17 habits we can practice as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners to honour and role model positive Treaty partner relationships with Māori. These habits were written by Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna’i for the Values Compass of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, with input from the Kāhui Māori.

Pākehā New Zealanders need to take their colonial guilt and turn it into action, say subjects in the online video series Beyond White Guilt. A range of Pākehā share their experiences and insights in the seven-part series. Their message is that there will be no easy absolution from the behaviour of Pākehā in the past.

Groundwork works alongside organisations wishing to improve their understanding and application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

A zine about holding conversations about racism with people in your life.

What Pākehā can do about online racism. As the first few cases of COVID-19 in Aotearoa were being reported, the racist comments followed as if on cue. Anti-Chinese sentiment in Aotearoa has been held up by anti-Chinese legislation since the first waves of migration in the 1860s. The abuse towards Chinese people and subsequently our Asian communities at large that ensued as Covid-19 developed was sadly, pretty predictable.

Incredible Māori speakers urged Tangata Tiriti (non-Māori who are here by virtue of Te Tiriti o Waitangi) to lean on and learn from other Tangata Tiriti role models who highlight different pathways to being in right relation to Te Tiriti, answer your burning questions and offer actions you can take in your own journey.

About the analysis that was done on The Tauiwi Tautoko project and sharing insights from that work.

How Tauiwi Tautoko trains and supports people to – gently – challenge racism online and offline, and engage with opposing views in a way that’s empathetic and thoughtful.

The real question to be asked is – what does justice demand of us? And what follows are just a few things that justice requires of Tangata Tiriti.

In Aotearoa-New Zealand, talk of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s foundational colonial contract) often centres on Indigenous Māori and Pākehā (New Zealanders of European descent) relations. But, as an Asian New Zealander, where do our Asian (im)migrants/communities fit into such discussions? What are our responsibilities to Māori, the Indigenous people of the land, and Te Tiriti? How might wisdom inherited from our ancestors, in particular, Asian philosophies, help us to think through these questions? Here, I document my journey hitherto of be(com)ing an Asian tangata tiriti – a person/people group belonging here via Te Tiriti. I critically reflect on my (family’s) story and struggles with (not) belonging as Asians in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Learning from te ao Māori (the Māori world), I then reach for wisdom inherited from my own ancestors. I demonstrate how Chinese, Thai and Theravāda Buddhist philosophies on relationality and ethics teach me to live a virtuous life with others and, by extension, to have good, productive relationships with Māori and Te Tiriti. This paper creates possibilities for other (Asian) (im)migrants to reimagine their relationships with Indigenous peoples and treaties here, and elsewhere, and to be(come) tangata tiriti (or equivalent) too.

Academic paper about Tauiwi Tautoko providing an important snapshot of the approach.

Since its release He Puapua has been hitting headlines across the motu. He Puapua is a report which considers how our laws and policies in Aotearoa New Zealand can be adapted to become consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). In this episode Dr. Claire Charters, Prof. Jacinta Ruru, who are both co-writers of He Puapua, and Max Harris share their whakaaro about the report, what it is, where it has come from, and importantly, what it isn't.

A seven-part documentary web-series that tells the stories of New Zealanders who are reflecting on their colonial heritage and white guilt, and the ways they push through to find a more healthy Pākehā identity.

A documentary film about Australia’s first asylum-seeker detention centre in Tasmania. Local knitting club member Mary is a pensioner and devout Christian who does not welcome the 400 male asylum seekers from Afghanistan. Mary unexpectedly finds herself in regular contact with Mohammad, a 26 year old Muslim man, after her knitting club donates beanies to the detainees. Mary sheds many of her prior beliefs as her relationship with Mohammad deepens.

Core activities from the Tangata Tiriti – Treaty People workbook available for download. Freely available for all facilitators, educators and teachers to use.

Ten-part video and podcast comedy series and civics class from RNZ, covering five topics: history, politics, law, economics, and international relations. Using thorough research and sharp comedy, The Citizen’s Handbook empowers its audience with the knowledge of how this country came to be, how it currently works, and how we can face the challenges that lie ahead.

The New Zealand-based community campaigning organisation building people power in an iterative and narrative-savvy way.

Internationally renowned speaker Robin DiAngelo, bringing her anti-racism expertise to NZ. Robin coined the term “White Fragility” to describe the defensiveness that even the most well-meaning white people exhibit when their ideas about race and racism are challenged, and wrote a best-selling book by the same name.

We’d heard Derek Black, the former white-power heir apparent, interviewed before about his past, but never about the college friendships that changed him. After Derek’s ideology was outed at the New College of Florida, Matthew Stevenson (one of the only Orthodox Jews on campus) invited him to Shabbat dinner. What happened next is a roadmap for navigating some of the hardest and most important territory of our time.

Want to understand why values and frames matter and how to use them to create a better world? It's all explained in the clear, concise and digestible guide to values and frames for campaigners, community organisers, civil servants, fundraisers, educators, social entrepreneurs, activists, funders, politicians, and everyone in between.

Do you keep hearing people talk about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, but don’t really know what it means? Have you noticed Māori pushing for change and want to know more? We could all benefit from more real talk about what honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi looks like in 2021 and beyond. Featuring Dr Keri Lawson Te-Aho, Dr Veronica Tawhai, John-James Carberry, and Kahu Kutia, and facilitated by ActionStation Director, Kassie Hartendorp.

Dr Emily Beausoleil sees listening as a martial art. When used in online interventions, it can create positive change.

When our narratives centre on our strength and capability, we can build majority support for self-determination and justice. This practical guide draws on two years of research and shows how we can change the story to win transformative change.

It’s easy to get angry at offensive and hateful comments on Facebook. One organisation is doing something to combat that, training volunteers to monitor comments and diffuse racism.

The research grounding the Tauiwi Tautoko approach was awarded the 2021 Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences

Deepening understandings of the Treaty of Waitangi
in Pōneke Wellington. Explore the history and context of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its place in Aotearoa at a community workshop.