Podcast appearances and mentions of ed amon

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Jones and Ed Amon. First up, the government has revealed it wants to do away with e-scooters taking up footpath and send them into the bike lanes instead. Is this the right move? Then, at least nine learning centres have returned positive for asbestos in coloured play sand while testing continues at pace in other schools. How did it get to this? The panel considers the opinion of one expert who says the economic system values the wrong things.

In part two, the panel hears from the founder of a campaign to create a unified approach to respect: basically, we all have to treat each other much better! Then, cashless parking meters in Oamaru have raised the ire of older folk who've always used coins.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Anna Dean. First up, the scorecard is in on the government's controversial boot camp trial. The Champions Initiative is a youth support organisation that pitched in - chief executive David Graham gives his review. Then, are councillors underpaid? Some of the newly elected ones think so. Masterton councillor Gary Caffell shares his reckons.

In part two, a Wellington swimming pool used by several schools and groups is facing potential closure thanks to rising gas costs. Then, Christmas is back on in Onehunga, after a large group of businesses pitched in to save the annual parade. Onehunga Business Association chair Victoria Puxty celebrates with the panel.

First up, migrant bus drivers say English language test for the skilled residence visa are completely unrealistic, leading many to fork out large sums for testing or even considering heading back home. Then, it's been confirmed the National MP Carl Bates is under formal investigation for failing to declare 25 properties linked to him and his family to parliament's register of pecuniary interests. It's a story that has gone a little under the radar this week, but commentator Byrce Edwards says parliament is too slack in dealing with MPs interests and she should be paying more attention.

In part two, Winston peetrs will reveal to the world at the UN if New Zealand will formally recognise Palestine. Why the stringing out of the decision? Is it all political theatre? And what impact will it have? Then, Panel listener Dave responded to our call for great travel stories and he has a doozy about cycling the Karakorum highway.

Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll and Ed Amon. First up: emotions have been running high over proposals to allow for greater housing and development around City Rail Link stations in Auckland. About 200 people packed out the Mt Eden Village Centre in Auckland last night. Margot McRae is the chairperson of Devonport Heritage and a member of Character Coalition. She explains her opposition to the proposals which could impact heritage buildings. Then, a school principal says the proposed chnages to NCEA by Erica Stanford will disadvantage under achieving students in poorer areas. The Panel talks to Leanne Webb, from Aorere College in Papatoetoe.

Kicking off the second half: South Australia is about to be the first aussie state to ban soy sauce fish containers. The Panel talks to Dr Nina Wootton a marine scientist specialising in microplastics at the University of Adelaide: she's pretty happy about the whole thing. And then: the story of Pleakly the tūī. Pleakly lives at the Otorohanga Kiwi House in Waikato and has around 15 favourite phrases including "hey buddy" and "good boy". He's become a TikTok star and the panel talks to manager Mat Ronaldson about their famous feathered friend.

Dog rescue services in Auckland are completely overwhelmed, with one charity receiving over 700 rehoming requests in a month. Law reform is on the cards, but has the problem already spiralled out of control? Then, bargain hunters are in for a treat in Dunedin this weekend, with thousands of vinyl records, casettes, CDs and DVDs up for grabs at the Regent Theatre's annual sale.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jenni Giblin and Ed Amon. First, New Zealand has joined an international call for Israel to stop its attack on Gaza. Then, the four-day working week is back in the headlines, with a major study showing it reduces burnout and increases job satisfaction.

This half hour the panel hears from an Auckland University marketing teaching fellow about the future of tertairy study in the AI era, and a dance teacher in Martinborough in charge of the second annual Wuthering Heights mega dance.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Nalini Baruch. They begin in Northland where trials in court are set down as far in advance as October 2027, due to a lack of resource and an increase in crime. Then they head round to a range regions for a discussion on the best place to live.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Madison Burgess-Smith

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Madison Burgess-Smith.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll & Ed Amon. The trio discuss: the anointing of Pope Leo XIV, and pay equity protests. Plus Wallace has the latest update on the banned baby names list. Jo McCaroll is the editor of NZ Gardener magazine Ed Amon is a writer, comedian and PhD candidate

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jo McCarroll & Ed Amon. The trio discuss: the Nelson Giants saga, a Wellington mail box that's turned social media star, and Wallace asks the question "which font would you be?" It's better than it sounds. Jo MCaroll is the editor of NZ Gardener magazine Ed Amon is a writer, comedian and PhD candidate

