Decolonisation, Indigeneity and Food Sovereignty: Linda Tuhiwai Smith

In the third episode of Seeding Hope, Dr Jessica Hutchings (Tūhoe, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huirapa, Gujarati) sits down with Distinguised Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. A veteran leader in Indigenous knowledge, Linda, who is of Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, and Tūhourangi, shares kōrero (conversation) about decolonisation, Indigeneity, and the importance of food sovereignty. Seeding Hope is a 10 episode podcast series, developed by Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust, and supported by Ma Earth. The Aotearoa-produced podcast weaves together Indigenous knowledge with practical insights from a diverse group of Māori wāhine (women) leaders, including kai (food) growers, environmental activists, deep thinkers, poets and healers. Through discussing why sharing, saving, storing and sowing seeds are vital practices that connect us back to the rhythms of Papatūānuku (Mother Earth), each guest illuminates an alternative way - one that builds biodiversity, recloaks our soils and invites us all to slow down and embrace the knowledge of tūpuna (ancestral) wisdom. If you feel called to stand up for seed and soil, sign the Mana Wāhine Indigenous Women's Declaration for Soil and Seed here: https://www.papawhakaritorito.com/man...