Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP since 1853, grabbed the attention of social media through her maiden speech in the Parliament, where she spoke in her native tongue and assailed government policies against indigenous people in the country, including the Māori community from where she belongs.
In a report by the New Zealand Herald, the 21-year-old Maipi-Clarke dedicated her last month's maiden speech to all tamariki Māori, "who have been sitting in the back of their classroom their whole life, whakamā, waiting for generations longing to learn their native tongue, to the tamariki who haven’t been to their pepeha yet, it is waiting for you with open arms".
Dressed in a white suit with a red blouse and her dark hair down, the MP said, "In only a couple of weeks ... this Government has attacked my whole world ... Health, taiao [environment], wai [water], whenua [land], natural resources, Māori wards, reo [language], tamariki, and the right of me and you to be in this country under Te Tiriti."
What did Maipi-Clarke say?
She further said that standing for elections and becoming an MP had "definitely" not been her plan, but the government "kept tampering with things they shouldn't be touching, and that's why I left the māra (garden) to come here."
"To Hauraki-Waikato, I am at your service in and outside of Parliament. I will die for you in these chambers, but I will live for you outside these four walls...To our mokopuna, they can attack me, but I will not let them attack you. Our first words we spoke in this House was an oath to you," she said, addressing them in her native tongue.
I only took her as tough as nails and means with all her might what she says. She is there to clobber them. I will bet she has a huge following g of people who Re ready to do some good stuff.
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Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, New Zealand's youngest MP since 1853, grabbed the attention of social media through her maiden speech in the Parliament, where she spoke in her native tongue and assailed government policies against indigenous people in the country, including the Māori community from where she belongs.
In a report by the New Zealand Herald, the 21-year-old Maipi-Clarke dedicated her last month's maiden speech to all tamariki Māori, "who have been sitting in the back of their classroom their whole life, whakamā, waiting for generations longing to learn their native tongue, to the tamariki who haven’t been to their pepeha yet, it is waiting for you with open arms".
Dressed in a white suit with a red blouse and her dark hair down, the MP said, "In only a couple of weeks ... this Government has attacked my whole world ... Health, taiao [environment], wai [water], whenua [land], natural resources, Māori wards, reo [language], tamariki, and the right of me and you to be in this country under Te Tiriti." What did Maipi-Clarke say?
She further said that standing for elections and becoming an MP had "definitely" not been her plan, but the government "kept tampering with things they shouldn't be touching, and that's why I left the māra (garden) to come here."
"To Hauraki-Waikato, I am at your service in and outside of Parliament. I will die for you in these chambers, but I will live for you outside these four walls...To our mokopuna, they can attack me, but I will not let them attack you. Our first words we spoke in this House was an oath to you," she said, addressing them in her native tongue.
I only took her as tough as nails and means with all her might what she says. She is there to clobber them. I will bet she has a huge following g of people who Re ready to do some good stuff.