PIGEON POST
RESPECTING OTHERS
I am firmly Pākehā, my ancestors having arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand some years before the Treaty of Waitangi was signed. I agree totally with the view of Tānia Gaffey (‘Why summits are sacred’, June 2020).
What those of us who do not share the indigenous cultural worldview often do not understand is that there are times we need to back off, to adopt the view of the other, and quietly respect it. The operative word being ‘respect’.
It’s actually a simple thing to do.
- Joe Green, email
A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
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