Keisha Castle-Hughes: Being Māori should be enough!

Whakapapa connects us to this whenua, yet the current passport process doesn’t recognise it!

Whale Rider star Keisha Castle-Hughes joins us to share the story of her four-year battle to secure New Zealand citizenship for her daughter.

Right now, the system forces you to quantify how Māori you are... but that’s not how Māori measure identity.

Keisha acknowledges she has access to people and resources to fight this battle but what about those who don’t?

This kōrero goes far beyond passports. It’s about whakapapa, identity, and tino rangatiratanga!

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