Aotearoa New Zealand, the Forcible Transfer of Tamariki and Rangatahi Māori, and the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12967165 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D B Macdonald (0000-0003-1440-7680, University of Guelph, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-22 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Genocide Studies and Prevention (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1911-0359 • E-ISSN: 1911-9933 |
| Publisher | International Association of Genocide Scholars (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5038/1911-9933.17.1.1926 |
| OpenAlex | W4385956498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article investigates to what extent the forcible transfer of tamariki and rangatahi Māori (Indigenous children and youth) in Aotearoa New Zealand can be considered genocide. First, I begin by exploring contemporary genocide theory as it relates to dolus eventualis in settler colonial contexts, before engaging with precedents for recognizing Indigenous genocides established by truth commissions in Canada (2015; 2019) and Australia (1997). I then explore the history around Indigenous child removal in Aotearoa from the onset of colonization to the present day, attentive to ways in which the UN Convention can apply to the forced removal of Māori children. Third, I explore the potential of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care (2018-2023) to engage with the concept of genocide in its deliberations. Between 60 and 80 percent of those taken were Māori, removed from their families, communities, and nations (respectively whānau, hapū, and iwi). I conclude with some reflections as to why the issue of genocide is not widely discussed in Aotearoa, and has not played an important role in the NZ Commission’s work, in contradistinction to commissions in other settler states
Aotearoa · Colonialism · Commission · Criminology · Ethnology · Genocide · Indigenous · Political science · Royal Commission · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Ecology
Indigenous Peoples, Data, and the Coloniality of Surveillance
Positioning Historical Trauma Theory within Aotearoa new Zealand
The miserable remnant of this ill-used people’
The Slow Violence of Settler Colonialism
Genocide as Fact and Form
The Holocaust, the Aborigines, and the bureaucracy of destruction
Suspending Damage
Clearing the Plains
Decolonizing Methodologies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |