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Disruptions to human connections with food and Indigenous food systems are central features of colonialism, yet the mechanisms sustaining these disruptions in contemporary contexts remain underexplored. This discussion paper presents a new definition of food colonialism and examines how food sectors and professions function as instruments in sustaining food colonialism in contemporary settler societies. Centred on Indigenous Māori experiences and contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand, this paper analyses food colonialism through four tenets: denial of Indigenous rights, assimilative practices, colonial control and appropriation. Abolitionist theory is presented as a suitable theoretical grounding for individuals and organisations across food sectors, food professions, and public health to work towards solutions that redress the issues of food colonialism as a public health concern. These discussions have relevance beyond Aotearoa New Zealand, as the mechanisms of food colonialism are applicable to other settler states and colonial contexts where Indigenous rights remain contested.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09581596.2026.2658275#abstract
Author: Kairangahau Matua Dr. Hannah Ropata
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Tūpuna Parenting launches new literature review calling for systems change grounded in ancestral Māori parenting knowledge.
Authored by Dr Joni Angeli-Gordon
In Partnership with Tūpuna Parenting
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Te Maru o Hine:
A Kaupapa Māori Theory of Change for addressing sexual harassment against wāhine through tāne allyship in the construction and infrastructure industries.
Authored by Dr Joni Angeli-Gordon
Funded & Published by conCOVE Tūhura
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Journal Articles 2024:
Angeli-Gordon, J. M. (2024). Whakapapa, mauritau, and placefulness to decolonise Indigenous minds. Genealogy 8(4), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy8040124
Daellenbach, S., Dixon, L., Anderson, J., Nisa-Waller, A., Lockwood, S., & Neely, E. (2024). Partnership in a hospital setting: Consumer perspectives of hospital midwifery care in Aotearoa. New Zealand College of Midwives Journal, 60, Article 246001. https://doi.org/10.12784/nzcomjnl.246001
Journal Articles 2023
Davidson, E., Hromek, D., Whaitiri, K., & Kiddle, R. (2023). Moving towards placekeeping in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Urban Design, Summer 2023, Issue 167, 33-38. PDF HERE
Tollan, K. J., Ross, M., Mercier, O. R., Elkington, B., Kiddle, R., Thomas, A., & Smeaton, J. (2023). Publication aspirations for a decolonised city: Food security and “re-storytelling.” MAI Journal 12(2), 133-145. https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.3
Indigenous Collaborations in the World of Music
Hōkioi me te Vwōhali
A collborative project about the whakapapa between the Hōkioi (Haast Eagle (NZ) ext. 1400) and the Vwōhali (Golden Eagle, Cherokee). This work connects two peoples, two nations, two countries and two dance companies from either sides of the world, to celebrate the lives of these two illustrious birds.
Maree Sheehan is credited with sound design and music composition (Hōkioi -Tuakana).
>>> Visit HERE to learn more about this kaupapa.
Indigenous Collaboration
A collaborative project with Chelsea Winstanley (producer, writer, director, and filmmaker) and the Gadaril mob from Australia.
Maree Sheehan is credited in the areas of sound composition and taonga pūoro.
>>> Visit HERE to learn more about this kaupapa.
Book Releases
Ngā Kaihanga Uku profiles “a new generation of Muddies” and features TWoA kaiako, Tracy Keith ( Maunga Kura Toi Rauangi - Level 7 | Bachelor Of Māori Art - Rauangi).
For a preview of Ngā Kaihanga Uku - visit HERE