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“Huia e, huia tangata kotahi;
Toroa e, toroa whakapai tangata
Huia (bird), your destiny is to bring everyone together;
While yours, Albatross, is but to adorn.”
This extract is from the Newspaper Huia Tangata Kotahi (Unite the People) and was a response from the Kotahitanga Maori Parliament '... to be our face, voice, and messenger'.
from 8 February 1893-95 Ihaia Hutana o Ngāti Kahungunu editor.
Artist: Paora Toi Te Rangiauia
Materials: Obsidian - volcanic glass, mother of pearl
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