Arini LoaderArini Loader

Arini Loader (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Whānau-a-Apanui) is a lecturer in History at Victoria University of Wellington Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika a Māui. Her research interests include Māori and Indigenous history, languages and literatures. She is currently working on a research project with her Vic colleague Mike Ross on a collection of waiata, karakia, whakataukī and kōrero recorded by Māori taken captive from the battle of Rangiriri in 1863.

Te Pūtake o Te Riri: Māori work hard to remember, and everyone else should too

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When we remember the Armistice, remember what happened here too. The ‘two-worlds’ analogy retains its stubborn hold. Two worlds mapped onto Niu Tireni, sharing space, differently placed. You say Raowmati, I say Raumati; You say Oohtackie, I say Ōtaki. Or as poet Robert Sullivan put it:           You say Treaty and I say Tiriti,           … Read more