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Feb 21, 20241 min read
A Collective Letter: Inquiring about the Government’s Plan for Addressing Māori Health Inequities in the Absence of Te Aka Whai Ora (The Māori Health Authority)
Read here a letter to Hon Dr Shane Reti from 740 doctors of Aotearoa New Zealand expressing their sincere concern regarding the...
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Jan 30, 20244 min read
Te Hui-aa-Motu, the national unity hui at Turangawaewae: Some Pākehā reflections
Early last Saturday morning Anna Shepherd and I set out for Turangawaewae Marae for Hui-aa-Motu. Driving along River Rd, we joined the...
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Aug 3, 20212 min read
Briefing Paper on the forthcoming National Action Plan Against Racism
After years of advocacy by STIR and others the goverment is finally writing a national action plan to end racism. To make sure...
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Jun 3, 20213 min read
Mana motuhake hesitancy: a threat to the COVID-19 vaccine roll out
Aotearoa New Zealand has done a remarkable job so far in keeping COVID-19 at bay. However, we can’t keep the borders of our island-haven...
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May 12, 20217 min read
He Whakakitenga Tāngata
Affirmative Action: Where do we stand and where do we go from here? 2020 will go down in history for a lot of things, but perhaps more...
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Apr 9, 20213 min read
When Nobody Was Looking
Directed by Alex Sutherland Over the past couple of years we have seen a rising narrative of racial injustices experienced by Black and...
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Dec 2, 20203 min read
Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change conference“Activating Collectivity: Aroha and Power”
It did not take long to realize that the Social Movements, Resistance and Social Change conference “Activating Collectivity: Aroha and...
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Dec 2, 20203 min read
Anti-racist reflections: A Canadian in Aotearoa
Hello. My name is Manjeet Birk and I am a Canadian living in Aotearoa since July 2020. I am here as part of a Social Science and...
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Nov 24, 202012 min read
How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram X Kendi
Book Review by Garrick Rigby How to be an Antiracist is published by Penguin Random House UK, 2019. The 2019 bestseller How to be an...
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Oct 8, 202015 min read
White fragility and its opposite: being fragile
By Garrick Rigby Although I am quite new to the world of antiracism, I was lucky enough to attend the webinar discussions earlier this...
Jul 13, 20191 min read
STIR student intern - Sara Jones
My name is Sara Jones and I am an MD/MPH candidate at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in the United States. As part of my
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Feb 22, 20191 min read
WAI 2575 – Health kaupapa claim
We have been receiving positive feedback that various claimants involved in the WAI 2575 health kaupapa claim have been drawing on...
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Feb 22, 20191 min read
Building the Evidence Base
STIR continues to undertake research about sites of institutional racism and anti-racism praxis. This year our paper about how ten years...
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Feb 22, 20191 min read
STIR at the United Nations
In February 2018 STIR led a coalition of NGOs (Te Rūnanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Auckland University of Technology,...
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Feb 22, 20191 min read
"A Legacy of Tino Rangatiratanga"
A highlight for us this year was our co-chair Grant Berghan being named Public Health Association 2017 Public Health Champion. The award...
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