Ki te whaiao, ki te ao Mārama People did note, however, that media, including social media, created the potential for connection and for developing and circulating positive stories and representations of Tangata Tiriti. Similarly, participants discussed the power of media in promoting anti-racism through advertising and marketing. One participant commented: I suggest that creative and friendly efforts are made via media - tv/videos where people of different cultures are ‘introduced’ and then respectful interactions are modelled so that the viewers can get the idea that 1) different people are not scary and 2) we have shared humanity in common. Some participants also called for increased education for children to learn how to safely navigate social media and distinguish fact from fiction. Some participants also discussed how media can amplify the voice of the youth and their contributions to the elimination of racism. Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Submitters and hui participants highlighted how media coverage of different countries can feed perceptions about religious and ethnic groups. People singled out coverage of wars in the Middle East as a particular example of this, commenting that it fuelled islamophobia and antisemitism. Participants noted that far right political organisations, particularly those originating in the United States, have provided advice to political parties, helped shape public opinion on referenda, and funded and influenced protests at Parliament and around the country. White supremacy is a hidden agenda in some of this influence. The global nature of racism and white supremacy challenges the ability of Aotearoa to eliminate racism but does not absolve the Government of the responsibility to act. Some participants commented on how the original colonisation of the country by the British Crown, in turn led to New Zealand’s own colonialism in the Pacific. Others noted that while the spread of racism was global, so too was that of anti-racism and decolonisation. One person commented that decolonisation is “a global project – we need to be aware of our own history and how it connects to others”. 76