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Kia ora
2024 is well underway, and we’re feeling optimistic about the year ahead. Despite the many challenges we face here in Aotearoa and around the world, we have a sense that 2024 brings a renewed energy for change and we look forward to a year of hope and collective action!
Already this year we’ve seen ongoing action in support of an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Māori and Tangata Tiriti are uniting around the Toitū movement to uphold the mana of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. No doubt we will also see more people working together for climate action and social justice.
It may seem that there are more things than ever to stand against, but adversity offers us the opportunity to consider what we stand for. This Waitangi Day let’s reflect on our past and focus on the shared future we want to move towards.
We love this beautiful poem by Witi Ihimaera, Our Watch Now, that reminds us that the future is in our hands.
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| Ways to commemorate Waitangi Day & honour Te Tiriti |
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The theme of the 2024 Waitangi commemorations is,“Toitū He Whakaputanga, Toitū Te Tiriti o Waitangi” (uphold the [1835] Declaration of Independence, uphold the Treaty of Waitangi). One of the ways that we can honour Te Tiriti on Waitangi Day is to take some time to understand these important documents and the discourse around them:
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Ngā Taonga o Te Ao Māori Ōtautahi creative agency Not Another has created a video series, Ngā Taonga o Te Ao Māori (The Gifts of the Māori World), which they’ve shared to help businesses understand the taonga of the Māori world. The series includes a concise and clear video on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Becoming Tangata Tiriti: Becoming Tangata Tiriti is a series of kōrero/conversations about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and what it means to be Tangata Tiriti in Aotearoa New Zealand, developed by The Leadership Lab Rourou initiative in collaboration with Plains FM. Listen to via Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Taringa This episode of the excellent kōnae ipurangi produced to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is a deep kōrero with JJ Carberry about the provisions of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how to be part of the movement to uphold Te Tiriti.
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The good folks at The Spinoff have compiled a tremendous list of resources including many more things to read, watch, listen to and opportunities to learn
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At Waitangi:
The annual free festival at the Treaty Grounds starts at 5am with a dawn service in Te Whare Rūnanga, followed by all-day entertainment and a marketplace with performance stages on the Upper Treaty Grounds, at the Te Korowai ō Maikuku and on the sports field opposite the Treaty Grounds.
The Waitangi Forum Tent is the place to be for insightful kōrero
Haerenga ki Waitangi
(This event is sold out this year, but is an annual event hosted by Karuwhā Mission Trust so plan ahead for 2025). Participants spend 4 days participating in Waitangi commemorations, visiting significant sites and listening to stories about our past from kaumatua, kuia and historians.
Tāmaki Makaurau:
There are free events across Auckland including Waitangi ki Manukau at the Manukau Sports Bowl with Savage, Che Fu & The Kratez, Annie Crummer, Rei and more, and Waitangi @ Waititi with Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett, Kora, Katchafire, Black Seeds, Aaradhna, Tiki Taane, Tomorrow People and others.
Pōneke:
If you’re in the capital city you can view the original pages of Te Tiriti o Waitangi up close at the National Library in Wellington on Waitangi Day. and you can celebrate Te Rā o Waitangi at Waitangi Park with music, performances, stalls, and kai.
Ōtautahi:
Te Rūnaka o Koukourarata and Okains Bay Museum present commemorations at Kawatea Okains Bay
Ōtepoti:
Dunedin City Council is hosting a whānau day at the Octagon
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| Te Tiriti-based Futures + Anti-Racism event, March 16-25, Te Whanganui-a-Tara |
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Te Tiriti-Based Futures + Anti-Racism is a 10 day biannual, online conference about decolonisation, anti-racist activism and Te Tiriti education.
For Purpose is supporting a screening of all 10 days of the conference at two/fiftyseven in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Learn and connect with like-minded people in a safe, cosy space. Sign up to come along to one talk or all 10 days!
Sign up for this community event in Te Whanganui-a-Tara here.
Register for the online Te Tiriti-based Futures + Anti-Racism conference here. You can watch recordings of webinars from previous iterations of the Te Tiriti-based Futures and Anti-Racism conference here.
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At the end of 2023 we put out a call for feedback from you on ways that we can support the creation of a supportive network of people here in Aotearoa who are working to make progressive social change. Thank you to everyone who has participated so far! We hope to build a community that will be effective in creating opportunities for learning, connection and support. If you haven’t yet completed the survey, we would really appreciate hearing your thoughts.
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| Other happenings at For Purpose |
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We recently welcomed new team member Anna Jackson onboard 🙂 Learn more about her on Linkedin
Zenaida and Anna are running a Design Assembly workshop in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Design + Purpose | a DIY (Design it Yourself) manifesto for social change is a workshop for creatives who are interested in making a greater positive social impact in their work or through their personal projects.
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For Purpose is assisting with Ka Mua Ka Muri - Tairāwhiti, a week-long series of events marking the anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle which devastated the East Coast of the North Island in February 2023. Emma has close whānau in Tairāwhiti and having just spent the summer there she’s looking forward to being on the ground managing the creative connections weekend.
From 9-17 February events include: a research symposium showcasing insights from community-based research projects conducted in response to the impacts of extreme weather and climate events on the community; a collaborative communities celebration of regional initiatives through creative expression; and a regional roadshow inviting participants to connect directly with communities across Tairāwhiti.
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We will be sharing more news and resources for campaigning, movement building and change-making in future newsletters, on our blog and on social media. Please let us know if there are particular tips, resources or skills you would like us to share with you.
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