Tū Māia 2023 - Te Whanganui-ā-Tara (Noho 2)

Falefatu Nimarota: The Treaty of Waitangi's always been, even when I was doing my social work degree, it was always a touchy subject, particularly with the various cultures in the rooms. 

Steve Murray:  That's the purpose of this, is to try and challenge us in government, to think differently, to do differently, to be better. 

Louise Heke: It ensures that we all have a basic level of understanding when it comes to the histories of our people, meaning our people in New Zealand, the impacts of the Treaty and so forth and so on.

Perrin Thomas: And it's making me extremely interested in my own whakapapa - where I've come from, all about my whānau and it's making me ask the questions and going in and finding things out.  

Steve Murray: The Tarawera eruptions kind of throw that off a little bit. They seem to be like from the major kind of shifts and potentially the destruction of culture because that was where the pink and white terraces ... 

Raiha Cook, Te Wānanga o Raukawa: 

I thought that this is always a perfect song because people will always kai at any kaupapa! 

[Waiata]