MPP Forum: Ka Mua, Ka Muri: Decolonizing policy approaches – Perspectives from an Aotearoa New Zealand public servant
Although fully sovereign since 1947, colonial-era institutions and systematic efforts to dispossess indigenous Māori of land, language, and culture continue to cast a long shadow over Aotearoa New Zealand. Increasingly the government and the public servants who staff it, alongside Māori activists, academics, and civil society,…