Day 8: History.
Because kids need to know history - and this isn't taught in schools.
The diary format makes these stories more immediate & appealing.
Two examples of our racist history - with ongoing and lasting damage. How far have we come?
Bastion Point: 507 days on Takaparawha: Auckland, 1977-78 by Tania Roxborogh (2017).
e-tangata has a fabulous article from an eyewitness.
Forty years on, Auckland is the site of another land protest at Ihumātao.
Dawn raid by Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith (2018).
In 2019, Porirua hosted a gallery exhibition commemorating the Dawn Raids of the 1970s. Now, our Pacifica communities are facing online abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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