Dame Naida Glavish | Tamariki and Māori Advocate

40 years ago Dame Naida Glavish lost her job because she refused to stop saying “Kia ora” as a toll operator. Now a worker at Te Whatu Ora has claimed that her manager has stopped her from using Kia Ora and Ngā mihi in correspondence with patients.   Author Waatea Team Radio Waatea is Auckland’s…


40 years ago Dame Naida Glavish lost her job because she refused to stop saying “Kia ora” as a toll operator. Now a worker at Te Whatu Ora has claimed that her manager has stopped her from using Kia Ora and Ngā mihi in correspondence with patients.

 

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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 Ngā Whare Waatea marae in Māngere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.