MLC - 2014 September - Speech to the Federation of Māori Authorities national conference [pdf, 444 KB]
...shocked to see two men wearing long purple robes get out of the other car. I think it was Dad who suggested that I might like to give law a go. By that stage it was evident I would not follow him into “the family business”. My first year at Auckland University coincided with the Springbok tour. In my second year I was into law school and my classmates included Annette Sykes, John Tamihere, Mark Milroy, Paul Majurey and Frances Eivers. Ahead of us were Denise Clark, Prue Kapua, Louis...