- It’s achieving academically, in sports,
and in a range of different areas - but still holding on to your culture and
who you are as Māori, and what it means to be Māori.
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- Culture’s important going through
education. Culture just brings it all back home.
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- We have a culture to be proud of. Kapa
haka is amazing. It makes your blood boil. It makes your eyes open. It’s just amazing.
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- What
makes me proud to be Māori is that I can connect myself to the land and to the
environment around me. That spiritual connection helps me push forward in my education
and embrace it.
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- The learning of kapa haka, of environment,
of nature; connect it to Māori and release it to the generations. That’s the
bigger picture that I see for the future in my life and that’s what makes me
proud.
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- There’s a huge drive on excellence, but
there’s also a huge drive on keeping your culture alive – making it known to
you and to everybody else, that you are Māori and you’re proud to be Māori.
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- I’m a white boy. People don’t expect me to
be Māori, but I consider myself Māori. It’s not the colour of my skin, it’s my
ancestors. So that’s who I follow and who I want to make happy.
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