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists panellists Ed Amon & Sally. The trio discuss the government's announcement to expand the official definition of 'veteran' and they speak to a U.S expat living in New Zealand about what he makes of what's happening back home.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon & Sally Wenly. The trio discuss the new directive to use wool in publicly funded buildings. Plus the panel dive into the world of the trick playing game bridge.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Verity Johnson. They discuss the push to buy NZ-made as President Donald Trump's tariff battles wage on and the company who has been bringing bread to schools for more than two decades.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon and Verity Johnson. In the second half of the show, they discuss the ethics of big game fishing and the scathing reaction to 'With Love, Meghan'.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon & Ali Jones. They discuss the 5th anniversary of our first COVID case, and the school lunch saga rumbles on. Ali Jones is a member of the Papanui Innes communitty board and senior consultant Red PR. Ed Amoin is a PhD student and comedian. [picture id="4KCRROY_0Z9A0159_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ed Amon & Ali Jones. They discuss potential changed to tax rules for clubs and societies, a nude cycling event in the Melbourne CBD, and Aussie blogger Belle Gibson's cancer lie. Ali Jones is a member of the Papanui Innes community board and senior consultant Red PR. Ed Amon is a PhD student and comedian. [picture id="4KC3K9H_NetflixĀppleCiderVinegar3_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Nuwanthie Samarakone and Ed Amon to discuss how to spot red flags when it comes to making an investment. Plus the panel hears about Auckland's food scraps initiative - are enough households putting out their little green bins?

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Nuwanthie Samarakone and Ed Amon to discuss the possibility of arming our police force. The Panel also discusses financial violence statistics.

Tonight on The Panel, Mark Leishman and panellists Ed Amon and Claire Amos discuss the job losses to come with the closure of the Alliance Group's Smithfield plant in Timaru and students and staff of the University of Otago criticising the school's stance of 'institutional neutrality' regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Tonight on the second half of The Panel, Mark Leishman and panellists Ed Amon and Claire Amos discuss Donald Trump's lateste critique of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and excitment building for Auckland FC's A-League debut.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ali Jones and Ed Amon discuss the four year political term being put back on the poltical agenda and the concerns about the future of rail access across Cook Strait and in other parts of Aotearoa. Ali Jones is from Red PR in Christchurch and member of the Papanui Innes community board Ed Amon is a comedian and Masters student

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Catherine Robertson discuss Vice President Kamala Harris' speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Catherine Robertson discuss children struggling to learn to speak and open up the Friday Mailbag to respond to your feedback. Also, the panel speaks to a former member of a Birmingham band who traded punk rock for a Vicar's frock.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon & Sally Wenly discuss today's change to Australia's 501 deportee policy, and why no cause evictions may not benefit landlords

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Cindy Mitchener discuss warnings of power outages from Transpower, and the proposed cable car from Botany to Auckland airport.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Cindy Mitchener discuss making the great outdoors more wheelchair accessible and the rise of "Curtain Banks".

Māori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand has become a vibrant industry, reporting through print, radio, television and the internet. Kia Hiwa Rā!: Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (Huia Publishers, 2023) looks at the history of Māori journalism and the elements that make it what it is today. The author examines the way that news values common in English-speaking countries are reinterpreted for a Māori worldview and analyses news stories to show how Māori perspectives are expressed. She also identifies how elements of whaikōrero have been refashioned for news and the ways tapu and noa are managed by news teams. A host of well-known reporters share their perspectives on their work. They describe how they got into reporting, and we learn what happens as they gather information and produce their stories. In particular, we see how these journalists balance the demands of journalism and tikanga. Get the book now from good bookstores in New Zealand or directly from Huia Publishers. Dr Atakohu Middleton (Ngāti Māhanga, Pākehā) is a reo Māori journalist for Radio Waatea. She worked as a journalist and feature writer for two decades, and also as an editor, for New Zealand and international media. She was awarded the Commonwealth Press Union Harry Brittain Fellow for New Zealand, 2005, when she was at the New Zealand Herald, and she has won six national media awards for news and feature writing. She has also been a lecturer at AUT, held a communications role in a Pacific development organisation and established her own communications consultancy, focusing on EEO, Māori and Pacific development, inter-cultural awareness and science. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Māori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand has become a vibrant industry, reporting through print, radio, television and the internet. Kia Hiwa Rā!: Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (Huia Publishers, 2023) looks at the history of Māori journalism and the elements that make it what it is today. The author examines the way that news values common in English-speaking countries are reinterpreted for a Māori worldview and analyses news stories to show how Māori perspectives are expressed. She also identifies how elements of whaikōrero have been refashioned for news and the ways tapu and noa are managed by news teams. A host of well-known reporters share their perspectives on their work. They describe how they got into reporting, and we learn what happens as they gather information and produce their stories. In particular, we see how these journalists balance the demands of journalism and tikanga. Get the book now from good bookstores in New Zealand or directly from Huia Publishers. Dr Atakohu Middleton (Ngāti Māhanga, Pākehā) is a reo Māori journalist for Radio Waatea. She worked as a journalist and feature writer for two decades, and also as an editor, for New Zealand and international media. She was awarded the Commonwealth Press Union Harry Brittain Fellow for New Zealand, 2005, when she was at the New Zealand Herald, and she has won six national media awards for news and feature writing. She has also been a lecturer at AUT, held a communications role in a Pacific development organisation and established her own communications consultancy, focusing on EEO, Māori and Pacific development, inter-cultural awareness and science. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies

Māori journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand has become a vibrant industry, reporting through print, radio, television and the internet. Kia Hiwa Rā!: Māori Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand (Huia Publishers, 2023) looks at the history of Māori journalism and the elements that make it what it is today. The author examines the way that news values common in English-speaking countries are reinterpreted for a Māori worldview and analyses news stories to show how Māori perspectives are expressed. She also identifies how elements of whaikōrero have been refashioned for news and the ways tapu and noa are managed by news teams. A host of well-known reporters share their perspectives on their work. They describe how they got into reporting, and we learn what happens as they gather information and produce their stories. In particular, we see how these journalists balance the demands of journalism and tikanga. Get the book now from good bookstores in New Zealand or directly from Huia Publishers. Dr Atakohu Middleton (Ngāti Māhanga, Pākehā) is a reo Māori journalist for Radio Waatea. She worked as a journalist and feature writer for two decades, and also as an editor, for New Zealand and international media. She was awarded the Commonwealth Press Union Harry Brittain Fellow for New Zealand, 2005, when she was at the New Zealand Herald, and she has won six national media awards for news and feature writing. She has also been a lecturer at AUT, held a communications role in a Pacific development organisation and established her own communications consultancy, focusing on EEO, Māori and Pacific development, inter-cultural awareness and science. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Ed Amon and Jenni Giblin ask what is up with Easter Tuesday, and check in with the Waipu Buisness Association as the gateway to the North reopens. Plus, a look back at this week's biggest topics.

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Ed Amon and Jenni Giblin discuss the spate of damage to rainbow crossings, as police announce they are treating an incident in Auckland as a hate crime. And, the report out today showing New Zealand students are among worst-behaved in the OECD.

Today on the show, Susana and panellists Ed Amon and Julia Hartley Moore dive into the Friday Mailbag. Plus, our panellists tell us what has been on their minds this week.

Today on the show, Susana panellists Ed Amon and Julia Hartley Moore reflect on one year since the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods. Also, they discuss hospital security as more security staff are brought into Christchurch hospital.

Today on the show, Susana and panellists Ed Amon and Julia Hartley Moore check in on Westland's wet weather forecast. Plus, they discuss an increase in travel bookings and the potential more direct international flights and the buzz of the Australian Open.   

Today on the panel Susana and panellists Jo McCaroll and Ed Amon dig through the Friday mailbag. Plus, our panellists tell us what has been on their mind this week.

Wallace and panellists Heather Roy and Ed Amon hear from an expert about how to do your due diligence when purchasing a coin or piece of art. Plus, our panelists tell us what has been on their mind this week

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Heather Roy and Ed Amon are joined by Zoe George for an explainer on the new World Rugby Calendar. The Board Chair of the Point Chev RSA shares the outlook for their clubrooms now that the land has been sold to developers. Plus - the best gigs at Christchurch's Lancaster Park.

Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Heather Roy and Ed Amon ask whether the law should include a right to disconnect from work, and hear about the programme training and accrediting young referees.

Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard-labour men guarded by other men with guns. Men moving heavy metal. Men picking at the earth. Over and over again. This was the reality of nineteenth-century New Zealand. Forced labour haunts the streets we walk today and the spaces we take for granted. The unfree work of prisoners has shaped New Zealand's urban centres and rural landscapes, and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa – the Pacific – in profound and unsettling ways. Yet these stories are largely unknown: a hidden history in plain sight. Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand (Bridget Williams Books, 2023) explains, for the first time, the making of New Zealand and its Pacific empire through the prism of prison labour. Jared Davidson asks us to look beyond the walls of our nineteenth- and early twentieth-century prisons to see penal practice as playing an active, central role in the creation of modern New Zealand. Journeying from the Hohi mission station in the Bay of Islands through to Milford Sound, vast forest plantations, and on to Parliament itself, this vivid and engaging book will change the way you view New Zealand. About the Author: An archivist by day and an author by night, Jared Davidson is an award-winning writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. His books include the acclaimed Dead Letters: Censorship and Subversion in New Zealand 1914–1920 (Otago University Press, 2019), Sewing Freedom (AK Press, 2013), The History of a Riot (BWB Texts, 2021) and the co-authored He Whakaputanga: The Declaration of Independence (Bridget Williams Books, 2017). Through history from below, Jared explores the lives of people often overlooked by traditional histories – from working-class radicals of the early twentieth century to convicts of the nineteenth. He is currently the Research Librarian Manuscripts at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Picture, for a minute, every artwork of colonial New Zealand you can think of. Now add a chain gang. Hard-labour men guarded by other men with guns. Men moving heavy metal. Men picking at the earth. Over and over again. This was the reality of nineteenth-century New Zealand. Forced labour haunts the streets we walk today and the spaces we take for granted. The unfree work of prisoners has shaped New Zealand's urban centres and rural landscapes, and Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa – the Pacific – in profound and unsettling ways. Yet these stories are largely unknown: a hidden history in plain sight. Blood and Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand (Bridget Williams Books, 2023) explains, for the first time, the making of New Zealand and its Pacific empire through the prism of prison labour. Jared Davidson asks us to look beyond the walls of our nineteenth- and early twentieth-century prisons to see penal practice as playing an active, central role in the creation of modern New Zealand. Journeying from the Hohi mission station in the Bay of Islands through to Milford Sound, vast forest plantations, and on to Parliament itself, this vivid and engaging book will change the way you view New Zealand. About the Author: An archivist by day and an author by night, Jared Davidson is an award-winning writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. His books include the acclaimed Dead Letters: Censorship and Subversion in New Zealand 1914–1920 (Otago University Press, 2019), Sewing Freedom (AK Press, 2013), The History of a Riot (BWB Texts, 2021) and the co-authored He Whakaputanga: The Declaration of Independence (Bridget Williams Books, 2017). Through history from below, Jared explores the lives of people often overlooked by traditional histories – from working-class radicals of the early twentieth century to convicts of the nineteenth. He is currently the Research Librarian Manuscripts at the Alexander Turnbull Library. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The year 1971 exists everywhere in Bangladesh-on its roads, in sculptures, in its museums and oral history projects, in its curriculum, in people's homes and their stories, and in political discourse. It marks the birth of the nation, its liberation. More than 1000 miles away, in Pakistan too, 1971 marks a watershed moment, its memories sitting uncomfortably in public imagination. It is remembered as the 'Fall of Dacca', the dismemberment of Pakistan or the third Indo-Pak war. In India, 1971 represents something else-the story of humanitarian intervention, of triumph and valour that paved the way for India's rise as a military power, the beginning of its journey to becoming a regional superpower. Navigating the widely varied terrain that is 1971 across Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India, Anam Zakaria sifts through three distinct state narratives, and studies the institutionalization of the memory of the year and its events. Through a personal journey, she juxtaposes state narratives with people's history on the ground, bringing forth the nuanced experiences of those who lived through the war. Using intergenerational interviews, textbook analyses, visits to schools and travels to museums and sites commemorating 1971, Zakaria explores the ways in which 1971 is remembered and forgotten across countries, generations, and communities. Anam Zakaria is the author of 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2021), Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (2018) and The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015), which won her the 2017 KLF German Peace Prize. She works as a development professional and writes frequently on issues of conflict and peace. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Toronto Star, CBC, The Hill Times, Al Jazeera, Dawn, Wire.in and Scroll.in among other media outlets. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The year 1971 exists everywhere in Bangladesh-on its roads, in sculptures, in its museums and oral history projects, in its curriculum, in people's homes and their stories, and in political discourse. It marks the birth of the nation, its liberation. More than 1000 miles away, in Pakistan too, 1971 marks a watershed moment, its memories sitting uncomfortably in public imagination. It is remembered as the 'Fall of Dacca', the dismemberment of Pakistan or the third Indo-Pak war. In India, 1971 represents something else-the story of humanitarian intervention, of triumph and valour that paved the way for India's rise as a military power, the beginning of its journey to becoming a regional superpower. Navigating the widely varied terrain that is 1971 across Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India, Anam Zakaria sifts through three distinct state narratives, and studies the institutionalization of the memory of the year and its events. Through a personal journey, she juxtaposes state narratives with people's history on the ground, bringing forth the nuanced experiences of those who lived through the war. Using intergenerational interviews, textbook analyses, visits to schools and travels to museums and sites commemorating 1971, Zakaria explores the ways in which 1971 is remembered and forgotten across countries, generations, and communities. Anam Zakaria is the author of 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2021), Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (2018) and The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015), which won her the 2017 KLF German Peace Prize. She works as a development professional and writes frequently on issues of conflict and peace. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Toronto Star, CBC, The Hill Times, Al Jazeera, Dawn, Wire.in and Scroll.in among other media outlets. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The year 1971 exists everywhere in Bangladesh-on its roads, in sculptures, in its museums and oral history projects, in its curriculum, in people's homes and their stories, and in political discourse. It marks the birth of the nation, its liberation. More than 1000 miles away, in Pakistan too, 1971 marks a watershed moment, its memories sitting uncomfortably in public imagination. It is remembered as the 'Fall of Dacca', the dismemberment of Pakistan or the third Indo-Pak war. In India, 1971 represents something else-the story of humanitarian intervention, of triumph and valour that paved the way for India's rise as a military power, the beginning of its journey to becoming a regional superpower. Navigating the widely varied terrain that is 1971 across Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India, Anam Zakaria sifts through three distinct state narratives, and studies the institutionalization of the memory of the year and its events. Through a personal journey, she juxtaposes state narratives with people's history on the ground, bringing forth the nuanced experiences of those who lived through the war. Using intergenerational interviews, textbook analyses, visits to schools and travels to museums and sites commemorating 1971, Zakaria explores the ways in which 1971 is remembered and forgotten across countries, generations, and communities. Anam Zakaria is the author of 1971: A People's History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (2021), Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (2018) and The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians (2015), which won her the 2017 KLF German Peace Prize. She works as a development professional and writes frequently on issues of conflict and peace. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Toronto Star, CBC, The Hill Times, Al Jazeera, Dawn, Wire.in and Scroll.in among other media outlets. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

