Dr Heather Came
@heathercame.bsky.social
Activist scholar at large. Director/ founder Heather Came & Associates. Advocate Tiriti and racial justice. Passionate about public health, community and craft.
Curious about Te Kawenata Tapu HC & A new 24 hour self-directed e-learning on Tiriti based practice - come to a walkthrough with Grant Berghan & Heather Came. Tuesday 11th August 1.30pm - email Joyaratima@gmail.com for the zoom link. More information www.heathercameassociates.com/general-clean
Another blog in the too hard basket series. Attempted answers to impossible Tiriti related questions. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/too-har...
Too hard basket #3
One of the devices Heather Came & Associates use in the classroom is the Too Hard Basket - as featured in E-tangata. We use it has a mechanism to co-create curriculum. The questions are collected at t...
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Here's the trailer for NZ Wars: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika, available this Saturday from 12pm. www.rnz.co.nz/video/nz-war...
NZ Wars: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika
SATURDAY, 12PM. NZ Wars: Stories of Waerenga-a-Hika combines the accounts of iwi historians and Dr Vincent O'Malley to tell the story of Waerenga-a-Hika.
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New paper out with Alex Barnes and Taydia Meta-Morris looking at published literature about Tiriti-based organisational change. Spoiler alert there isn't much published yet. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/a-rare-...
A rare literature review on Tiriti-based organisational change
There is a paucity of published literature about Tiriti-based organisational change. People tend to lean into doing the work rather than writing about it. This silence makes it hard for potential chan...
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The story of the too hard basket that HC & A often use when doing Tiriti & racial justice training. It is terrifying as a teacher as you never know what you are going to get but great to work with curriculum the students want to learn. Thanks to E-tangata & Atakohu Middleton.
Tackling the questions in ‘the too-hard basket’ | E-Tangata
“Over the years, the questions have ranged from ‘Why do we need a Māori cultural liaison person at our workplace?’ to ‘How do we have hard conversations with colleagues to do better?’” — Atakohu Middl...
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Last year we interviewed twenty movement elders about Honourable kãwanatanga. It was a master class. During the conversation scholars & particular texts were name-dropped. We collected these texts and made an annotated critical reading list for those stay-at-home-in-front-of-the-fire nights. Enjoy.
Fuel for the Decolonial Journey: An Elders' Reading List
In our collective, ongoing efforts to disrupt institutional racism and build a society rooted in genuine Tiriti justice, we must always look to the wisdom of those who have long stood on the front lin...
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We did it. Here is a blog about the new HC & A self-directed e-learning Te Kawenata Tapu about Tiriti-based practice. 24 hours of holistic, creative, eclectic learning - co-designed Grant Berghan and Heather Came. Subscribe now. Share widely.
New self-directed e-learning Te Kawenata Tapu on Tiriti-based practice
Heather Came & Associates are pleased to announce Te Kawenata Tapu (The Sacred Covenant), our new self-directed e-learning course on Tiriti-based practice is now open for subscribers. This peer-reviewed course was co-designed by Dr Heather Came and Grant Berghan and consists of eight modules – one on colonisation and decolonisation, one on Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the remaining six focused on the five elements of the Māori text. Subscribers receive six months' access to the complete course, or
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Our next Critical Tiriti Analysis community of practice focuses on the innovative work of George Parker & Fleur Kelsey in applying CTA in trans health research. Expect honesty, charisma and forthcoming korero. Register via CriticalTiritiAnalysis@gmail.com or us02web.zoom.us/s/8195566012...
HC & A have 2 mini-workshops coming up - one on 19th August about Tiriti-based organisational change; an update on some research we have been doing and one on 23rd July about a new Honourable Kãwanatanga educational resource we have developed. Email Joyaratima@gmail.com to register or scan QRcode.
We hosted a symposium on Te Tiriti-organisational journeys. The recordings are now available on our website as is a blog about the day. Note our nationwide survey of Tiriti-based organisational journeys is still open. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/a-treas...
A treasure-trove of Tiriti organisational journeys
Tiriti organisations journeys range from local relational place-based arrangements through to the complex experiences of national organisations. Te Tiriti was negotiated between the Crown and hapū but...
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Congratulations to Ruth Jones and Gary Williams on your new paper on colonial ableism. Here is a blog about it. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/uprooti...
Uprooting Colonial Ableism: A Call for Tiriti-Led Transformation
The Crown’s approach to the disability has long been a monocultural project that prioritises bureaucratic convenience over the inherent mana of tāngata whaikaha as showcased. Our recent paper, (based ...
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New blog this time a tribute to the Topp Twins. Sorry to hear of the passing of Dame Jools. Wishing Dame Lynda all the best on her grief journey. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/a-tribu...
