April 18, 2023
He rautaki hou mā ngā taiohi
Kua whakatūhia e te kāwanatanga ētahi kaupapa, Whakawātea te Ara Poutama, e whanake ai, e tautoko ai a ngāi rangatahi ki te whai mahi, ki te puta atu hoki i ngā ropu e ārahi nei i a rātou ki te hara.
Hei tā te Minita Whakawhanake Māori, hei tā Willie Jackson, he kaupapa nui whakaharahara tēnei ki a ia, ā, hei tāna, me haukoti i te ngarara hara nei e ngau haere ana i ngā rangatahi Māori o te motu.
“Ko tētahi o ngā mea nui mea ko ēnei tamariki e ahu mai ana i ngā āhuatanga uaua … karekau he tauira, ko ō rātou mātua te hunga e whai hua ana. Koinā te take mō te nuinga o rātou. Kāore au e whakapono ana he kino [te tamaiti] i te whānautanga o ā tātou tamariki. Heoi ki te nuinga he hunga kino kei ā ratou. Ki ahau nei e tika ana me hoatu he wāhi ki a rātou. Ahakoa he nui te whakahē, e tika ana ki te tautoko i ngā taiohi.”