'The idea of Māori privilege continues to be deployed in order to constrain Māori aspirations and maintain the power imbalance that colonisation achieved in the nineteenth century.' The ‘idea of Māori privilege', as Peter Meihana describes it, is deeply embedded in New Zealand culture. Many New Zealanders hold firm to the belief that Māori have been treated better than other indigenous peoples, and that they receive benefits that other New Zealanders do not. Some argue that the supposed privileges that Māori receive are a direct attack on the foundations of the nation. Privilege in Perpetuity: Exploding a Pākehā Myth (Bridget Williams Books, 2022) charts the eighteenth-century origins of this idea, tracing its development over time, and assesses what impact this notion of privilege has had on Māori communities. Central to this history is the paradox, explored by Meihana, of how Māori were rendered landless and politically marginalised, yet at the same time were somehow still considered privileged. The idea of privilege is revealed as central to colonisation in New Zealand and the dispossession and marginalisation of Māori – and as a stubbornly persistent prejudice that remains in place today. Peter Meihana is from Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui, and is of Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō and Ngāi Tahu descent. He is a trustee on Te Rūnanga a Rangitāne o Wairau, a former trustee of Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia, and sits on committees for Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō. Peter completed his PhD in 2015 with a thesis that examined the notion of Māori privilege and its role in the colonisation of New Zealand. He has published articles and chapters on Māori ‘privilege' and the histories and traditions of Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui. He is a senior lecturer in Māori History at Massey University's Manawatū campus. Key Point About the Book: A striking new perspective on the past and colonisation from a Māori historian Confronts contemporary manifestations of the ‘idea of privilege', including anti-Treaty movements. Raises important questions on the gap between rhetoric and reality for policy-making and indigenous peoples. Ed Amon has a Master of Indigenous Studies and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a columnist at his local paper: Hibiscus Matters, and a Stand-up Comedian. His main interests are indigenous studies, politics, history, and cricket. Follow him on twitter @edamoned or email him at edamonnz@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network