Kim Webby05:00, May 31 2021
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Dr Ruakere Hond talks about how the Taranaki settlement of Parihaka has been portrayed in the news media over the years.
Our tarnished history lies buried in the landscape of Aotearoa, but it is about to emerge into the world of light. Next year, schools will teach the colonial history of New Zealand, warts and all. Our children and grandchildren will be the ones to break the ice and have those conversations that we should have shouldered generations ago. But it’s clear the land has always spoken, if you can find the places where our Pākehā/Māori history played out.