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“Until last week, I’d spent 30 years on the Māori electoral roll. A couple of things have happened that make me believe that switching back to the general roll is an opportunity to make better use of my vote.” — Katrina Smit.
“It’s the most damaging collection of legislative Treaty proposals I’ve seen in my career, breaching Te Tiriti on a scale and breadth that we haven’t yet witnessed in our lifetimes.” — Carwyn Jones.
“It’s the most damaging collection of legislative Treaty proposals I’ve seen in my career, breaching Te Tiriti on a scale and breadth that we haven’t yet witnessed in our lifetimes.” — Carwyn Jones.
“I declare, in the shadows of my ancestors, that the sun must set not just on the British empire but the whole project of empire.” — Marama Davidson addressing the Oxford Union.
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“The biggest challenge was being in a cultural abyss, growing up in a little rural town, where I was the only Pacific brown kid who wasn’t Māori.” — Dr Tania Mullane, on being adopted by a Pākehā family.
“Technology will inevitably shape their future. But our responsibility as Māori is to ensure our rangatahi remain grounded in whakapapa, whānau, tikanga, identity, and humanity as they navigate this future.” — Dr Wiremu Manaia on the challenges of the digital world.
“I’ve never seen a more community-minded comedian. That’s partly why his shows used to run long. He wanted the audience to get their money’s worth.” — James Nokise on fellow comedian and friend Tofiga Fepulea‘i winning New Zealand comedy’s largest award, the Topp Prize.
“With time, Vela has gained perspective and written his way to peace. And while he’ll never know what drove his father’s violence, he has found compassion for him.” — Atakohu Middleton on Vela Manusaute, writer and co-director of ‘Sons of Vao’.
“As your Koro, my task was to explain the legacy so that each of you can hold it in your hands, absorb it, share it, add to it what you already know and finally cherish it.” — Tā Hirini Moko Mead, who died last week, aged 99, writing to “the mokopuna generation of the nation”.
“I said something which surprised even me as I was saying it — that it’s not the job of Māori journalists like myself to compensate for, or mitigate, the institutional racism of the media industry.” — Aaron Smale on accepting his media award for Māori reporting.
“Those in power love to ‘acknowledge’ and ‘recognise’ the inequities in Māori health outcomes, while still ploughing ahead to dismantle the tools that we’ve designed to address them.” — Louisa Wall on Pharmac proposals to change Māori and Pacific access to diabetes drugs.
"I declare, in the shadows of my ancestors, that the sun must set not just on the British empire but the whole project of empire." — Marama Davidson addressing the Oxford Union.
“Until last week, I’d spent 30 years on the Māori electoral roll. A couple of things have happened that make me believe that switching back to the general roll is an opportunity to make better use of ...
“The biggest challenge was being in a cultural abyss, growing up in a little rural town, where I was the only Pacific brown kid who wasn't Māori.” — Dr Tania Mullane, on being adopted by a Pākehā fami...
“Technology will inevitably shape their future. But our responsibility as Māori is to ensure our rangatahi remain grounded in whakapapa, whānau, tikanga, identity, and humanity as they navigate this f...
“I’ve never seen a more community-minded comedian. That’s partly why his shows used to run long. He wanted the audience to get their money’s worth.” — James Nokise on fellow comedian and friend Tofiga...
“I said something which surprised even me as I was saying it — that it’s not the job of Māori journalists like myself to compensate for, or mitigate, the institutional racism of the media industry.” —...
“As your Koro, my task was to explain the legacy so that each of you can hold it in your hands, absorb it, share it, add to it what you already know and finally cherish it.” — Tā Hirini Moko Mead, who...
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“Those in power love to ‘acknowledge’ and ‘recognise’ the inequities in Māori health outcomes, while still ploughing ahead to dismantle the tools that we’ve designed to address them.” — Louisa Wall on...
“With time, Vela has gained perspective and written his way to peace. And while he’ll never know what drove his father’s violence, he has found compassion for him.” — Atakohu Middleton on Vela Manusau...
