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‘Brown joy is resistance’
How a group is creating
safe spaces for tangata
moana in the city
• By Layla Bailey-McDowell
A COLLECTIVE is leading
a movement to connect
Christchurch tangata moana
through culture, creativity,
celebration and working to
combat the “longstanding issues
of racism” in the city.
What began as a group of
friends seeking a community has
transformed into Brown Town,
a space that nurtures the hauora
(wellbeing) of tangata moana
(people of the sea), bringing
groups together through monthly
kaupapa.
Brown Town founders Devyn
Baileh (Te Atiawa), Grace Colcord
(Malie, Afega), and Shea
Wātene (Ngā Puhi, Ngā Rauru)
recognised a “real need” for such
a space in Christchurch, and
said they were “carving space for
Tangata moana to be loud, brown
and proud”.
“We’re so over the aggression
of being brown in Ōtautahi,” the
collective said. “We know that it
exists in other places across the
motu and around the world, but
the discrimination is uniquely
strong here.”
Brown Town sprung from the
founders’ shared experiences
of exclusion and their desire to
create a sense of belonging. After
an evening spent together, they
realised the importance of having
spaces where they could connect
and be themselves.
The rōpu made a pact to meet
monthly, hosting events at their
homes, including potlucks, games
nights, cocktail-making parties,
phone case decorating and Matariki
celebrations.
As these events increased in
popularity, they quickly outgrew
their whare, revealing a hunger for
a sense of community – especially
among rangatahi.
“We outgrew our monthly
events very quickly, in less than a
year. We all knew someone that
knew someone, and that has never
stopped,” the collective said.
The creation of Brown Town
also stemmed from the group’s
individual experiences of racism.
“We all have our own experiences
of being brown in a predominately
pākehā city,” Colcord said.
Colcord recalled a moment
when she was racially profiled
while shopping with a friend from
Auckland.
“We were accused of being
gang members or thieves . . . I
was kind of used to it, but it was
devastating for her.”
Baileh also spoke about
the “ingrained racism” she
encountered growing up in
Christchurch.
“The scary thing about racism
in Christchurch is that it’s
underlying. It’s not someone
yelling at you, but it’s always
there. I realised there were no
brown people around me at
school, no one I could turn to.”
• Turn to page 4
LOUD, BROWN AND PROUD: Grace Colcord grew up in south Auckland and was “culturally
shocked” when she moved to Christchurch. Inspired by other collectives across the country,
she joined with friends Devyn Baileh and Shea Wātene to found Brown Town.
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New playground being
assembed this week
• By Geoff Sloan
THE NEW replacement
playground at New Brighton’s
Thomson Park is being put
together this week.
The imported modular kitset
playground has replaced the
largely wooden fort playground,
which was demolished in
April.
The popular fort, which had
been at Thomson Park for about
50 years, was taken down due to
safety concerns.
The city council’s proposal to
solely replace it with an imported
$80,000 kitset sparked outrage in
the community.
Residents slammed the replacement
model as “too plastic”
and only suitable
for young children.
The backlash
prompted the
city council to
allocate an additional
$20,000
to improve the
fort.
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Community Board member Alex
Hewison said it was a big win.
“As part of initial conversations
with the new design we were
concerned about that kitset
module feel.
“We’re really stoked that it is
wood and at the end of the day,
council listened to the community.
“It is bigger, it is better, and the
community won.”
However, Hewison said the
new playground is still not as
good as the old one.
“There is more to do and there
are concerns that we’re going to
address like the lack of play development
space and adventure
risk playing.”
He is now advocating for a
phase two redevelopment at
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could include more play equipment
but not necessarily at the
same site.
“Take this win, have a look
at the park, have a look at what
(residents) feel is missing and get
back together and have a refresh
over the coming weeks.”
Hewison hopes the new and
improved playground will be
ready by the start of the school
holidays.
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Group bringing brown people together
• From page 1
Wātene, born and raised in
Christchurch, said while he spent
most of his life in he city, much
of the time it didn’t feel like
home.
“Where I do find home,
though, is with these people – we
all find home in each other.”
While racism was a global issue,
Colcord said in Christchurch
it had been enabled for so long it
had become normal.
“This can isolate brown people,
and socially exclude them to a
point where they feel like they
have no community or belonging.
It’s a gamble on our safety.
