This was a fascinating conversation w. Garrick Cooper, senior lecturer at Canterbury University on Aotearoa history, contemporary Māori politics and how Māori resistance offers wisdom to other global freedom struggles.
We pack quite a bit into just an hour of chat, discussing Māori language, the Land Wars of Aotearoa, the double-edged sword of 'Māori faces in high places', and where the resistance struggles of Māori are today.
For more w. Garrick please check out the group Māori Philosophy of which he is a founding member: https://www.maoriphilosophy.com/about-us
& read his contributions in the Guardian on Māori relations to the current New Zealand Labor party: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/01/jacinda-ardern-faces-waitangi-day-reckoning-with-maori-as-progress-stalls
Beats by Prod Riddiman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2z2WFyKlM
