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21 October 2020

Powerhouse change agent and head of the University of Canterbury Aotahi School of Māori & Indigenous Studies, Sacha McMeeking (Kāi Tahu) talks to Stuff's Philip Matthews about the gap between knowing and doing, and UC’s role in Māori employability and community engagement.

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Sacha McMeeking says that knowledge rarely leads to social change. Chris Skelton/Stuff.

 

“There’s a real challenge to get what we know internalised in such a way that it inspires us to do something different. We have to challenge ourselves to an ongoing vigilance to maintain something that’s different. Knowledge can inspire us to be more vigilant but I think what we see is that on the whole it tends not to.”

Read the insightful article on Stuff.co.nz.


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