Recipient of Te Rangaunua Hiranga Māori Award 2021 – Royal Society Te Apārangi
Booksellers' Choice Award, Aotearoa Book Industry Awards, Joint Winner 2021
Featuring on Top 10 2020 vision
'Our selection of Top 10 books that offer insights into the year that was 2020, curated by our librarians for the Auckland Libraries Top 100 list.'
Media
'Writing Decolonisation, rewriting Sovereignty' Emma Gattey, Landfall, 1 May 2022.
'Decolonisation and the forty-something white lady', Anna McMartin, The End is Naenae – Substack, 30 January 2022.
'Reading Imagining Decolonisation, the slim book that invites us to dream big', Anahera Gildea, The Spinoff, 27 January 2022.
Lorde's summer wishlist: '"Unbelievable to be warm again": Lorde returns to soak up Aotearoa's Solar Power', Siena Yates, Stuff, 22 December 2021.
'New horizons for award-winning "Imagining Decolonisation" authors', Te Aorewa Rolleston, RNZ, 1 October 2021.
'The hope for change: Imagining decolonisation here and now', Kennedy Warne, e-Tangata, 16 May 2021.
'Moana Jackson: Decolonisation and the stories in the land', e-Tangata, 9 May 2021.
'Decolonisation, Irish summer camps and my dumb Māori Dad', Caitlin Hicks, Salient, 13 July 2020.
'Noteworthy: dominant titles on racism and feminism', Eleanor Black, New Zealand Herald Canvas magazine, 4 July 2020.
'Matters Arising', Tom McKinlay, Otago Daily Times, 29 June 2020.
'Imagining decolonisation in Aotearoa', Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, RNZ, 6 June 2020.
'What is decolonisation?', Ocean Ripeka Mercier, The Big Q, 23 April 2020.
'With stories, anything is possible', Moana Jackson, e-Tangata, 15 March 2020.
'Where to next? Decolonisation and the stories in the land', Moana Jackson, The Spinoff, 7 March 2020.
'Why colonisation is bad for everyone', Rebecca Kiddle, Stuff, 9 March 2020.
'Getting to know Rebecca Kiddle', Vic Books
Endorsements
'Instead of talking at the reader these authors present informed ideas and observations for thought and also reference one another. This topic can be nerve wracking as there are so many different connotations associated with the word 'decolonisation' currently. How do you view the way life is going for our people and country? Consider some of the ongoing problems.... personal, social, environmental, cultural, fiscal and political, which never diminish but become more complex because of the way we are currently viewing them. I do encourage people from all walks of life to read this small but powerful book to gain an insight into the current conversation surrounding a credible future that could provide huge gains for all.'
– Unity Books (Wellington), newsletter, April 2020
Comment
'Alongside some slightly more theoretical and historical discussions of colonization and decolonization, the heartfelt personal narratives give the book a distinct level of accessibility which benefits its general tenor and objective. … [Imagining Decolonisation] informs readers on varied experiences of colonial legacies with a low barrier to entry. This makes it a valuable contribution towards a more widespread understanding of, and a push for, decolonization.'
Mikko Myllyntausta, Journal for New Zealand and Pacific Studies 11(1), 2023.
'This book is wonderful. It's a really accessible, simple, practical way in to thinking about some big ideas: what is this thing called decolonisation and what does it mean in contemporary Aotearoa? I feel like this book should be read by all New Zealanders.'
Leilani Tamu, RNZ, Nine to Noon, 11 December 2020 (audio 5'36")
'To mash the metaphors: is it a matter of a married couple uniting their individual strengths under one roof, or of finding peace by living "together apart"? Perhaps such ambiguity is inevitable in a collaborative exercise in fleshing out what Jackson calls the "ethic of restoration", where the end point gains definition as the journey progresses.'
Vaughan Yarwood, New Zealand Geographic, July/August 2020