Calling on my Pākeha countrymen and women to speak up and stand up for te reo.
It's so much better when we do this together. Kia kaha te reo Māori. 🫶 #HeTaongaTeReo
Mihingarangi Forbes
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- Māori filmmaker to make new Star Wars film. @TaikaWaititi #TurouHawaiki going to be listening out for this line. ✊🏾
- Do we have to say "the South Auckland family" would we say "the East Auckland family" or would we say the family, who lives in West Harbour? Serious question.
- My Koro died yesterday. His name was Tāmaki ironic because I'm stuck in Tāmaki while he goes home to Maniapoto to lay with his twin Mōkau. Ahakoa te mamae I believe in strict lockdowns. Mō tātou ❤
- The lovely man that just took my blood at LAB Test is exhausted. He said he earns $22.80 an hour and it hasn't changed for the last five years. These are our critical workers Team 5.5 million. We can do better.
- Following the Chch earthquake Tonga raised "a massive T$833,867 (NZ$705,000) for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Fund." Stuff 2010 Something for us to remember.
- It's the first time @dbseymour has declined a @TheHui interview. It was to be on vaccination equity. So @dbseymour I'll ask again. Haere mai, come on our show and have a good robust discussion.
- If you are Pākehā and learning te reo please be gentle with Māori who haven't had the same opportunity to learn their language. E mihi ana te ngākau.
- I'm convinced now my most important role is to raise respectful, loving, balanced boys. Our future depends on it. Kia kaha wāhine mā ✊🏾
- After all the efforts to revitalize te reo Māori, it's gutwrenching to see it booted around like a political football. He taonga te reo.
- Police are investigating the home invasion of Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, meanwhile some people on here question whether she's telling the truth. Can you not just for a moment put your politics to the side and condemn the violent threat aimed at a young woman?
- When a Māori youth offender tells Māori psychiarist Hinemoa Elder that he doesn't know much about himself. She says this ❤
- 73% of Māori and 88% of all NZers have had at least one vaccination. Helpful to remember when some are convinced it's dividing the country.
- Māori are enrolling in their droves with with 38,049 (8.1%) new enrollments since May. So exciting, get it whānau!
