Laura O'Connell Rapira

Laura O’Connell Rapira (Te Ātiawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa) is the director of ActionStation. ActionStation is campaigning for policy and funding change that would ensure every person in this country is taught about local hapū and iwi history, the context and content of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, colonisation and its impacts.

Laura O'Connell Rapira

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Society

Guns have no place in a peaceful society

07 Dec 2020
Hiking in the mountains at sunset
Politics

Moving the rock: An election manifesto for people-led change

12 Oct 2020
Four signs announcing rāhui (customary prohibitions) in New Zealand forests and beaches, with text warning public entry is restricted or activities are prohibited to protect nature or show respect after deaths. Lush greenery is visible behind each sign.
Ātea

What, really, is a rāhui – and can political parties enact them?

05 Oct 2020
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Ātea

The first leaders’ debate was so awful because the old format no longer works

28 Sep 2020
tax
Politics

The case for tax (more of it, much more)

21 Sep 2020
Three kete, or woven flax bags, on a brown background, representing the three kete of knowledge in Māori lore.
Ātea

Aotearoa 2040 and the future of tino rangatiratanga

14 Sep 2020

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