The remote Shetland archipelago in Scotland, the Sápmi region at the northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula and Aotearoa New Zealand are the homes of our three panelists. Three far-flung lands with similar histories of colonisation and suppression of their indigenous languages.

Moana Maniapoto (Te Arawa; Ngati Tūwharetoa) talks to Roseanne Watt, a writer, filmmaker and musician writing in the languages of Shaetlan, Scots and English; Sámi journalist and writer Elin Anna Labba whose work at the Sámi Authors’ Centre aims to strengthen and emphasise Sámi literature and Chris Selwyn (Te Rarawa, Te Uri o Hina, Te Patutoka), tumuaki (principal) of te reo Māori immersion kura Ngā Puna O Waiōrea, where he demonstrates a lifetime commitment to the aspirations of cultural and language revitalisation through education.

Together they examine the efforts around language reclamation in their respective homelands and discuss their own personal journeys.

Supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and a British Council Connections Through Culture grant.