There wasn’t a large Māori population where I grew up, so I neither knew many, nor knew them well. What I did know, however, was that a kuia (older Māori woman) wasn’t to be messed with. How I knew that without knowing many Māori people, I don’t quite know. Somehow, though, that knowledge got absorbed, and I never disbelieved it.
Incomprehensible that in NZ so many avoid utilising their brains for critical thought… disgusting behaviour from the supermarket manager .. one might say histrionic at best.
Incomprehensible that in NZ so many avoid utilising their brains for critical thought… disgusting behaviour from the supermarket manager .. one might say histrionic at best.
That's exactly how I remember the Kuia from my childhood too Katrina, we knew not to argue and to be polite, without being taught ❤️❤️