Tauiwi Tautoko is an educational intervention, community, and set of techniques based on listening and values-based messaging
Tauiwi Tautoko started off as a community project to help address anti-Māori racism on the internet, providing a complement to other forms of anti-racist activism by diving into the comments section to change hearts and minds one conversation at a time. Then-Director of ActionStation Te Raukura O'Connell Rapira (Te Ātiawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāruahine) joined with Dr. Emily Beausoleil (tauiwi Pākehā), in collaboration with diverse content contributors and advisors, to develop a course that equips volunteers with evidence-based tools for transformative conversations.