Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 15, 2023 5:55:05 GMT 12
FIRST NATIONAL MĀORI WOMEN’S CRICKET TOURNAMENT BEGINS
“It’s been a long time coming to get efforts like this off the ground,” says New Zealand cricket diversity and inclusion lead Andrew Tara.
Tara tells RNZ that this tournament will “raise the profiles of Māori women’s cricket”, portrayed in the “strength of the squads that [have] been named”.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/first-national-maori-womens-cricket-tournament-begins/6Y6LZTMLVFC5JDSQ2N22HLSTJY/
MĀORI MEAT FOR DISINFORMATION MENU
The director of a new study on disinformation says hate and fear of the unknown are behind an upsurge in social media attacks on Māori in the lead-up to this election.
Victoria University cultural historian Kate Hannah says she’s tracked an increase in deliberately false or misleading internet content over the past three months – including accusations of reverse racism against Māori initiatives or candidates.
“And some of those false ideas include denial of Māori indigineity. They include false ideas around wahine Māori, and they include ideas around what co-governance or tino rangatiratanga, or mana motuhake might mean for the future of New Zealand,” Ms Hannah says.....
waateanews.com/2023/10/13/maori-meat-for-disinformation-menu/
“It’s been a long time coming to get efforts like this off the ground,” says New Zealand cricket diversity and inclusion lead Andrew Tara.
Tara tells RNZ that this tournament will “raise the profiles of Māori women’s cricket”, portrayed in the “strength of the squads that [have] been named”.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/first-national-maori-womens-cricket-tournament-begins/6Y6LZTMLVFC5JDSQ2N22HLSTJY/
MĀORI MEAT FOR DISINFORMATION MENU
The director of a new study on disinformation says hate and fear of the unknown are behind an upsurge in social media attacks on Māori in the lead-up to this election.
Victoria University cultural historian Kate Hannah says she’s tracked an increase in deliberately false or misleading internet content over the past three months – including accusations of reverse racism against Māori initiatives or candidates.
“And some of those false ideas include denial of Māori indigineity. They include false ideas around wahine Māori, and they include ideas around what co-governance or tino rangatiratanga, or mana motuhake might mean for the future of New Zealand,” Ms Hannah says.....
waateanews.com/2023/10/13/maori-meat-for-disinformation-menu/