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... to find that “missing piece”. “ I d this longing inside me for the language and I can honestly say that learning t...
... te reo has changed my life,” says Jenny-May. “No longer do I feel like an ‘outsider’ in my own culture, and the joy it...

... I wāhi ngaro, hei maunga tātai whetū’ really encapsulated what I did...
... I wasn’t sure what I was going to do, but it was going to be big, bold, and brave.”  Hemi, who is Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui,...

... Tribunal and the first chief executive of Te Puni Kōkiri. “ I would like to think that Te Puni Kōkiri was moulded in his...
... I had a very high level of respect for him."     Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis says he was honoured to work with the lat...

...“ I didn’t go down to the parade itself so I wasn’t sure what the numbers were going to be like, but watching everyone flock...
... but watching everyone flock around I e ‘oh wow’ the event is really shaping up. “ I think also too just to see the...

... role in Taumarunui and was ready to embrace the work. “ I was primarily responsible for development station schemes from...
... time.  I ndustry.  It was very isolated.  There was no airport when I arrived...

...“ I what issues are important for our local communities and what I can do in my role to support them,”...
... in the regions to achieve their aspirations. “When I became a Minister I committed to get out to communities and listen to...

... I ended up doing a Māori Access module at the marae.  I he was the regional coordinator and I went...
... whose role and purpose deeply resonates with her.  “ I was part of the Whānau Ora Taskforce with Rob Cooper and Mason...

...“[ I ] Take care of my whānau, take care of the Māori wardens, walk around and get them drinks, direct traffic on the road. Got to...
...volunteers at Ihumātao in the evening. “ I start at school, when I finish at school I come back here and work till 10pm at...

...my family and I , for around 14-15 years. We’d always wanted to come home but could never answer the ‘when’ and the ‘why’,” says...
... to support the rebuild of one of his marae in Kaikohe. “ I think that was a driver, to be closer to the marae, closer to...

...he said the Great Wall of China was amazing. “ I ran up to it when I saw it. It was a good place to do a haka,” he said. The...
...share some of his knowledge of his own language and culture. “ I led karakia for us during the trip and taught some of our host...