Safety of authenticity, expression,
and ambition.”
The group believed the city’s
“long and troubled history”
could be traced back to when the
first settler ships arrived.
“Only 60 years ago, Christchurch
was the capital for many
white racist groups, more than
anywhere else in New Zealand,
and the effects of this still ripple
throughout our city.”
The group said they often
thought about the mosque
shootings in 2019, and claimed it
was not by chance it occurred in
Christchurch.
“We hold that it would not
have happened if the prevalent
discrimination against our diverse
communities did not exist.”
Brown Town’s mission was
to change the narrative and
provide support for the brown
community in Christchurch.
“There’s magic when people
of the moana come together,”
Baileh said.
“Our mission is to weave
Tangata Moana communities together.
When we come together,
we feel a collective power of
belonging and authenticity.
“If we harnessed that collective
power, we’d be unstoppable.”
The group said a key message
Brown Town lived by was
Baileh’s saying: “Brown joy is
resistance.”
Wātene said he was excited
about Brown Town’s future.
“The most rewarding part so
far has been the encouragement
we’ve received from both people
we know and people we don’t.”
Through Brown Town’s mahi,
Colcord believed she was fulfilling
her ancestors’ dreams.
“I feel like I’m reconnecting
and re-indigenising, and helping
others along the way – or having
others help me.”
Baileh said while the experience
had been rewarding, it had
been healing too.
“As I connect with my community,
I feel my inner child
healing. She’d be proud of what
Brown Town has accomplished
so far.”
Brown Town’s goals for the
future included establishing its
own community hub, partnering
with like-minded organisations
and continuing to host events
VOICE: Devyn Baileh, Grace Colcord and Shea Wātene founded Brown Town with a mission to
provide support to the brown community in Christchurch.
PHOTOS: BROWN TOWN
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It is also working towards
becoming a charitable trust, with
plans to finalise a board and
deed.
“Everybody has their own
story,” the collective said. “What
Brown Town wants to do is give
everybody their voice to tell it.”
The group’s message to people
interested in joining Brown
Town was “come as you are”
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Thursday September 26 2024 7
Term 3 - From the Tumuaki
Avonside Girls’ High School Te Kura
Kōhine Ōtākaro – A community where
ākonga are empowered and nurtured
to thrive.
Avonside Girls’ High School
Te Kura Kōhine o Ōtākaro
Educating and empowering young women
to achieve now and in the future.
Ko Hine-Titama koe nānā i puta ki te whai ao ki te ao mārama
Term 3 has truly raced by at Te Kura
Kōhine o Ōtākaro/Avonside Girls’
High School. There has been a focus
on students’ pathways and academic
achievement with a pathways evening
early in the term, a careers expo for
students and a whānau subject evening
with all the possible choices at Avonside
on display. It was inspiring to hear our
young people so focused on their next
steps and discussing the choices at
the school. A wide range of languages,
technologies and arts are on offer for
our students, as well as subjects such
as psychology and classics, commerce
and media studies and our HPE, Maths,
English and Science offer varying courses
to suit future decisions. At Avonside
we are proud of the different pathways
our young people take and encourage
them to plan ahead. Our students go to
University, trades, ARA, the workplace
in areas ranging from automotive and
engineering to medicine and law. This has
been a big term for our senior students
to achieve goals in academic assessments
and for our Year 10 with their co-requisite
numeracy and literacy examinations and
we are proud of them. Currently their
academic success is ahead of national
averages.
In addition to this focus on academic
achievement, many of our students have
been involved in sport tournaments,
cultural festivals, art exhibitions and
music competitions. This winter our
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skiing, climbing, basketball and netball all
competed in winter tournament week. All
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made of our First XI Football team who
won the George Soames Tournament in
Blenheim. This term saw the inauguration
of the Rugby Academy and the first
cohort are well into their training and
work. Talking of firsts and inaugural we
were proud to host the first Kāhui Ako
Kapa Haka Festival in partnership with
Shirley Boys. All schools in our Kāhui
Ako performed on stage and it was an
amazing community night. Our Kapa
Haka rōpu worked hard this term to
compete at Tūhono and their singing and
haka lifted the roof. Our polyfest group
continued their creatives in school mahi
performing at a festival for parents and
family. Congratulations to
our senior artists whose
work was exhibited in the
Eastside Art Exhibition –
with pieces selling quickly.
