Kingi Snelgar (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaue, Te Whakatōhea and Ngāi Tahu) shares his favourite whakataukī, or traditional Māori aphorism, with Emile Donovan.
"Hokia ki o maunga kia purea e koe i ngā hau o Tāwhirimātea"
"Return to your ancestral mountains so that you can be cleansed by the winds of Tāwhirimātea."
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Kingi Snelgar is a lawyer and Fulbright scholar. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver