In this episode of Cooper Union, Em Haley, a Māori spoken-word artist, scholar, and human rights advocate from Waikato-Tainui, Aotearoa, discusses the fight to protect Māori language, land, and self-determination under a government rolling back Treaty of Waitangi protections. She reflects on the historic Toitū Te Tiriti march, her interventions at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and her research into traditional Māori peacebuilding practices led by wāhine, or women. Weaving her great-grandmother's legacy of resistance through song and ceremony, Em shows how storytelling, music, and indigenous feminism carry forward a living fight for justice and cultural survival.

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