December 06, 2023
He tohu ki te pakipūmeka ‘No Māori Allowed’
“Ko tō tāua oranga o te tangata he mea taurahere i ā tāua, kia tū tāngata tahi ai tāua.”‘
Ko ēnei kupu nā Pīhopa Desmond Tutu ko te inoi mutunga a Phyllis Bhana i tāna kauwhau ki te minenga i ngā Tohu Pouaka Whakaata o Aotearoa ināpo, whai muri i te wikitoria a te pakipūmeka No Māori Allowed i te tohu Pakipūmeka o te Tau.
He mea whakaputa nā Reikura Kahi, ā, ko Bhana tētehi reo whakakōrero i te pakipūmeka mō ōna whēako kaikiri nōna e tamariki ana i te tāone o Pukekohe. Inapō i tū tahi rāua ki te whakawhiwhi i te tohu.
Hei tā Bhana i āna mihi ki ngā kaimātakitaki, ko tana hiahia, kia mahi ngātahi kia whai i te āio, i te aumārie mō tātou, mō ngā reanga kei te heke mai anō hoki.