Auckland 'Talk about Terror' forum this Saturday

Saturday, December 15, 10.30am-4.30pm, Engineering School auditorium (Rm 1439),
20 Symonds St
TALK ABOUT TERROR - A Public Forum at the University of Auckland Reflections on
politics, history, law and media.

This forum addresses the on-going fallout for
Tuhoe and New Zealanders of the October 15 police action. Public discussion and
comment has focussed on whether police action was ‘warranted’ and whether
the Terrorism Suppression Act was ‘good’ law. This drift in mainstream media
obscures the real issues, which remain Tuhoe sovereignty, the compulsory
nationalism of New Zealand democracy, the broken trust of state aggression
against community, the enduring relevance of local history, and a global war on
terror which has brought terror ‘home’ in support of international
obligations that exclude the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The object of the forum is critical reflection that will highlight the
substantive issues behind talk of terror in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Respondents
include: Tracey McIntosh (Sociology, AU); David Williams (Law School, AU);
Stephen Turner (English, AU); Laurence Simmons (Film, Television and Media,
AU); Kiritapu Allan and Teanau Tuiono (Conscious Collaborations). The format
will be welcome and morning tea (10:30–11:00), a screening of a 50 minute
interview with Tamati Kruger of Tuhoe, followed by 15 minute
presentations from respondents on different aspects of public talk about terror
(12.00–1.00). Lunch break, followed by further responses and discussion. The
forum will close with a screening of
Robert Pouwhare’s Tuhoe: A History of Resistance (3:00-4:00), still unseen on
New Zealand television. Organisers: Nova Paul ([nova.paul@aut.ac.nz]), with
Geraldene Peters, Tessa Laird and Adam White. ALL WELCOME