Dave Letele

succeeds massive, a massive turn for Māori towards Te Pāti Māori.

You know, a massive surge and, you know, you look at the Māori economy in New Zealand is growing.

You know, there's a real voice out there.

Our young people feel proud to be Māori.

You know, all our young people, got young followers out there getting their mata ora.

All our young women are getting their mokokaua, you know.

There's a real vibe about being Māori, bro.

Everyone's proud to be Māori.

You know what I mean?

And when every other person, you know, when so many people in this country don't want you to succeed, you know, you need the people who are represented in government to be strong, bro.

You know, to have mana and to have presence and to stand together, bro.

You need that force to stand together.

Like, bro, just to be there, bro, standing there, you know.

Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, you know.

Everything's going to... Bro, shit's going to get thrown at you all the time.

But you have to be strong, like have a massive blanket of bloody...

whakapapa and, you know, ihi and wehi and our tūpuna, you know, because no one stands alone.

No one stands alone, bro, in that space.

None of them stand alone.

They represent all of our people.