I was removed from my whanau at birth.
My papa had no knowledge that I was a live pepi but a son whom had passed at birth.
I lost my whenua, my immediate and extended whanau, my rights to be brought up with Maori, a totally absence of tikanga, reo or whakapapa...instead became a stranger, in my birthright and brought up in a Pakeha'world.
For me this is massive it means I'm truly Maori, not a brown face in a primarily white scciety.
I am define by both, due to my adopted upbringing, but my Maori whakapapa is soooo inspirational to me ❤❤
Arohanui
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