Hey NZ - nobody ever forced anyone to learn Te Reo but every Māori was forced to learn English - this fact alone should tell you who are the racists and who are not
🔥Chances are you’ve probably heard Nei Rā Te Kaupapa being sung on the Hīkoi Mō te Tiriti over the past week or so… Written 33 years ago & performed here by Wellington East Girls College choir, it has become one of Aotearoa’s most recognisable & popular waiata Māori.
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I’m Muslim. If somebody tried to bring the Quran into my children’s public schools, I would fiercely oppose it. Not only out of respect for other people’s faiths (or lack thereof) but also because making religion a political instrument corrupts faith
If Andrew Tate ever did make it to New Zealand, and started running his mouth about Māori..
I do take comfort in the fact Portia Woodman could fold him in half.
We all knew ACT were racist bigots, but they're COMPLETELY mask off now. Calling a haka "theatrics and thuggery" is not only deeply racist, it should preclude them from the discussion altogether
Yet 2 major msm outlets took ACT Party $$ to publish their lies today
Never forget
great local advocacy from @PhilTwyford
focusing on being a great local advocate seems like an effective way to re-build the Labour Party, moving away from the "Wellington elite" perception that tanked them last time
Just arrived in Melbourne and the airport bus has an announcement acknowledging the indigenous peoples, their land and that they never ceded sovereignty. Suck on that Seymour.