Māori language is one of 3 official NZ languages and needs our 100% support and promotion. I want to see each of us in NZ own it regardless of our ethnicity. I am pakeha NZ married to a NIuean Samoan brought up on the Coromandel where my mum was the only white woman in the Kapa Haka. The reo is key to our young people finding strength and purpose in their Identity and culture. this moment is a celebration of how far we have come as a nation since 1972. It is a moment to celebrate and to look forward to what further we need to accomplish as a nation.
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