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E oho! Contemporary pursuit of justice for Māori

Ticket Information

  • Free Admission

Dates

  • Wed 18 Aug 2021, 12:10pm–1:30pm

Restrictions

All Ages

Māori rights defenders have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand in the past with campaigns taking many forms. We will hear from prominent Māori rights defenders on what recent threats have rallied acts of resistance, what justice campaigns look and feel like at the coalface, and what the responses or outcomes have been.

Registration required.
This is a registration-only event. Registrations close 16 August 2021.
RSVP by emailing events.natlib@dia.govt.nz.
To enter you will need to have registered and bring your verified photo ID (driver’s license or passport).
No registration, no ID, no entry.

Requirements for entry
To enter the auditorium a verified photo ID is required (driver’s license or passport). No ID, no entry.
Please arrive early to be seated by 12.10pm. Latecomers will not be admitted.
All bags will be searched for prohibited items. Large bags and objects need to be checked in.
National Library reserves the right to refuse entry or remove anyone exhibiting disorderly behaviour or failing to comply with security staff’s requests.

Pursuing justice for Māori
Be reminded of the turbulent time of the Springbok tour in 1981 by viewing a film clip of Patu! Then listen to Annette Sykes who will present in person and Tina Ngata who will be joining via video link sharing their experience of pursuing justice for Māori.

After the talk you can go on a free guided tour of the Tohe | Protest exhibition led by a Ngā Taonga sound and Vision staff member or a free tour of He Tohu

About the speakers
Annette Sykes is an activist and human rights lawyer specialising in the rights of indigenous peoples to promote their own systems of law. A strong focus in her career is on all aspects of law as they affect Māori especially constitutional change. She has her own law practice in Rotorua. She belongs to Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Makino of Te Arawa waka with strong whakapapa connections also to Ngāti Awa and Tūhoe.

Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou), joining via video link, is a mother of two from the East Coast. Her work involves advocacy for environmental, Indigenous and human rights. This includes local, national and international initiatives that highlight the role of settler colonialism in issues such as climate change and waste pollution, and promote Indigenous conservation as best practice for a globally sustainable future.

Image: Endeavour protest Tūranga 2019. Photo by Dylan Owen.

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