Post APKDraEZFDjgwIAtVI by amscraig@cloudisland.nz
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 (DIR) Post #APKDraEZFDjgwIAtVI by amscraig@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-06T09:35:49Z
       
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       My re: #introduction to Mastodon (on new instance now) is that I am Amber. Grew up in Wellington and worked heavily in the IT corporate space. Gave it all up to come home to the Wairarapa where I have travelled across this whenua hunting out the stories of my #Māori tīpuna. I am pretty staunch about #LandBack and other kaupapa to see our whenua, awa and āngi return to rightful hands to restore Papatūānuku. As well as restoring our mātauranga with technology and innovation.
       
 (DIR) Post #APKDranf8joCh8avCq by amscraig@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-06T09:37:40Z
       
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       I created tewharehangahanga.nz from my kaumātua stories of mamae and moemoeā, and from there we created Raweke Rākau (rawekerakau.nz) from there. I do mahi for our taiao team at Rangitāne o Wairarapa and spend the rest of my time on kaupapa that matter to our whānau on the ground. #indigenous for life.
       
 (DIR) Post #APKDrbEFXt4m1b29eC by amscraig@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-06T09:37:59Z
       
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       I have been on my own journey working through how we try to decolonise our bodies in this colonised world. Raising my pēpi (and soon to be ngā pēpi) into this mahi - because let's be honest our lives are political and our existence is continuously questioned or threatened with every policy or legislation change. But ensuring they NEVER lose their connection to their tīpuna.
       
 (DIR) Post #APKDrbci4wdrFSTgm0 by amscraig@cloudisland.nz
       2022-11-06T09:38:37Z
       
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       I am also very passionate about #MāoriDataSovereignty but that is a whole another story 😄 That is enough for now. Ka Mutu.
       
 (DIR) Post #APKDrc0odJvMSDkwLY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-11-06T10:48:25Z
       
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       @amscraigI've written elsewhere about how the structure of the fediverse works with indigenous #DataSovereignty in a way datafarming, centralized platforms never can. Instances can be run by indigenous folks for your own people, at whatever scale makes sense to you, and you control the data and how it's stored and used. They can be run on computers in your own local communities if you choose.