An attitudinal shift I made decades ago. #Aotearoa #taonga
The Guardian: ‘Bird killing machines’: New Zealand cools on cats to protect native wildlife
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/bird-killing-machines-new-zealand-cools-on-cats-to-protect-native-wildlife

Saw te Rā at te Puna Waiwhetū today.
Quite incredible. A wonderful taonga that needs to sail home permanently.

What got me was the smell. Dry, dusty. A mix of flax and hessian.

The "collector" kept no provenance, so we don't know if was gifted, stolen or sold. We don't even know its awa.

#taonga #tera

#Ownership:

#CulturalExpressions, including #images, #symbols, and #practices, are #taonga (#treasures) that are passed down through generations and hold sacred meaning.

Removing the ownership of an image of an #indigenous person from the group that they represent is #theft.

Who has #played the #Facebook #game #Taonga? Has it any direct link to #Aotearoa?
https://volkagames.com/game/

This just annoys the living crap out of me... many of our priceless and precious images of the past, from a single news conglomerate in #Aotearoa #NZ #taonga were sent to America to be digitised, but never came back... and now they are being sold there and we have to buy them back. #DigitalSovereignty is so vital and important. Never, ever let this happen... https://bid.thefairfaxarchives.co.nz/

If you had asked me 20 years ago that I would see #Kaka and #Kakariki freely flying around #Wellington I would have said you were dreaming.

It is amazing how far we have come with these precious #taonga

I will do my best to make sure our future is filled with #Kiwi roaming freely within the bush.

#NewZealand #Birds

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300743552/capital-kiwi-project-to-bring-national-icon-back-to-nations-capital-takes-flight