‘Disconnection is part of my whakapapa’
“Every day that I haven’t taken them to their marae adds up. It builds a mountain of guilt and inertia that gets harder to cross.” — Kim Mcbreen on introducing her kids to their marae.
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Tag: whāngai
Whāngai can help fix the foster care system
“I suggest the government abandon its focus on the repeal and instead allow Māori to lawfully draw on whāngai principles to addresses the needs of our most vulnerable tamariki.” — Taryn Dryfhout.
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Cast adrift: My story of adoption
“Around 80,000 babies were adopted. Because of shabby practices, we can’t know how many of these babies were Māori, but I imagine every whānau has been affected, and has lost precious children.” — Kim Mcbreen.
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Tim Tipene: My teacher changed my life forever
“Their idea was to send me to school to beat other kids up — and that didn’t go down too well with the teachers.”
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Waihoroi Shortland: Great. I’m gonna live in a castle
Waihoroi Shortland tells Dale Husband about the paths he has travelled in a working life as a community officer, journalist, actor, politician and reo Maori advocate.
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