”I’m in talks with Multicultural Aoraki. I want to bring rangatahi [young people] together and work through it.” She hopes to have the inaugural meeting in the next few months and engage people in conversation about race relations. Nora said her race unity speech came from a different angle to the other contestants. “I had a different take because I was an Irish immigrant when we moved here when I was seven. “I looked like a New Zealander and was accepted. I am seen to be more Kiwi than that of a third generation Pakistani-New Zealander who was born in, and grew up in Wellington, paid taxes for years and never left the country. ”
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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.
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“We all have the power to do something for our country, and for the city we live in . It’s our responsibility to take care of our homelands, and the Earth.” Li said her personal favourite was by 12-year-old Jiali Xie from China, who painted the world’s last drop of water as a woman’s teardrop.
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A painting by 12-year-old Jiali Xie from China, depicting the world’s last drop of water as a woman’s tear. “Lack of water resource and climate change are very serious issues, and it’s important to both raise young people’s awareness of them, but also to inspire them to make a difference.”