The Treaty & Me - Paddy the Pākeha presents "From Silence to Solidarity"

Take your average middle-class, ‘white’ young person in Aotearoa – how do we get them to care about and advocate for Indigenous rights, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Tino rangatiratanga?

“Now, that’s a challenge I’d love to take on,” says Patrick Monaghan (aka Paddy the Pākehā) “After all, that is me!”

By reverse-engineering his own journey of discovery, Paddy will attempt to identify the key factors that moved him from indifference to passion – to sketch a rough roadmap of how he got to where he is, and, by extension, how we might significantly increase the number of non-Māori engaging in this space.

This talk won’t be deeply grounded in research or academia – just real-world experiences and rambling thoughts of a ‘Pākehā fella from Whanganui’: what cuts through, what doesn’t, and the many voices and approaches we need to consider.

Patrick Monaghan - aka 'Paddy the Pākehā' is a…