title: Trusts for religious purposes

authors: Chevalier-Watts, Juliet

abstract: In order for a trust to be recognised as charitable in law, it must meet the following criteria (Andrew Butler (ed) Equity and Trusts in New Zealand (2nd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2009) at 273): 
i) Under law be deemed charitable; 
ii) Satisfy the public benefit test; 
iii) Be beneficial, not detrimental; 
iv) Be for charitable purposes. 
It is on the issue of the public benefit test that this paper focuses, specifically in relation to those trusts that fall into the category of the advancement of religion. Before turning to the issues associated with such matters, it is worthwhile considering briefly the jurisprudential evolution of the charitable purpose requirement to contextualise the contemporary position of trusts that fall into the class of the advancement of religion.

text: Trusts for religious purposes In order for a trust to be recognised as charitable in law, it must meet the following criteria (Andrew Butler (ed) Equity and Trusts in New Zealand (2nd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2009) at 273): 
i) Under law be deemed charitable; 
ii) Satisfy the public benefit test; 
iii) Be beneficial, not detrimental; 
iv) Be for charitable purposes. 
It is on the issue of the public benefit test that this paper focuses, specifically in relation to those trusts that fall into the category of the advancement of religion. Before turning to the issues associated with such matters, it is worthwhile considering briefly the jurisprudential evolution of the charitable purpose requirement to contextualise the contemporary position of trusts that fall into the class of the advancement of religion.

year: 2010

title: Introduction to the Special Issue: How to educate a nation’s teachers. Debating quality initial teacher education for today and for the future

authors: Cooper, Beverley

abstract: The Teacher Education Forum Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ) was officially launched on 12 July 1999—17 years ago—as the national voice for teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. TEFANZ members represent New Zealand Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers who offer programmes at degree or graduate level. Members span the University, Polytechnic, Wānanga, and private sector across ECE, primary, and secondary. This broad constituency provides a rich picture of ITE in Aotearoa New Zealand.

text: Introduction to the Special Issue: How to educate a nation’s teachers. Debating quality initial teacher education for today and for the future The Teacher Education Forum Aotearoa New Zealand (TEFANZ) was officially launched on 12 July 1999—17 years ago—as the national voice for teacher education in Aotearoa New Zealand. TEFANZ members represent New Zealand Initial Teacher Education (ITE) providers who offer programmes at degree or graduate level. Members span the University, Polytechnic, Wānanga, and private sector across ECE, primary, and secondary. This broad constituency provides a rich picture of ITE in Aotearoa New Zealand.

year: 2017

title: Donna Awatere on Whiteness in New Zealand: Theoretical Contributions and Contemporary Relevance

authors: Norris, Adele N.

abstract: In June 2022, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern designated the US-based neofascist groups The Base and the Proud Boys as terrorist organisations. This designation marks one of the few times white supremacy entered the national political discourse in New Zealand. Discourses of whiteness are mostly theorised in the North American context. However, Donna Awatere’s 1984 examination of White Cultural Imperialism (WCI) in her book Māori Sovereignty advanced an analysis of whiteness in New Zealand that has received limited scholarly attention and is essentially unexplored. This paper reintroduces Awatere’s conceptualisation of WCI. It offers core tenets of WCI and theoretical insights into contemporary discussions of white supremacy that move beyond the focus of individuals and groups to a broader national framework of New Zealand. Two interrelated features of WCI, as defined by Awatere, are the minimisation and normalisation of whiteness and white racial hostility –  inherent features that maintain, protect, and reproduce the white institutionalised body as the primary beneficiary of Western European domination that will always thwart Indigenous sovereignty and equality. This paper concludes that Awatere’s articulation of WCI links whiteness in the New Zealand context to the broader network of global white supremacy that offers insight into contemporary criminal justice scholarship.

text: Donna Awatere on Whiteness in New Zealand: Theoretical Contributions and Contemporary Relevance In June 2022, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern designated the US-based neofascist groups The Base and the Proud Boys as terrorist organisations. This designation marks one of the few times white supremacy entered the national political discourse in New Zealand. Discourses of whiteness are mostly theorised in the North American context. However, Donna Awatere’s 1984 examination of White Cultural Imperialism (WCI) in her book Māori Sovereignty advanced an analysis of whiteness in New Zealand that has received limited scholarly attention and is essentially unexplored. This paper reintroduces Awatere’s conceptualisation of WCI. It offers core tenets of WCI and theoretical insights into contemporary discussions of white supremacy that move beyond the focus of individuals and groups to a broader national framework of New Zealand. Two interrelated features of WCI, as defined by Awatere, are the minimisation and normalisation of whiteness and white racial hostility –  inherent features that maintain, protect, and reproduce the white institutionalised body as the primary beneficiary of Western European domination that will always thwart Indigenous sovereignty and equality. This paper concludes that Awatere’s articulation of WCI links whiteness in the New Zealand context to the broader network of global white supremacy that offers insight into contemporary criminal justice scholarship.

year: 2023-07-27