Engaging wānanga centres Māori and Pacific notions of peace: With Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart

This excerpt is from an article originally published on the university Te Tumu Research at Otago in Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies blog. Kōrero by Leighton Williams, Senior Teaching Fellow.

Earlier in May, Te Tumu hosted Professor Georgina Tuari Stewart (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Maru ki Tainui) from AUT for a special wānanga on peace, organised by Associate Professor Liana MacDonald. The wānanga was well attended by Te Tumu staff, postgraduate students, and friends from across the university, all of whom came to share rich stories about how they related to peace in varying ways. Centring Māori and Pacific notions of peace, the session explored what these perspectives might reveal about the limits of how violence, conflict, and peace are currently imagined. Read more…