“There are many Pākehā out there, including my mum and partner, who have learned or are learning te reo Māori, who are not just the metaphorical womb but are quite literally the whare tangata of our language.” — Professor Hona Black.
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“There are assumptions to challenge, expectations to discard, insights to glean, blunders to commit, offences to give and grace to receive. All of this is part of the business of being a halfway good doctor in a largely Māori community.” — Dr Clare Ward.
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“The only chance he had to hold on to his life lay somewhere else. Somewhere with an operating theatre, a table, a surgeon leaning over him.” — Dr Clare Ward, in an extract from her memoir, ‘A Place to Stand: A country doctor’s life’.
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“Pākehā being supportive tāngata Tiriti is more than just learning a language. We have to start with untangling our sense of entitlement to all that we can access.” — Kay Benseman.
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“Te reo can’t be revitalised to its fullest extent without addressing some of the fundamental constraints under which its revitalisation is taking place.” — Awanui Te Huia.
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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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