We're grateful the work began in such generous company, & with a special film screening of Vā Hina by Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu et al., Desna Whaanga-Schollum’s SentientPlace; an extract from Cosmographies by Juan Francisco Salazar & Victoria Hunt, and Seachange, a visual poem by Kate Genevieve. 11/12

In November, the group joined Desna Whaanga-Schollum in Māhia, Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu, Kate Genevieve & Tim Corballis at Space Place, and a community online.
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These precedents in NZ and in relation to the deep ecological and cultural knowledge across the Pacific, point to potential legal frameworks and protocols for the moon that may evolve and offer models for power-sharing and ecological care.

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Activism and campaigns for lunar rights & protections are gaining momentum as it becomes essential to represent perspectives for the moon, beyond viewing Earth’s natural satellite as a domain only for Industry, or as a stepping stone for further exploration.

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Thanks to @mishmal.bsky.social & @drspacejunk.bsky.social (Australia), co-authors on the AELA's Declaration for the Rights of the Moon 2021 www.earthlaws.org.au/moon-declara... for joining Dr Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu (Kanaka ʻŌiwi) & Desna Whaanga-Schollum (Rongomaiwahine, Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu). 3/12

Can understandings from Oceania - Moana-nui-a-Kiwa / Moananuiākea - guide planetary and lunar futures?

Can we root lunar kaupapa in tikanga Māori and Pacific protocols, constitutional transformation and Aotearoa New Zealand’s legal recognition that natural entities already hold legal mana?

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On Nov 8, we met at Space Place and online to plant seeds for Te Wānanga o Hina, a gathering for lunar futures across Aotearoa, Australia, Vanuatu, Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. An event in collaboration with Taipōrutu (Māhia), AELA, Te Herenga Waka–VUW & @astroecologies.bsky.social.
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