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1997
Toi te kupu, toi te whenua, toi te mana. Knowledge is the word, knowledge is the land, and knowledge gives dignity. This is a collection of words, ideas, opinions, theories, reactions and prescriptions for the future, written over a period of three decades.
In Landmarks, Bridges and Visions, Sidney Moko Mead (Ngāti Awa) provides commentary on decisions or policies make by others on behalf of Māori. This work covers three decades from the 1970s through to the late 1990s. This period represented a time of great change for New Zealand and a time of contrasts; from the confrontational policies of Prime Minister Muldoon in the 1970s, to the optimistic and new-right philosophies of the Lange Government in the 1980s, through to the conservative and mainstreaming policies of Jim Bolger’s National Government of the 1990s. It was a time of tumultuous change and new opportunities for Māori and Sidney Moko Mead provides insight into education, Te Reo Māori, sovereignty, culture and being Māori in a modern world.
