Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 4, 2019 11:16:14 GMT 12
TUIA 250: FLOTILLA HEADS TO BAY OF ISLANDS AFTER WHANGĀREI VISIT CONCLUDES
"It's interesting that we acknowledge Captain James Cook and his discovery of New Zealand. But it's also interesting that the Portuguese people are now claiming they even got here before Abel Tasman.
"However, to the iwi Pākehā we leave you to debate, that debate. Because there is one thing that we are very clear, tatou te iwi Māori, that it was our tūpuna Kupe who first saw this land.
"But today, we come together to share our heritage and to share our cultures," he said.
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12281818
"It's interesting that we acknowledge Captain James Cook and his discovery of New Zealand. But it's also interesting that the Portuguese people are now claiming they even got here before Abel Tasman.
"However, to the iwi Pākehā we leave you to debate, that debate. Because there is one thing that we are very clear, tatou te iwi Māori, that it was our tūpuna Kupe who first saw this land.
"But today, we come together to share our heritage and to share our cultures," he said.
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12281818