Experiences that are so normal for Māori they can't be so easily captured in reports and parliamentary inquiries—experiences of having their taonga ripped from their necks, to cover tā moko, to cut their hair, which is tapu to tangata whenua and tangata moana. I know of too many tamariki who have had to take days off because their school does not provide kai or because their classroom is damp and cold and their winter jacket does not match their uniform, or because the teacher pronounces their names wrong when reading out the roll, or because they come from poorer whānau who live in poorer communities—housing issues, social issues, health issues etc. I recently learnt of a teacher in a high decile primary school who would leave the names of the kids whose parents had not paid their school fees on the whiteboard to shame them in front of the kids whose parents had. All the names on the board were Māori. I could go on for days, but I only have five minutes.