Dover Samuels – “Kua tū te kakī whero ki te whakatū ki te whakahaere ā rātou kaupapa”

Ka whakakorea e ngā kaki whero o te kāwanatanga hōu ngā tini kaupapa kei ora te tirohanga, te whakaaro Māori ki ngā mahi a te kāwanatanga mē ā rātou tari. […]


Ka whakakorea e ngā kaki whero o te kāwanatanga hōu ngā tini kaupapa kei ora te tirohanga, te whakaaro Māori ki ngā mahi a te kāwanatanga mē ā rātou tari.

Koia ngā matakite a te mema o mua o Reipa a Dover Samules, hei tāna ki tō mātou hōtaka o Manako, ko ngā tini kaupapa kua whakatinanahia e ngā kāwanatanga i ngā tau, ka whakakorea, ka whakararua rānei.

E ai ki a Samuels anō, “kua tū te kaki whero ki te whakatū ki te whakahaere ā rātou kaupapa mō te mana e pā ana ki Te Tiriti engari karekau e pā ana ki Te Tirti anake me ngā kaupapa i whakatūngia ai me ētahi atu i ngā tau ki muri arā kia hōmai ai ngā tikanga Māori, me ngā tirohanga Māori mō ā tātou taiao wai kei te anga atu te rōpū kaki whero ki te whakakore i ērā tikanga me ērā tirohanga o te ao Māori.”

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    Radio Waatea is Auckland’s only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Nga Whare Waatea marae in Mangere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.