Press Release – New Zealand Police
Be the change, don’t sit back and wait for the Government to fix race relations in Aotearoa, was the message from Lucia-Tui Bernards, a Year 12 student from Tawa College who today won this year’s Race Unity Speech Awards.
In an inspiring and heartfelt speech, Lucia-Tui called for all secondary schools to have a race relations strategy, as well as a race relations youth council to ensure the voices of ethnic minorities are heard.
Race relations youth ambassadors would suggest policies to decision-makers and government agencies from a youth perspective.
Chief judge NZ Police Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha says Lucia-Tui’s speech was fantastic.
Be the change, don't sit back and wait for the Government to fix race relations in Aotearoa, was the message from Lucia-Tui Bernards, a Year 12 student.
Chief judge NZ Police Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha, said Lucia’s speech was fantastic. Haumaha had been involved with the Race Unity Speech Awards since 2008. “I am totally inspired by what I’ve heard over the years. “If people understand diversity, then they understand what unity means,” he said. “There is now more understanding of the hopes and the aspirations of young people.” Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities and Minister for Youth Priyanca Radhakrishnan said all six finalists spoke with eloquence and confidence about their experiences, “about where we are today, and where we need to get to”.
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