Articles and essays

Short, sharp and provocative, these pieces of writing help Pākehā to understand and unpack their privilege, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. A few of them are from E - Tangata, an awesome Sunday Magazine amplifying Māori and Pasifika voices. 

Alternatives to anti-Māori themes in media

By the Kupu Taea Project

Becoming 'really Pākehā'

By Jen Margaret

Decolonise Your Mind

By The Lovepost

Hey, white women: Māori culture is not your birthright

By Debra Hunt

He Whakaputanga me te Tiriti

By the Waitangi Tribunal

History demands a personal reckoning

By Leah Bell 

Racism and white defensiveness in Aotearoa: A Pākehā perspective

By Max Harris

The Ministry for Pākehā Affairs - The time has come

By Catherine Delahunty

The Tailwind of Privilege

By Mary Breheny

The Grind of Racism

By Shelley Burne-Field

‘To honour the treaty, we must first settle colonisation’: the long road from colonial devastation to balance, peace and harmony

By Margaret Mutu

Understanding Racism in This Country

By Moana Jackson

What's Required From Tangata Tiriti

By Tina Ngata

White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack

By Peggy McIntosh