Maori

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nemo
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That was energising – and deeply moving. I’ve just come back from the Hikoi – and I feel more Māori than ever before. Yes, I’m probably all Pākeha, but I think that most of Aotearoa is part Māori and part Pākeha these days – we are a mixed blood nation, although still deeply riven in two, whether ethnically or financially. We are definitely a nation of…

Maximus
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Given that this week has been Maori Language Week all week long, and that today is apparently National Poetry Day, I had great plans to create a beautiful poem in te reo, for your erudition and elucidation. However, I have discovered that: A) I have no poetic ability beyond third form haiku, and B) there exists no google translate for passages of Maori text, as it…