21-Year-Old Maori Woman Who Became New Zealand's Youngest MP Performed The Haka In Her First Speech
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- In a groundbreaking moment in New Zealand’s political history, 21-year-old Māori woman Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke became the country’s youngest member of parliament in 170 years, delivering a powerful maiden speech.
As part of her first speech to parliament on Dec. 20, Maipi-Clarke, who represents the Hauraki-Waikato Māori seat performed the haka, a traditional Indigenous war dance, and spoke about the rights of New Zealand’s Indigenous communities.
In her speech, Maipi-Clarke said that it had not been her plan to become an MP.
“I was perfectly fine growing my kumara [sweet potato] and learning maramataka [Māori calendar],” she said. “But this house kept tampering with things they shouldn’t be touching. And that’s why I left the māra [garden] to come here.”
“In only a couple of weeks, in only 14 days, this government has attacked my whole world from every corner,” she said. “Health, taiao [environment], wai [water], whenua [land], natural resources, Māori wards, reo [language], tamariki [children], and the right of me and you to be in this country under Te Tiriti [the Treaty of Waitangi],” she said, calling out the new right-wing government’s attempts to institute anti-Māori policies.
“How can I not take anything personally when it feels like these policies were made about me?” she said.
She dedicated her speech to the children of New Zealand, saying that no matter what comes out of the government, she will ensure that they hear them.
“Never fit in. You are perfect. You are the perfect fit,” she added.
“I am at your service in and outside of parliament,” she said. “I will die for you in these chambers. But I will live for you outside these four walls.”
Since taking power in November 2023, the right-wing government under prime minister Christopher Luxon has begun rolling back Indigenous rights.
The government said it is looking to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi, the country’s 180-year-old founding document.
Signed by British colonists and Māori chiefs, the treaty set out the rights of Māori people, how resources are to be allocated and political power is recognized.
It has announced plans to close the Māori Health Authority, Te Aka Whai Ora, set up by former prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s government and change the names of some departments from Māori to English.
It also reversed the country’s groundbreaking plan to ban smoking for future generations in order to pay for tax cuts.
The move has been widely criticized by health experts, who say it will be particularly damaging for Māori communities, which have higher smoking rates and associated health risks.
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No matter how many times I see the Haka, nor who performs it, I’m so amazed and brought to tears.
wow..such brave spirit you are...Godbless
This is beautiful
Pride!!
I understand a alot being half tahitian and we maori all cousins but it's all fmaily and love across rhe seas.
Nice very impressive lady
Well THAT escalated quickly…
KUPE would be pride of her...
❤
Good for her
That shit bad ass
I love u hana
Good on you
Is there a translation into English anywhere?
This is why you MUST keep Narcan* in Parliament.
Do that without a camera
Ha ha
She should speak her own native language
Yes! Screw communicating with other people. Lets all virtue signal by yelling in an extinct language that nobody understands.
@@donniewilhelm3368 Te Reo isn't extinct and you obviously didn't do your homework before you spoke 🤓
"Do not take anything personally or it will eat you up" 😊@@donniewilhelm3368
She comes from a Brittish colonized island country ya silly sausage. Do I need to say more
@@donniewilhelm3368 do better, *DONNIE.*
It's parliament. They shouldn't be doing this. Ireland has it's own parliament too that we fought hard for but we don't get out the fiddles and sing and dance in the Dáil. 😅😅 There's a time and place.
We no the irish fought hard 4 wt yous have thats why maori respct the irish warriors
This is why they lost their country to the Brits in the first place. Taking everything personally killing each other for millennia keeping themselves weak. And then the Brits came and took over the maori tribles with a shot gun, a small boat and few guys. 😅
Looks like someone skipped the history lessons
You stupid or what
Looks like you took her speech personally, and that's good for her touching a nerve. And bad for you and your limited knowledge 🤡
Mad woman 😂😂😂so scary 😂😂😂
You are totally jealous of this lady. Feel sorry for you and your likes.
@ebrahimtaliep5173 she's a bloody disgusting lady who made a fool of herself in a Parliament
Oh you sweet summer manchild, do you go out often?
call the exorcist she got possessed
คุณไม่รู้สึกรึ? นั่นคือเมารี นักผจญภัย นักเดินเรือ และเมารีแข็งแกร่ง และอารี ผมรู้สึกได้ ด้วย สัมผัสทางใจ
Thank God they got civilised or they would be living in stone age.
Were they given a chance before the civilization was forced upon them? I don't think anybody invited whitey over, I bet
It is their time now. Love this.
All over the world this should happened. Give the land back to the real indigenous people.
Educa te un poco.
@@ebrahimtaliep5173do that and watch the world turn into Liberia
pretentious performative virtue signalling
Este comentario huele al imperialismo
@@RobertoAlvarezGalloso That's rich, coming from a white european using the language of imperialists. Sanctimonious bullshitt*er. If that whiney kid is oppressed, she wouldn't even have made it to parliament or even been allowed that stunt nor had the education she got. It's 2024 and not 1824. Stop overplaying the victim card. It's getting boring.
@@RobertoAlvarezGalloso Imperialismo e pura ignorancia. Típico comentarios de gente blanca.
@@meowmix8247 no soy blanco ni europeo. Soy mixto. Apoyo aquella señorita Maori contra el imperialismo y privilegio blanco
@@RobertoAlvarezGalloso No hablaba de usted. sino del OP. xd