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Te Tiriti, Equality and the Future of New Zealand Democracy
‘The political question, for now and into the future, is not that sovereignty has been usurped, but whether its distribution can be made just.’
— Dominic O’Sullivan, from the Introduction to Te Tiriti, Equality and the Future of New Zealand Democracy
In his latest book, leading political scientist Dominic O’Sullivan looks beyond the polemics and binaries, and toward the forms a non-colonial state and Te Tiriti-based democracy might take in Aotearoa – and how we might get there together.
Dominic is joined by Lara Greaves and Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal to unpack these timely topics at a free event in Auckland this July.
Auckland University Press warmly invites you to join us for the public discussion to celebrate the publication of this new book, described by Dame Anne Salmond as ‘significant and timely’.
Thursday 2 July, 5.30pm
Studio One – Toi Tū
1 Ponsonby Road
Auckland
Light refreshments will be provided at the event and the book available to purchase thanks to the Women's Bookshop. Join us to continue this important discussion at Hoppers Garden Bar (134b Ponsonby Road) after the launch.
Read more about the book: aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/te-tiriti-equality-and-the-future-of-new-zealand-democracy/
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ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Dominic O’Sullivan (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu) is a political scientist and professor at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He is the author of eight books including Indigeneity: A Politics of Potential (Policy Press, 2017) and Sharing the Sovereign: Indigenous Peoples, Recognition, Treaties and the State (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).
A transdisciplinary social scientist working at the intersection of psychology and political science, Lara Greaves (Ngāpuhi, Pākehā, Tararā) holds positions at Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington where she lectures across a range of courses on Aotearoa and Indigenous politics, and Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, as a Senior Research Fellow in statistics. She is also a director of a research organisation that works with government and Māori groups. Contributing to and collaborating across large-scale, multidisciplinary work, including the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study and the New Zealand Election Survey, Associate Professor Greaves is focused on creating opportunities for the next generation of tauira Māori, and broader Indigenous whānau, to become changemakers in policy, social sciences, and political science.
Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal is a researcher, composer and advisor. He is passionate about the ‘creative potential’ of indigenous knowledge and communities which he explores through research, teaching and advising, and through music and story. Charles has written/edited six books and ten reports on aspects of mātauranga Māori and iwi histories and traditions. He is also the founder and leader of whare tapere – iwi based ‘houses’ of storytelling, dance, games, music and other entertainments – which takes place in Hauraki. Previously he was a Director at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Director of Graduate Studies and Research at Te Wānanga-o-Raukawa, Ōtaki, and Professor of Indigenous Development and Director, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, University of Auckland. He is currently Director of the EcoQuest Centre for Indigeneity, Ecology and Creativity. Charles belongs to Marutūahu, Ngāti Raukawa and Ngā Puhi.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Studio One Toi Tū, 1 Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand
NZD 0.00
