"If there is some confusion about the relevance of the Treaty to contemporary New Zealand there is an even greater lack of clarity about the concept of biculturalism. To different agencies and groups it has diverse meanings and there are significantly different understandings between Maori and Non-Maori."

"This paper seeks to provoke a wider and more urgent investigation of the implications related to the introduction of Taha Maori into schools, and adopts the stance that Taha Maori as presently proposed and practiced by the Education Debarment will have some serious ramifications for the social, political and cultural well-being of the Maori people both within the schools and within society as a whole.

A history of the interaction between Maori people and the Social Welfare Institutions of Aotearoa.

Address at the dawn ceremony on the United Nations Day of Cultural Heritage, 4 December 2002, Civic Square, Wellington. Joris de Bres discusses colonisation in New Zealand, The Treaty of Waitangi, UNESCO, the debate on the Resource Management Act and culture in New Zealand.