#pakeha

[logandria]

*sipping a Marlborough sauvignon blanc*

Gosh I love New Zealand whites

Husband: Babe they’re called pākehā

[irihapetitoroto9]

This voice inside of me has lost its breath

All of the things I never said out loud… they will remain inside of me

[radicalgraff]

On the 10th of July 2019, the James Cook statue in Gisborne, New Zealand was vandalised with the words, “Thief Pakeha” and “This is our land”

[crookedthingsandlight]

It is notable that the extensions that extensions of the notion of audience as an explanatory concept are often very natural ones. That is, we come across a pattern in our data that puzzles us, and search for an explanation why it is so. What us the reason that this speaker chose to say it this way on this occasion? That explanation may go beyond strict accommodation to the present audience, but what is very obviously going on in the situation may be the design of talk in relation to some person or group in a way that is a natural extension of the audience approach. Moreover, this is precisely the form of explanation that any framework finds itself reaching for when faced by such patterns.

What lies at the base of these debates is our view of the nature of personhood. Such views of course are not a provable hypothesis of sociolinguistics or any other academic discipline. They are a premise, a prime based on our own belief system. My belief is that a person is indeed more than a static bundle of sociological categories — although to say that someone is male, or Pakeha, or middle class does tell us something about that person.

But I also believe that a person is more than an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of personas created in and by different situations, with no stable core — although to say that we appear as child to our parents, employee to our boss, partner to our partner does tell us something about the person. We do not recreate ourselves moment by moment out of nothing. We are not a tabula rasa. We bring to the present the shapings of our past, of our relationships, of our environment. Yet we are more than the sum of those things. 

— Allan Bell, Back in style: reworking audience design

[yeltsinsstar]

Waitangi Day commemorations begin under the starlight

As the sun rises over Waitangi, the smell of bacon wafts across crowds keen to be served breakfast by Jacinda Ardern.

Waitangi Day is our National Day. It is a day of celebration, comiseration and, hopefully, reconciliation. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed on this day in 1840 between the British Crown and the United Maori Tribes, was supposed to usher in an era of partnership, guaranteeing the rights of both parties.

Unfortunately, it didn't. Maori rights were quickly eroded by the colonial goverment, with restitution and reconciliation only beginning in the 1980s. This is an ongoing process, as successive governments seek to undo the wrongs of the past.

[andinstone]

Let's just say that the underline on pakeha was left as a deliberate artistic choice. Some #poetry #spilledink from your man here @andinstone. Now that I earn (some) money I might try to rescue the diwata, if it does get relisted on trademe. ... ... ... #diwata #trademe #postcolonial #pakeha #NewZealand #aotearoa #filipino #mythology #bakunawa https://www.instagram.com/p/BsK5GV9DG5B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fg922fnwmnyu

[spiritroots]

At the Auckland Museum! About to go inside Hotunui, the ancestral meeting house, and meditate for a while :)

[kaz-the-stag]

I just finished my google doc called “when my ancestors came to Aotearoa”.

I tried to include their year of travel and country of origin wherever I could. There are a few missing pieces (at least right now!) but I’m going to spend some more time on those when I feel like it.

As of now, I can directly and confidently trace my ancestry back to England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland on my dad’s side; and England, India, Sweden, and Wales on my mum’s side.

It was a nice milestone finishing the bulk of this table! I’ve currently found WikiTree very useful, and have even messaged a couple distant relatives here and there.