Ep3: Collective Decision Making and the Future of Whānau

Ko Māhuhu ki te rangi tōku waka Ko Maungakiekie tōku maunga Ko Waitematā tōku moana Ko Ōrākei tōku marae Ko Te Puru o Tāmaki tōku hapū Ko Ngāti Whātua tōku Iwi Tihei Mauri Ora! Māhuhu ki te rangi is my canoe Maungakiekie is my mountain Waitematā is my ocean Ōrākei is my ancestral ground Te Puru o Tāmaki is my subtribe Ngāti Whātua is my tribe Tis there be life!

Marama Royal (MInstD) was born in Ōrākei and raised by her grandmother and says Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is where her heart is. She loves her whenua (land), her moana (sea), and every day is reminded of the footprints of her tūpuna (ancestors) when gazing across Te Kahu Tōpuni o Tuperiri (Tribal territories of Ngāti Whātua ki Tāmaki) from her Papakāinga (village) in Ōrākei.

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