Aaron Smale
Contributing writer
Aaron Smale is a journalist specialising in te ao Māori issues.
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Check out Aaron’s latest content
A government crusade against data, equity and basic fairness
The real Budget balance sheet: Costing lives and cutting rights.
All haka, no mahi: Aaron Smale on why Te Pāti Māori risks being all song and dance
You could argue Te Pāti Māori won that battle but is losing the war.
Aaron Smale: Blind to our history
When it’s not fashionable to explicitly practise racism, just deny it exists or ever did.
Aaron Smale: Those who dismiss accusations of intimidation by police are not listening
Entitled ignorance and missed opportunities shown by those who berate Tamatha Paul.
Aaron Smale: Winston Peters’ talents mask hollow brittleness, which has hindered his ability to achieve anything notable
Peters has made his career pretending to fight division while carefully cultivating it.
Aaron Smale: PM’s disastrous handling of Treaty Principles Bill might yet be his undoing
The Treaty Principles Bill exposes a lacking in leadership.
Aaron Smale: We can’t afford to fail Māori children
The need to improve Māori educational outcomes is even more vital given demographic trends
Aaron Smale: Memo to Wellington – our greatest economic asset and potential is Māori and Polynesian kids
Pākehā boomers and successive govts are ignoring Māori and Polynesian kids at their peril.
Privilege & principles: Aaron Smale on what the Treaty Bill is really about
Is the bill a distraction from the government's real aim of favouring big business?
A whakapapa of trauma: Aaron Smale on what we have yet to learn about abuse in state care
Ghosts of war and the 28th Māori Battalion come calling as government apology takes place.
