Why Be Māori When You Can Pass for An Italian

Television (Full Length) – 2013

If a minority group only sees negative images of itself around them, then that impacts on their health. Health in the wider sense, which is how Māori see health anyway.

– Dr Sue Abel on the impact of representation in the media

Māori is, you know, your whakapapa. Whether if you’re 1 percent Māori or you’re 100 percent, you know, it doesn’t actually make a difference. It’s the way you carry yourself.

– Patariki Rei on his Māori identity

So why be a Māori? Because no matter what you see on the six o’clock news, read in the paper or hear on talkback radio, being Māori is choice as! It’s cheeky, dynamic, emotional, loving, spiritual and unique.

– Presenter Toi Iti on embracing Māori identity

In kura kaupapa Māori we are trying to reclaim those old tikanga in order that we may evolve into this new world as Māori. Be Māori, one beating heart, all with the same vision. Do it together, in very difficult circumstances.

– Cathy Dewes talking about the principles of Kura Kaupapa Māori