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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.70,0:00:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,History and those oral \Nhistories that are passed now
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.80,0:00:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can strengthen the identity of the child
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can get children \Nto focus on their culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.02,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.48,0:00:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless of where the child is from,\Nwhether Māori or Pākehā,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.16,0:00:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is important firstly that they know \Nthe stories of this region,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.19,0:00:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they are from another iwi.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.09,0:00:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because perhaps \Nthose stories are like a doorway
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.59,0:01:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to return to their own people \Nand pursue their stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.29,0:01:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a good thing \Nbecause more often the history we learn
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.38,0:01:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is told by someone else \Nand comes from overseas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.96,0:01:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and out of books \Nthat have been printed by Pākehā.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.46,0:01:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, however, \Nthe stories of the Māori people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.29,0:01:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the stories belonging to iwi come from \Nwhat we’ve been told by our ancestors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.66,0:01:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, you and I sit here \Nin this same house, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.88,0:01:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the way I see the \Ncentre post of this house
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.32,0:01:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is different to the way \Nsomeone else may see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.12,0:01:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although we are looking \Nat the very same centre post,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.68,0:01:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many different \Nperspectives to consider.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.52,0:02:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, that’s a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.62,0:02:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many perspectives \Nheld by Māori and by iwi.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.72,0:02:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must also have an awareness \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.18,0:02:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ways other people think,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.37,0:02:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Pākehā people and the tools they \Nbrought, but also colonisation \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.75,0:02:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the 3 C’s of colonisation -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.51,0:02:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commerce, Christianity and civilisation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.23,0:02:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These tools of colonisation still \Noperate today but not in full view,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.77,0:02:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These tools of colonisation still \Noperate today but not in full view,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.16,0:02:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These tools of colonisation still \Noperate today but not in full view,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.10,0:03:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so the iwi should be aware \Nand careful with these types of ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.89,0:03:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are still present in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.95,0:03:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to search. \NMany people have different stories
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.69,0:03:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like those associated with the \Ngreat body of water, Rotorua.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.90,0:03:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite Mokoia being in the very middle \Nof the lake we of Ngāti Whakaaue \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.38,0:03:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite Mokoia being in the very middle \Nof the lake, we of Ngāti Whakaaue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.54,0:03:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have our stories as do the other \Nhapū that I am connected with.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.96,0:03:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ngāti Uenukukōpako, Rangiteaorere \Nand also Rangiwewehi.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.04,0:03:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each have their own stories, \Nand that’s a great thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.50,0:03:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is important, however, to hold fast to what \Nyou have been taught by the older generation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.06,0:03:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others also have their versions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.82,0:03:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we should accept this \Nand not negate them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.26,0:04:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To my knowledge,\Nthe iwi has not yet deliberated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.85,0:04:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of what sort of knowledge should be \Nshared and what should remain solely with iwi.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.66,0:04:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, it is agreed that it \Nshould be shared with whomever \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.13,0:04:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, it is agreed that it \Nshould be shared with whomever
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.96,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with the general public also.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.28,0:04:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, some of it is good to share.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.52,0:04:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these stories will not be simplified, \Nbut it is of greatest importance to me that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.89,0:04:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people sharing \Nunderstand what they are sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.86,0:04:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also many people \Nwho know these stories well
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.37,0:05:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but have not yet grounded \Nthemselves in their knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.79,0:05:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our older people, they hold all \Nthe stories from when they grew up here -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.13,0:05:21.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those ones who live here at home, \Non the pā at Ōhinemutu.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.82,0:05:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They remember when the \Nsoldiers returned from World War 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.20,0:05:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They heard the stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.06,0:05:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they are of great benefit, \Nthey were experts in the world around them. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.14,0:05:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s an amazing thing, and when they pass, \Nthose stories will go with them.