“Our ancestors always had their backs to the future and their eyes firmly on the past. That is what makes us different from the Pakeha (White New Zealander).”

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“Our ancestors always had their backs to the future and their eyes firmly on the past. That is what makes us different from the Pakeha (White New Zealander).”

Joe Williams (joh will-yumz), Supreme Court justice

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We are massaging the ricked back of the land with our sore but ever-loving feet: hell, she loves it! Squirming, the land wiggles in delight. We love her.

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We are massaging the ricked back of the land with our sore but ever-loving feet: hell, she loves it! Squirming, the land wiggles in delight. We love her.

Hone Tuwhare (hoh-nee too-fur-ree), poet

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“Indigenous (is) the sense that I know where I come from and who I am descended from and where my landmarks and places of belonging are and that … is openly shared for the benefit of the collective.”

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“Indigenous (is) the sense that I know where I come from and who I am descended from and where my landmarks and places of belonging are and that … is openly shared for the benefit of the collective.”

Ruth Herd (rooth herd), community health advocate

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“The Hongi (pressing noses) is something we do when we greet someone…The sharing of the breath connects our Mauri (life force). We are no longer separate. We are one!”

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“The Hongi (pressing noses) is something we do when we greet someone…The sharing of the breath connects our Mauri (life force). We are no longer separate. We are one!”

Carmen TePuke (kahr-men tay-poo-kay), culture holder

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