“Māori exercised greater agency than other Indigenous peoples . . . They acted as independent suppliers of grapes to settler winemakers and even encouraged settlers to take up winemaking in order to expand their market.” — Professor Adrian Shubert, Canadian historian.
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‘Echoes from Hawaiki’ shows that “the voices of taonga pūoro echo the even more ancient musical traditions of northerly islands, and carry faint memories and distant songs of farewell.”
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“You look at the young people in this district, you go into the schools, and the strength of Māori language as part of who we are is palpable. I genuinely believe that in 20 years time we’ll be asking ourselves what all the fuss was about.” — Tim Cadogan, mayor of Central Otago.
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“Suppressing and belittling the use of Māori language . . . appears to be part of a small-minded and ultimately futile effort at returning our country to the state of race relations in the blandly monocultural 1950s.” — Mark Derby.
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