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This paper was published in Public Sector, The Journal of the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand, Vol 26, No 3 September, 2003, pp. 2 – 6 The Treaty of Waitangi has become a talisman for …

This article was first published in The Democracy Project, 23 April 2022 Revolutionary moves to decolonise mainstream education are outlined in two Ministry of Education documents.  ‘Te Hurihanganui  A Blueprint for Transformative Systems Shift’ …

This article was published as a chapter in: Rata, E. (2020). The History of an Intellectual Dispute at Auckland’s School of Education. In Bonal, X., Coxon, E., Novelli, M.& A. Verger. Education, globalisation and …

Rata, Elizabeth (2004) ‘Marching through the Institutions’: The Neotribal Elite and the Treaty of Waitangi Published in Sites, New Series, WINTER  2004 VOLUME 1 NO. 2 https://sites.otago.ac.nz/Sites From the Editorial ARTICLES Jacqueline Leckie                                                                       1 …

How cultural essentialism threatens intellectual freedom in the New Zealand tertiary education sector Roger Openshaw and Elizabeth Rata A version of this paper was published in the New Zealand Journal of Tertiary Education Policy …

A version of the article ‘History of Kaupapa Matauranga Māori at Auckland University in the 1990s’ was later published as a chapter: Rata, E. (2020). The History of an Intellectual Dispute at Auckland’s School …

My recent article about the role that the concept of a Treaty ‘partnership’ has played in the development of ethno-nationalism provoked a critical response from Professor Andrew Geddis. We obviously have different opinions about the value of …

Elizabeth Rata and Carlos Zubaran A version of the article reproduced below was first published in 2009 as ‘When Criticism is Silent: Mental health in New Zealand’, chapter 6 in Openshaw, R & Rata, …

INCLUSIVE BICULTURALISM Useful Terms A full account of inclusive and exclusive biculturalism in relation to the nation and to iwi is available in the paper on my website titled ‘Inclusive Biculturalism, Exclusive Biculturalism and …

(A shortened version of this appeared in The University of Auckland University News, July 2021.) By Emeritus Professor Robert Nola, FRSNZ, Philosophy I wish to make some comments on issues raised by Professor Dame …