This week, US travel writer, Ashely Brown is in Wellington and concludes that Kiwis are a pretty lucky bunch. Another delightful difference between Aotearoa.
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We d started outside the Te Wharewaka o Poneke (waka house) a vast building in the shape of a traditional cloak. Our vision is to return a strong Maori presence to the waterfront, says Taupuruariki Brightwell, one of our guides for the two-hour waka tour.
Maori culture is experiencing a revival, but nowhere is it more obvious than in the nation s capital. The new Te Tauihu te reo Maori policy - named after the ornately carved figurehead of a waka - aims to make Wellington a Maori language city by 2040, the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi.