PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release DATE 24/8/15
Public Discussion: Peace and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
We encourage you to join us for a public conversation on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its role in establishing a culture of
peace in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Facilitator, prof. Richard Jackson (National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies) will hold a public conversation with
prof. Khyla Russell (Kaitohutohu, Otago Polytechnic), prof. Paul Tapsell (Te Tumu) and Suzanne Menzies-Culling (Tauiwi
Solutions); getting their views on issues relating to Te Tiriti and peace in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The participants will
give insight into what motivated them to advance respect for Te Tiriti, what can be done to forward this work, how each
of us can play our part, and why this is an issue of peace for Aotearoa/New Zealand.
“While Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as a physical document, is more than one-hundred and fifty years old, its signing and
checkered implementation make the questions it poses to New Zealanders perennial. Most significantly, how do we respect
Te Tiriti, and thus respect all people to whom it pertains? Our failure to tackle this and other questions continues to
prove a roadblock to the development of peace in Aotearoa.
In holding this event we hope to provide an opportunity where a number of vioces can speak to this important issue.”-
Griffin Leonard (PhD candidate, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago).
All are welcome.
When: Aug 31st, 12-1pm.
Where: AV Studio, second floor, Owheo Building, University of Otago.
Livestreamed: http://www.otago.ac.nz/its/services/teaching/streaming/otago029235.html