Movements are emerging, more powerful than ever, to further tino rangatiratanga, decolonisation, constitutional transformation, and Te Tiriti justice. At the same time, backlash is ramping up, and our online discourse presents ever more disinformation, abuse, and overwhelm. We believe that challenging this backlash and anti-Māori racism is part of the ecosystem of change to create a Te Tiriti-based future, and all Tangata Tiriti (people of the treaty) have a responsibility and role to play.

 

Tauiwi Tautoko trains tauiwi (non-Māori) to tautoko (support) Te Tiriti transformation by challenging anti-Māori racism from within our own communities. Over seven weeks, volunteers learn and practise a set of proven strategies from the anti-racist toolkit to ‘call in’ racist comments and gently challenge and change racist views. We focus on online racism for the course as it’s a place tautoko is needed—and the difference of this group’s work is tangible. The online environment is also a training ground for building skills and confidence for anti-racist conversations in our own offline spheres of influence. 

 

After hearing from those who've taken the course over the years, we're now offering two versions of the course: one for Tauiwi Pākehā and one for Tauiwi of the Global Majority* (tauiwi of colour). While we are all connected in this work and form a broader community of Tangata Tiriti, our different experiences of racism mean differences for both learning and practice. Running two streams allows for conversations that couldn’t happen otherwise. 

*Global Majority is “a collective term that first and foremost speaks to and encourages those so-called, to think of themselves as belonging to the majority on planet earth. It refers to people who are Black, African, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.” – Rosemary Campbell-Stephens MBE.

Both courses will run 30 April–18 June 2023 (7 weeks), with opportunities to connect and work together over this time. 

 

Participants will have to be willing and able to contribute approximately 4 hours’ work per week to this course. This includes reviewing weekly resources, attending the weekly training sessions, and actively practising this approach online (about 28 hours over 7 weeks, plus 2 half-day hui). You will also have to be comfortable with spending time online, specifically on Facebook, for training purposes. Use of a computer or tablet is strongly suggested to make the most of the resources, learning, and practice.

 

The programme has limited capacity and is offered for free. If you are able to make a donation towards the course, this will help us pay for the facilitation team, a ‘reflector’ who gives weekly feedback on your online work, curriculum design, and much more.  

We would love to have you join us and be part of an ever-growing community who are working together to support and advance tino rangatiratanga and decolonisation in Aotearoa!

Next steps: 

If you would like to be part of the course, please take below short survey so we can learn a little about you before the course. You will receive an invite to join the course on completion of the survey.

Survey for Tauiwi Pākehā course

Survey for Tauiwi of the Global Majority course

We will run these courses again later in the year. If you'd like to learn more before signing up or are interested in a future training, check out our website here.