A tribute to the Topp Twins on the passing of Dame Jools
Dame Lynda Topp, John Came, Heather Came and Dame Jools Topp. Photo credit: Gil HanleyFor those of you that don’t know I am working on my as of yet untitled memoir. Rather than an ...
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I had so much fun with the last Too hard basket blog I did another one. I drew the questions from a different class picking out some favourites. I bet some of you have field some classic Te Tiriti and racial justice questions over the years? www.heathercameassociates.com/post/too-har...
Too hard basket: Questions and answers about Tiriti and racial justice
One of the devices Heather Came & Associates use in the classroom is the Too Hard Basket. We use it as a mechanism to co-create curriculum with what are learners are curious about. The questions are c...
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New CTA community of practice webinar Come join us learning about how they are applying CTA in the parks and recreation field. Here is the link - us02web.zoom.us/j/8787750868...
A blog about Alex Barnes, Taydia Heta-Morris, Wiremu Woodard and Dean Adam's new article in Ethnicities documenting six Tiriti workers reflections on Tiriti-led organisational change. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/the-jou...
The Journey is the Destination: Some Tiriti worker’s insights into Tiriti-led Organisational Transformation
Lashings of Tiriti workers at the AWEA – 100th birthday celebration in 2014.Last year we were lucky enough to interview a cohort of senior Tiriti workers about Tiriti-based organisational change. We w...
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Looking forward to speaking at the Physiotherapy conference in September and running a workshop with Clive Aspin on honourable kãwanatanga. See some of you there. pnz.org.nz/pnzconferenc...
Physiotherapy Conference 2026 : PNZ
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Be great to hear from more organisations that want to share their Te Tiriti journey. Nationwide survey open now. kaitiaki.org.nz/article/join...
Join our nationwide survey on Tiriti-based organisational journeys – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand
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Looking forward to speaking at the Stout Centre Kia tika kia pono-For a just society with Clive Aspin. We will be sharing some korero about out Honourable Kãwanatanga Marsden project. Hope to see some of you there. www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre...
Kia Tika, Kia Pono—For A Just Society | Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join us for a kōrero to imagine, articulate, and collaborate for a just society.
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A blog about our Honourable kāwanatanga wānanga at late last year part of our Marsden study. Fascinating kōrero about moving to a Tiriti-based future. Link to the Report in blog. Papers to follow. Thanks to Clive, Grant, Mershen, Leah, Julio, Joy & Denis the research whānau and advisors for magic.
Imagining Honourable Kāwanatanga: Reflections (and a Report) on a Wānanga
On October 28, 2025, amidst some truly challenging Wellington weather, 63 passionate individuals gathered at Te Herenga Waka marae. Scholars, trade unionists, community leaders, activists, and students all came with one vital purpose: to kōrero about how we can achieve honourable kāwanatanga in Aotearoa. This was a deeply relational day, a part of our wider Honourable Kāwanatanga project, where we sought to understand what a Tiriti-based future could truly look like.The date was chosen with inte
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Came join us at a Radical crone weekend in 19-21st June. Likely to be lots of fun, fellowship, good food, jigsaws, crafting and of course politics and maybe ritual. Fundraiser for the Kōtare Centre for Social Change. Elder panel to be announced. forms.gle/x2nPFU4ZBDwW...
Some thoughts on our recent Te Tiriti based futures + Antiracism conference 2026. Webinars will be available from our YouTube channel in the next few weeks. I understand we had close to 3000 register which doesn't count all the folk that attended watch parties with friends and comrades.
A love letter to Te Tiriti based futures + Antiracism 2026
I am always amazed at how far a single idea can go. Te Tiriti based futures + antiracism was born in 2020 a response to a tweet-based challenge from Moana Maniapoto to Pākehā about what we were doing ...
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Kia ora our team is keen to collect organisational/ community groups Tiriti-organisational journey. Please promote within your networks. H and team
Sometimes people ask the best Tiriti and racial justice questions in class. Here is some questions and answers from a recent class. www.heathercameassociates.com/post/too-har...
Too hard basket: Questions and answers about Tiriti and racial justice
One of the devices Heather Came & Associates use in the classroom is the Too Hard Basket. We use it has a mechanism to co-create curriculum with what are learners are curious about. The questions are ...
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We welcome organisational and community group responses to our epic nationwide survey on Tiriti-based organisational journeys. We are aiming to back engineer what are some of the key steps, processes, values that foster sustainable movement to Tiriti justice. #honourablekāwanatanga
Te Tiriti based futures + Antiracism is going to be fab. Register www.tiritibasedfutures.info Also check out our HC & A honourable kāwanatanga PechaKucha inspired organisational Tiriti journeys extravaganza - 18 organisations sharing their stories. Scan the QR code and/or email Joyaratima@gmail.com
Looking forward to speaking at this gathering about our Honourable Kāwanatanga project with Clive Aspin. Some interesting speakers in the lineup if anyone is keen to join us. www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre...
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