Aaron Smale
Journalist at Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
Husband, father, writer, photographer https://t.co/2n7bzo4pll, journalist https://t.co/meGWRARUsc , devourer of books, daydreamer. Opinions my own, RT not endorsement
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1 week ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Aaron Smale
Government ministers – and some media commentators – were in such a hurry to slag off Tamatha Paul that they missed the chance to talk about genuine change. Photos / Getty Images / SuppliedOpinion by Aaron SmaleAaron Smale is a journalist specialising in te ao Māori issues. Learn more In his apology to victims of abuse of children and adults in state care, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said, “You have waited and waited for people to start listening to you. Now New Zealand has listened.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Aaron Smale
Aaron Smale: What is it with Winston? Photo / Getty ImagesOpinion by Aaron SmaleAaron Smale is a journalist specialising in te ao Māori issues. Learn moreTo borrow a phrase from his namesake Winston Churchill, Winston Peters is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. I haven’t got the space (or inclination) to carry out a biographical study of one of Parliament’s longest-serving members.
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1 month ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Aaron Smale
Aaron Smale: The PM has failed to expose Winston Peters' (left) and David Seymour's "performative outrage" as the publicity stunts they are. Photo / Getty ImagesOpinion by Aaron SmaleAaron Smale is a journalist specialising in te ao Māori issues. Learn more For a piece of proposed legislation that is dead in the water, the Treaty Principles Bill has caused quite the sound and fury.
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1 month ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Aaron Smale
Aaron Smale: Students and parents of Māori kids say their experience of the education system is uneven at best. Photo / Getty ImagesOpinion by Aaron SmaleAaron Smale is a journalist specialising in te ao Māori issues. Learn moreWriting on Māori subjects for broad audiences as I do, there’s a risk of opening a window on issues readers might have little knowledge of – though they’ll often have a view, well-informed or not.
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2 months ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Aaron Smale
How is a Māori or Polynesian kid in a lower socioeconomic area supposed to pursue a career in those fields if he or she can’t even find a teacher to get them to the starting line? Photo / Getty ImagesOpinion by Aaron SmaleAaron Smale is a journalist specialising in te ao Māori issues. Learn moreI recently ran into an engineering teacher I know from a local secondary school.
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Is it a coincidence that this will land on the day that all media will be giving wall to wall coverage of the US election result? Timetable for controversial Treaty Principles Bill brought forward https://t.co/tD41zXNU48
Crown cover-up? When the state turned on its victims https://t.co/mcVUldKtL5
I'm sorry, Judith needs to go and clean house in the Crown's backyard. The state destroyed records in 1999, many of which were relevant to allegations of abuse. This was deliberate obstruction - Attorney-General warns of prosecutions if records destroyed https://t.co/G7VcTnbXhQ