Weaving our Worlds

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Weaving our Worlds

Melanie Nelson

12 episodes

4 months ago

In this episode of Weaving Our Worlds, Melanie sits down with historians Angela Wanhalla and Erica Newman to delve into the untold stories behind the recent dual publications, Te Hau Kāinga: The Māori Home Front During the Second World War and Raupanga, a companion volume in te reo Māori. Together, these books explore the experience of Māori on the home front during World War II, revealing a rich tapestry of community resilience, cultural endurance, and the complexities of Māori service. Ange...

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Episodes (12/12)

Weaving our Worlds

#11: Angela Wanhalla & Erica Newman - Māori on the Home Front: Resilience, Rangatiratanga, and Wartime Mobilisation

8 months ago

1 hour 16 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#10: Melanie Nelson - Libertarianism in legislation: Unpacking the Regulatory Standards Bill

In this episode, the tables are turned. Thanks to Bryan Bruce Investigates for initiating and sharing this podcast episode where he interviews Melanie Nelson, the host of the Weaving our Worlds podcast and the Coherent podcast.In this episode of Head to Head, Bryan Bruce interviews Melanie Nelson, a writer, researcher, translator and consultant specialising in the application of te Tiriti to environmental and conservation issues. Together, they delve into the Regulatory Standards Bill, a prop...

10 months ago

26 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#1 Coherent podcast - A Legal Straitjacket: Jane Kelsey on Neoliberalism and the Regulatory Standards Bill

This is the debut episode of my new podcast, Coherent. Listeners of Weaving our Worlds might find it of interest. It's available on most podcast platforms. On the Coherent podcast Melanie Nelson hosts in-depth interviews unpacking the political issues shaping Aotearoa New Zealand today. Join us as we explore the sweeping reforms transforming our society, affecting areas like the environment, Indigenous rights, and social cohesion. Our conversations provide clarity, context and hope in u...

10 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#9: Sarah Hopkinson - Exploring Pākehā identity, sustainability, and te Tiriti justice

In this thought-provoking episode, Sarah Hopkinson, a māmā, curriculum designer, urban farmer, and storyteller, joins Melanie to unravel the intricate threads of identity, ancestry, and the environment. Sarah delves into what it means to be Pākehā in Aotearoa, reflecting on collective accountability, the deep-rooted values shaping our land, and the relationship between humans and the more-than-human world. As a passionate advocate for te Tiriti justice and sustainable education, Sarah shares ...

1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#8: Jen Margaret - Honouring te Tiriti o Waitangi, changing systems and working as allies

In this insightful episode, Melanie Nelson sits down with Jen Margaret, a dedicated advocate and educator for te Tiriti o Waitangi. Jen has spent over 30 years championing the importance of te Tiriti and the responsibilities it entails for Pākehā and Tauiwi in Aotearoa. Jen shares her personal journey into this work, starting with her first encounter with te Tiriti at university and the subsequent realisation of how little she had been taught about Aotearoa’s founding document. She delve...

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#7: Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod - Toitū te Reo festival, the future of the language and the need for allies

Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod joins Melanie to talk about the upcoming celebration of te reo Māori - the first national Māori language festival, Toitū te Reo. He shares about the inspiration and focus of the festival, its welcoming nature to all, and what it will look and feel like. We discuss some of the speakers and topics which will be included.We also talk more broadly about the future of te reo Māori, the role for Pākehā and Tauiwi in embracing te reo, dealing with government attacks on te re...

1 year ago

54 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#6: Beth Tupara-Katene - Ocean centred marine-governance, community led solutions & customary/commercial fisheries

Beth Tupara-Katene joins Melanie to share the findings of research project Tangaroa Ararau. The project has focused on how to put Tangaroa and Hinemoana (the ocean) at the centre of marine governance, with decisions led collectively by local communities. We include Māori perspectives on governance and relating to the ocean, across the spectrum of kaitiakitanga (guardianship), customary and commercial fisheries, grounded in te Tiriti o Waitangi. Beth describes a vision of thriving oceans and t...

1 year ago

57 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#5: Dr Jessica Hutchings - Māori food sovereignty, GMOs & being allies

Dr Jessica Hutchings talks about Māori and indigenous food sovereignty, and her practice of this in her own life, through growing food, research and sharing knowledge. She articulates her views on GMOs and the risks that genetic engineering pose to indigenous peoples and their sovereignty. Also, Jessica shares about the difficulties of ensuring Māori values and voices are centred in the organic and regenerative agriculture movements, and gives insights to behaviours of good allies.You ca...

1 year ago

1 hour 4 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#4: Alex Barnes - Co-governance education, walking between worlds & growing peace

Alex Barnes talks about the complexities and benefits co-governance education in Aotearoa through application of te Tiriti o Waitangi, the subject of his recently completed PhD. We also discuss some of our experiences over decades of walking between te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā, and why we perceive them as different worlds. Plus we delve into how we, as Pākehā, identify ourselves in te ao Māori and understand our relationship with people and kaupapa we are involved in, and how we are con...

1 year ago

1 hour 10 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#3: Hona Black - Being Māori in a Pākehā world, Māori humour and sexuality in te reo

Hona Black talks about Māori wit and humour and his efforts to help revitalise that particular aspect of te reo. He shares his experience growing up in a Māori speaking household and kura kaupapa, and the challenges of life in a society where the English language and Western cultural norms dominate. Plus, he explores Māori attitudes to sexuality and the layers of sexuality in te reo Māori. He has been awarded a Marsden Grant to research the desexualisation of te reo Māori domains, ...

1 year ago

1 hour 8 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#2: Dame Anne Salmond - Criticism of Treaty principles review & our opportunity to live creatively

Dame Anne Salmond talks about her experience of walking between worlds over the past 50 years, witnessing racism and injustice, and working to grow understanding. She shares her views on any moves by the government to review the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi. She explains that it is the Māori text which was signed and must be adhered to, and how te Tiriti provides us the opportunity to live together creatively.You can buy me a coffee to support my work!You can follow Melanie's work on Su...

1 year ago

46 minutes

Weaving our Worlds

#1: Whirimako Black - Mōteatea, cultural reconnection & music as healing

Whirimako Black speaks openly about memories of her early life in Te Urewera and Kawerau and how that has shaped her life and career. She shares her love of mōteatea, her reo and culture, and desire to share that with people. This deep and personal conversation traverses her whānau influences and inspirations, cultural disconnection and reconnection, trauma, identity, authenticity, and the power of connection, music and art for healing. You can buy me a coffee to support my work!You can ...

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute