Krushil Watene
Title
Krushil Watene
Birthplace
Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua o Orākei, Tonga
Primary Sources
Watene, K. (2025). Pūrākau as Philosophy: Indigenous Philosophies as Pluralizing the Purpose and Practice of Philosophy. In I. Robeyns (Ed.), Pluralizing Political Philosophy: Economic and Ecological Inequalities in Global Perspective (pp. 82-106). Oxford Academic. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994784.003.0005
Watene, K. (2024). Indigenous Philosophy and Intergenerational Justice. In H. Abe, M. Fritsch, & M. Wenning (Eds.), Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations: Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western Perspectives (pp. 17–32). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009343756.003
Malavisi, A., Hilde, T., & Watene, K. (2024). Special Issue: Climate Justice and the Global Development Crisis. Journal of Global Ethics, 20(2), 127–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2024.2385045
Watene, K. (2023). Taniwha, taonga, and tangata. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 2, 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-023-00112-z
Watene, K. (2022). Kaitiakitanga: Toward an intergenerational philosophy. In S. M. Gardiner (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Intergenerational Ethics (pp. 262-275). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190881931.013.17
Grix, M., & Watene, K. (2022). Communities and Climate Change: Why Practices and Practitioners Matter. Ethics & International Affairs, 36(2), 215–230. https://doi.org/10.1017/S089267942200020X
Watene, K., & Palmer, E. (Eds.). (2020). Reconciliation, Transitional and Indigenous Justice (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035268
Watene, K. (2024). Indigenous Philosophy and Intergenerational Justice. In H. Abe, M. Fritsch, & M. Wenning (Eds.), Intercultural Philosophy and Environmental Justice between Generations: Indigenous, African, Asian, and Western Perspectives (pp. 17–32). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009343756.003
Malavisi, A., Hilde, T., & Watene, K. (2024). Special Issue: Climate Justice and the Global Development Crisis. Journal of Global Ethics, 20(2), 127–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2024.2385045
Watene, K. (2023). Taniwha, taonga, and tangata. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 2, 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-023-00112-z
Watene, K. (2022). Kaitiakitanga: Toward an intergenerational philosophy. In S. M. Gardiner (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Intergenerational Ethics (pp. 262-275). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190881931.013.17
Grix, M., & Watene, K. (2022). Communities and Climate Change: Why Practices and Practitioners Matter. Ethics & International Affairs, 36(2), 215–230. https://doi.org/10.1017/S089267942200020X
Watene, K., & Palmer, E. (Eds.). (2020). Reconciliation, Transitional and Indigenous Justice (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035268
Secondary Sources
Heke, M., & Rewi, S. (2025). Kaitiakitanga: A Proclamation for Indigenous Active Agency in Climate Change in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Environmental Justice, 18(3), 215–225. https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2023.0056
Erueti, B., Tassell-Matamua, N., Pomare, P., Rangi, M. T., Lindsay, N., Masters-Awatere, B., & Dell, K. (2023). ‘Pūrākau o te Ngahere’: Indigenous Māori Interpretations, Expressions and Connection to Taonga Species and Biosecurity Issues. Knowledge Cultures, 11(1), 34–54. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc11120233
Winter, C. J. (2022). Subjects of intergenerational justice : indigenous philosophy, the environment and relationships. Routledge.
Erueti, B., Tassell-Matamua, N., Pomare, P., Rangi, M. T., Lindsay, N., Masters-Awatere, B., & Dell, K. (2023). ‘Pūrākau o te Ngahere’: Indigenous Māori Interpretations, Expressions and Connection to Taonga Species and Biosecurity Issues. Knowledge Cultures, 11(1), 34–54. https://doi.org/10.22381/kc11120233
Winter, C. J. (2022). Subjects of intergenerational justice : indigenous philosophy, the environment and relationships. Routledge.
Extra Resources
Murray, J. (2021, April 18). Māori Philosophy - A Love Story with Dr Krushil Watene. Radio New Zealand. Accessed September 24, 2025.
Rutledge, D., & Cushway, R. (2018, October 18). The 2024 Alan Saunders Lecture, The Philosopher's Zone. ABC Radio National. Accessed September 5, 2025. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/the-2024-alan-saunders-lecture-krushil-watene/104381078
Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. (n.d.). DR Krushil Watene. Accessed October 16, 2025. https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/krushil-watene
Rutledge, D., & Cushway, R. (2018, October 18). The 2024 Alan Saunders Lecture, The Philosopher's Zone. ABC Radio National. Accessed September 5, 2025. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/the-2024-alan-saunders-lecture-krushil-watene/104381078
Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. (n.d.). DR Krushil Watene. Accessed October 16, 2025. https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/krushil-watene
Collection
Citation
“Krushil Watene,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed December 6, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/780.