Congratulations also
to our World Scholars’
Cup teams who went to
Auckland to compete in
the national competition.
Amazing results and
a testament to the
preparation they have
done in problem solving,
debating and knowledge.
The last week of term was
celebrated with a gala day, whacky week
and finished with our annual lipsync.
We are thrilled to see overseas trips up
and running again. At the end of Term 3
our students will go to France and Japan
on two separate trips. This opportunity
to gain experience of other cultures
and languages as well as travel in a new
country is a huge part of developing
a global understanding for our young
people.
We want to thank all our staff, community
and students for an incredible term 3.
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Hearty dinner and a tasty sweet treat
Use greens and
beans as a base for a
warming, thrifty dinner,
and nuts and seeds as
a good addition to the
biscuit tin, suggests
Nigel Slater
Bean and rainbow
chard soup
Sitting somewhere between soup
and stew, this a base recipe to add
different beans and greens to.
Swap the borlotti for haricot
or cannellini, chickpeas or pinto
beans, depending on what is in
the cupboard.
Stir in spinach or cavolo nero
leaves at the end if you prefer
or if your chard leaves aren’t as
perky as their stems.
If you are making the soup for
the following day, introduce the
leaves when you reheat it, just
before you eat.
Ingredients
Serves 6
1 onion, medium sized
2 stalks celery
2 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra to
finish
150g rainbow chard stems
3 cloves of garlic
6 bushy stems of thyme
2×400g cans of tomatoes (whole
or chopped)
1×400g tin of borlotti beans
1×400g black-eyed beans
200g rainbow chard leaves
Method
• Peel and roughly chop the onion.
Finely dice the celery.
Warm the olive oil in a deep,
heavy-based pan and add the
onion and celery, letting them
cook over a moderate heat.
• Cut the chard stems into small
dice and stir into the onions.
• Peel and finely slice the garlic.
• It should be almost thin enough
to see through.
• Strip the leaves from the thyme
then stir into the onion mixture
with the garlic.
• When the onions are translucent
and the aromatics are fragrant,
add the tomatoes and their juice
together with 2 cans of water.
• Bring to the boil, then stir in the
beans, rinsed of their canning
liquid (if you are using bottled
beans however, I suggest you stir
their liquid in as it adds a silky
texture to the soup.)
• Season with black pepper and
salt and continue cooking at low
simmer for about 20 minutes,
stirring occasionally.
• Wash the chard leaves and cut
them into wide strips, then add to
the hot soup.
• Leave for a couple of minutes to
soften then ladle the into bowls.
• Trickle over olive oil to serve.
Sesame, date and
pistachio bars
A good one for the biscuit tin,
staying in good condition for
several days.
I treat these as tiny energy bars.
You can veganise the recipe by
using date syrup in place of the
honey and a suitable substitute for
the chocolate. And don’t feel you
have to include pistachios; you can
use hazelnut or almonds instead.
Ingredients
Makes 18 small bars
125g pistachios
100g salted, roasted peanuts
275g soft dried dates
125g rolled oats
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tbsp thick honey
2 Tbsp roasted sesame paste
2 Tbsp sesame seeds
200g dark chocolate
Method
• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Line a 20cm square cake tin
with kitchen parchment.
• Process the pistachios, peanuts
and dates in a food processor
to a thick paste. Make sure you
do not over-process the mixture
and make it into to a purée. Stir
in the oats.
• Warm vanilla extract, honey
and sesame paste in a small pan
over medium heat.
• As soon as bubbling lightly stir
into the date and nut mixture.
• Spoon into the lined cake tin,
smooth the surface, pushing
down firmly, but not so hard
you compact the mixture.
• Sprinkle it with the sesame
seeds.
• Bake for 20 minutes then
remove and set aside to cool in
its tin.
• Break the chocolate into small
pieces and melt in a heatproof
mixing bowl balanced over a
pan of simmering water.
• Don’t stir the chocolate until
it is almost entirely melted, and
then only gently.
• Lift the block of sesame
biscuits out of the tin and cut
into 18 short rectangles.
• Dip each sesame slice into the
melted chocolate, covering half
the biscuit.
• Lay each on a piece of baking
paper and scatter crushed
pistachios over the top if you
wish, then let the chocolate set.
• If the room is warm, then you
might want to chill them briefly
in the fridge.
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