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Te Awa Tupua - Voices from the River
Film (Trailer) – 2014
Te Awa Tupua. It is not just a river. It has a physical and spiritual life force.– Narration
There was a law passed in 1894 called the Validation of Invalid Land Sales Act, which said that no matter how Pākehā got Māori land up until that time, whether it was legal or illegal under Pākehā law, henceforth it became legal.– Lawyer Moana Jackson
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