Mihi Whakatau by Tarumai Kerehoma-Hoani (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei) and Piripi Davis (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Auckland, 27.1.2022.
Venue: Auckland War Memorial Museum
MC: Deb Hart, Chair, Holocaust Centre of New Zealand
Mihi whakatau is the Māori term used to describe a formal speech of welcome.
On 27 January, across Aotearoa New Zealand, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand (HCNZ) held commemorations for the United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day (UNIHRD) in Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton, Nelson, and Christchurch. This day was delegated by the United Nations in 2005, as the international day for remembering the victims of the Holocaust. It coincides with the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by the Soviet Army in 1945.
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The theme for this year’s commemorative events was “Resistance”.
​HCNZ and all who took part in the commemorations recommitted themselves to fighting Holocaust distortion and denial, racism, discrimination, and apathy.
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