good metaphor for voyaging- we cant see where we're trying to get to [the islands of the future] but we're needed to make decisions now to guide us towards it regardless.
These should be our way faring compass points (see previous toot) to guide us.
WEAll Aotearoa have released a blueprint for how to get there. Principles under each compass point.
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These should be our way faring compass points (see previous toot) to guide us.
WEAll Aotearoa have released a blueprint for how to get there. Principles under each compass point.
Gosh he speaks fast, with so many good points, I really can't keep up.
Such a loss to our parliament.
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Gosh he speaks fast, with so many good points, I really can't keep up.
Such a loss to our parliament.
Final speaker, Carwyn Jones; 'Ko te kai a rangatira, he kōrero' - Listening for democracy in Aotearoa.
Starting with a beautifully fluent mihi in flawless and unhesitant Te Reo Māori.
