Our people told us they have had enough of subjugating ourselves to fit within Pākehā systems and Pākehā institutions like Oranga Tamariki that prejudicially affect our whānau and are allowed to. We are sick and tired of being treated as second class and standing up for our rights when it's considered acceptable by others. We want the balance to shift. It is our role as Te Paati Māori to prove to our people that we don't have to work and live to Pākehā expectations, but we can indeed be our true selves, as our Treaty intended: unashamedly, unapologetically us. We're back and we're here to stay. 