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Eke Panuku: if you’re irate at name, you’ve missed point

OPINION: If you use the term ‘Māorification’ then you do not understand the place of tangata whenua in this country and the history of Te Tiriti.

NBR columnist Holly Bennett speaks with Will Mace.

Holly Bennett Thu, 27 Oct 2022

Embracing te reo Māori is great, until those who like to entertain words like “Māorification” try to conflate the adoption of ingoa Māori (Māori names) as the reason for poor public service delivery, as I have seen happen recently with some of the criticism directed at Council Controlled

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Holly Bennett Thu, 27 Oct 2022
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