Madeleine Sami: No holding her back
“I was so lucky to grow up with my 23 cousins. We all liked to joke around. I was used to banter and coming back with one-liners. And being a smartarse.”
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Author: Dale Husband
Ruakere Hond: A language and a legacy
“If we’re not going to use the reo on a regular basis in our homes, as we’re raising our children, we’re probably going to miss the main way forward for reo Māori.”
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Chelsea Winstanley: My idol was Merata Mita
‘I loved listening to Nan’s stories about how, when she was a little girl, she’d sit there with her nanny, who used to smoke a pipe … and read the Pākehā newspaper to her in te reo Māori.”
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Fiao’o Fa’amausili: I just loved the contact
“I just loved the contact. I’ve always been quite physical. Like in netball I was fairly rough. I loved that game, but there was something special about rugby.”
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Tariana Turia: A dance and a motorbike ride
“Look. There’s someone outside, just by the door. He’ll look after us. Let’s go out and pretend we’re with him.”
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