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Te Tiriti o Waitangi has always been far more than a historical artefact to me. It is a living document that sets out the ethical architecture for how we might live together in Aotearoa. Increasingly, it has also become clear that Te Tiriti offers us a research methodology — a way of working that restores relationality, demands accountability, and refuses the convenient fictions of neutrality. This new paper led by Ngaire Rae on Te Tiriti as a research methodology is a powerf

We are living in a time where the shape and overreach of Crown authority is up for debate. Every week seems to bring another reminder of the urgent need for systemic honourable kāwanatanga. Against this backdrop, Clive Aspin and I have opened a call for submissions for a special issue of Sites   Journal of social anthropology and cultural studies of the Pacific Region  that asks a deceptively simple question: what might kāwanatanga look like if it was truly honourable? For so

This paper led by Zoe Tipa seeks to name, with clarity and compassion, what many Māori public servants have been carrying for decades. Navigating complex spaces: experiences of Māori working for the Crown in Aotearoa  brings forward the lived realities of Māori kaimahi who serve inside Crown systems shaped by colonial architecture, systemic inequities, and ongoing Tiriti breaches.  The article describes the complex emotional landscape of Māori working within Crown agencies—wh