Imagining Decolonisation Quotes

“We at Takapūwāhia – or ‘the Pā’ as we call it – have had a city build itself around us. We’ve been urbanised only reluctantly. In some respects, the process has been good, and in some not so good. It’s meant we have had to adapt and we continue to do so.”
― Rebecca Kiddle, Imagining Decolonisation

“There is much work to do, but when we know more we do more. That knowing to me is an act of decolonisation.”
― Rebecca Kiddle, Imagining Decolonisation

“The Pākehā education system disregarded our culture; it disregarded our belief systems. I wanted whānau to experience learning that was embedded in who we are. Twenty years later, that seed grew into the iwi-based educational programme Te Puna Mātauranga.”
― Rebecca Kiddle, Imagining Decolonisation

“Our dreams were everyone’s dreams. Our whakapapa connected us, and although as children we didn’t know the exact links, we knew we were whānau and that was enough. My”
― Rebecca Kiddle, Imagining Decolonisation