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Dame Susan Devoy on her time as Race Relations Commissioner.#newzealand #nzpol #nzpodcast

April 08, 2024 / 00:56

This episode discusses biculturalism in New Zealand, anti-Treaty sentiments, and personal experiences of racism. Key topics include the impact of the Treaty of Waitangi, societal growth, and the challenges faced by individuals advocating for change.

Susan Devoy, a former New Zealand Race Relations Commissioner, shares her experiences with threats and harassment related to her advocacy. She highlights the ongoing issues of racism and the need for New Zealand to embrace its multicultural identity.

The conversation touches on the importance of recognizing and celebrating the Treaty of Waitangi, contrasting New Zealand's progress with the challenges faced in Australia regarding indigenous rights.

Devoy recounts specific incidents of aggression, including receiving a death threat and being physically assaulted, illustrating the hostility that can arise from her work.

Overall, the episode emphasizes the need for New Zealand to confront its past and work towards a more inclusive future.

TLDR

Susan Devoy discusses racism and biculturalism in New Zealand, sharing personal threats and the need for societal growth.

Episode

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we are indeed a multicultural country on a bicultural foundations but it's the
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biculturalism that we're stuck on we haven't sorted that out most of the
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complaints and things I got to me personally or even to the commission were anti-ar and anti-treaty which means
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we haven't grown up very much as a country we should be proud of our treaty you know look at what's happening in
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Australia we should be really proud of how far we've come when we were a young
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country we could be so much better than we are now yeah I mean I got a death threat I got threat to be kneecapped I
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got physically assaulted one day up the mount not brutally what do you mean physically ass was obviously quite fit
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and he just sort of pushed me to the side and called me a brown loving inword loving you know and I was just so
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shocked you know and I came home and there would be a box of dogs doings wrapped up you know and Christmas
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wrapping outside of my house was quite confronting books on Christianity sent to my local squash Club you know please
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give to Susan devoy I mean it was just it's really confrontational it was just
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why would people so thent

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Episode Highlights

  • Confronting Racism
    A personal account of facing threats and violence due to cultural identity.
    “I got a death threat... I was just so shocked.”
    @ 00m 21s
    April 08, 2024

Episode Quotes

  • We should be proud of our treaty.
    Dame Susan Devoy on her time as Race Relations Commissioner.#newzealand #nzpol #nzpodcast
  • I got a death threat... I was just so shocked.
    Dame Susan Devoy on her time as Race Relations Commissioner.#newzealand #nzpol #nzpodcast
  • It was just really confrontational.
    Dame Susan Devoy on her time as Race Relations Commissioner.#newzealand #nzpol #nzpodcast

Key Moments

  • Violence Encounter00:21
  • Confrontation00:49