Sarah Hirini: Back to work
“I definitely respect my opponents, but I don’t think I’m a good loser. I love winning too much to enjoy a loss, although I know that our losses have made us a better team.” — Sarah Hirini, Black Ferns captain.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | May 22, 2022 | Kōrero
“I definitely respect my opponents, but I don’t think I’m a good loser. I love winning too much to enjoy a loss, although I know that our losses have made us a better team.” — Sarah Hirini, Black Ferns captain.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | May 15, 2022 | Kōrero
“If I look back at my childhood, I resented everybody for a long time. But later, you develop a strong sense of affection for your foster families. As an adult, I have nothing but aroha for my foster parents.” — Ron Mark.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Apr 9, 2022 | Kōrero
“We run it by Māori, for Māori — but we take everyone with us. And I figured, if we could do that locally, what if we could pull it off nationally?” — Riana Manuel, who heads the new Māori Health Authority.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Mar 27, 2022 | Kōrero
“Manaakitanga, kotahitanga, whanaungatanga — all those values are what make me Māori. It’s all-encompassing. My wairua is Māori, my whakaaro are Māori, my reo is Māori.” — Oriini Kaipara.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Mar 19, 2022 | Kōrero
“When a coach shows that he has my back, and when he treats me like family, I’ll go out on the field and do anything for him, for the brothers, for the team.” — Ardie Savea.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Mar 13, 2022 | Kōrero
“One privilege that comes with being senior is that I see my job as creating an environment where discrimination is just not acceptable.” — Margie Apa, chief executive of Health NZ.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Mar 6, 2022 | Kōrero
“I’ll bring the experience of being a mum into my research, just like my experience of being wahine Māori, of being Tūhoe, of growing up Wairoa.” — Dr Sarah-Jane Paine, who leads the ‘Growing Up in New Zealand’ study.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Feb 27, 2022 | Kōrero
“Both Māori and Pākehā students . . . see that, to be an effective person in this country in the 21st century, they need to be competent in te ao Māori, te reo, and tikanga Māori.” — Metiria Turei.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Feb 27, 2022 | Kōrero
“It’s become especially important to me over my career as a paediatrician to learn how to be a good Treaty partner.” — Dr Jin Russell.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Feb 20, 2022 | Kōrero
“I’m not a product. And the reason why I’m so anti that is because my tīpuna on my African side were listed as assets, as chattels, on asset registers.” — Teremoana Rapley.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Dec 12, 2021 | Kōrero
“We have to disrupt. And it’s not just disrupting the government or the United Nations. It’s about disrupting our thinking and disrupting the everyday choices in our households.“ — Qiane Matata-Sipu.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Dec 5, 2021 | Editors Picks, Kōrero
“I do want to encourage Māori and Pasifika writers to not feel as though they have to be an activist voice in a traditional sense — they can be subversive in another genre.” — crime writer JP Pomare.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Nov 21, 2021 | Kōrero
“I’ve always felt it’s important for us to clearly articulate what the trajectory of justice should look like for our people, and to articulate for ourselves our vision of justice.” — Tina Ngata.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Nov 14, 2021 | Kōrero
“The dean of the law school, Jack Northey, said: ‘Listen here, Mr Williams. They tell me you’re bit of a rugby player, but as far as law school is concerned, you’re going to have to shape up or ship out.’” — Bryan Williams.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Nov 7, 2021 | Kōrero
“My first cousins are as close as brothers and sisters, and we still are a loving extended family. It just so happens that I remember changing their nappies.” — Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Nov 7, 2021 | Kōrero
“What I hear from all quarters now is this: ‘We must prioritise children. We must prioritise our mokopuna. And we’re up for that challenge.’” — Andrew Becroft, former Children’s Commissioner.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Oct 31, 2021 | Kōrero
“I’ve grown to appreciate the place of law in today’s society, but I struggle with its monoculturalism.” — Tamasailau Sualii-Sauni.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Oct 17, 2021 | Kōrero
“There’s nothing like an incurable brain disease to give you focus, Dale. I feel lucky that I’ve been able to continue to work.” — Toa Fraser.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Oct 10, 2021 | Kōrero, Media
“Am I being truthful? Am I being respectful? Am I prepared? And am I responsible? Those are the four things that really guide me.” — Susana Lei’ataua, RNZ Pacific’s News Editor.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Oct 3, 2021 | Kōrero
“Although I was harassed by other kids when I was growing up, today, with the internet, it’s much worse. What we say to people face to face tends to be more moderate.” — Donald Hollingsworth, on growing up takatāpui.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Oct 3, 2021 | Kōrero
“I most certainly believe there is power and mana in the karakia that were performed. Our Māori spirituality is a big thing. It always has been and it always will be.” — Korohere Ngapo.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Sep 26, 2021 | Kōrero
“For a long time, we’ve had more of a focus on equality in health, where the approach has been ‘one size fits all’. But we know that this doesn’t work for our Pacific and Māori communities. What’s needed is an equity focus.” — Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Sep 19, 2021 | Kōrero
“I lived and worked in 30 countries, going around and around the planet trying to find out where I belonged. And, hey, the answer was right back where I started, where I am now in Te Puna.” — Tommy Wilson.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Sep 12, 2021 | Kōrero
“You know, anyone’s success belongs to a whole island of people. That’s one thing that Mum taught us. Never forget that your success is dependent on every person connected to you — and who’s helped you.” — Leatuao Larry Tua’i-Lavea.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Sep 5, 2021 | Kōrero
“I grew up as a young Sāmoan kid watching rugby, and Bryan Williams was my idol. . . . So there we had the first Sāmoan All Black who was also a lawyer, and I thought: ‘Man! That is really something.’” — Judge Mike Mika.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Aug 29, 2021 | Kōrero
“It’s really cool to see the narrative change, with people speaking up about their struggles — sharing all the different shapes and shades of ourselves, and not just talking about the things that are good.” — Sulu Fitzpatrick.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Aug 22, 2021 | Kōrero
“I grew up in Porirua. It was a very Polynesian upbringing — Sunday lunches with Nan at her house with taro and chop suey and that sort of thing.” — Monique Fiso.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Aug 22, 2021 | Kōrero
“Black Power Movement was about us discovering, defining, and becoming conscious of our taha Māori and who we were as Māori — and being able to maintain that in our lives.” — Genesis Te Kuru White.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Aug 8, 2021 | Kōrero
“My job is to create compelling alternatives to the policy failure and the market failure that continues to keep South Auckland poor.” — Tania Pouwhare.
Read MorePosted by Dale Husband | Aug 1, 2021 | Kōrero
“My pathway into the Mob wasn’t one of crime. It has always been one of: ‘How do we develop people?’” — Harry Tam.
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