How an Indian-Māori whānau balance between their cultures | Conversations With My Immigrant Parents

“Indian person running the marae - some people they make a laugh of it.”
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Arriving from Fiji, newly-wed Halima Stewart headed straight to Tapu Te Ranga Marae where she raised three kids with husband Bruce. Halima and her two youngest, Hirini and Kirihia, talk about balancing between their Māori and Indian heritage, and reflect on their marae that burned down in 2019.
Conversations With My Immigrant Parents is a podcast/video series where immigrant whānau have conversations they normally wouldn’t, crossing barriers of language, generation, and expectation.
Co-hosts and producers Saraid de Silva and Julie Zhu travelled Aotearoa meeting families from different countries, sitting in as they spoke to each other about love, disappointment, what home means to them - and where home really is.
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[@benicetome5341]

This is what being Maori is, we embrace our brothers and sisters around the world!no matter your culture or where you are from you are apart of us. This is how all people and cultures need to be, just think if all people around the world could be like this, the world would be a much better place.

[@kiaclarke3154]

Being MAORI is that MAORI is the only human race history born pure paint WHITE at birth. THAT'S how we no our own PEOPLE. WHY is being fake so important.

[@kiaclarke3154]

Try embracing your own. MAORI are not born brown at BIRTH. MAORI are the PURE PAINT WHITE BABIES at birth. I NO THERE'S NO OTHER RACE IN THE WORLD WITH THIS GENETICS. MAORI are NOT born Albino either.

[@TheGuyNobodyReallyLikes]

I don't respect Maori. I don't want them in my country.

[@zealantis]

@@kiaclarke3154he aha?

[@jerrammurray9515]

Kia ora whanau yes I remember this lovely place Ataahua

[@shadowboxing7029]

You can feel the wairua when she speaks of the marae and her whanau. Beautiful wahine. I had the pleasure of having my mother’s tangi there in 2017. They didn’t have room at the time but they made space for us anyway, connected with us and just made the whole thing so much easier to handle. It crushes me to think that it’s not there anymore. I hope too that it’ll return one day, it’s a magical place with an incredible whanau.

[@jaqenhghar2970]

it's easier with pakeha because they have no culture or strong family ties. I feel for the Indian lady because she's really close to her culture and family.

[@fu8713]

True

[@lander783]

Dont be a hypocrite welcome and respect her with an open heart it cant be that easy.

[@maraeacookson1573]

What a beautiful pūrākau 💞 Thank you Halima for sharing your ngakau, mauri, me mana. May many blessings be upon you, your tamariki and mokopuna of your heart's desires and what rightfully belongs to you because the heavens have deemed it so. Arohanui from Tairawhiti

[@treboratat]

awsome whaea you are the Kuia of the Marae and inspirational

[@YinYangAK47]

What a wahine toa. Can feel the mana she carries.

[@kiaclarke3154]

Hawaiians are not MAORI. THAT'S THEIR story not a MAORI story.

[@kiaclarke3154]

YOU really would not like to no what MANA means. So don't start. THAT'S your problem.

[@ezycashcenterallimited885]

Bula Vinaka sister,lots of love from all Fijians living in Zealand. God bless.

[@hatakekakashi670]

Kia ora, what an amazing whaea and whanau

[@MaoriNative_NZ]

Love to all my Māori peoples nomatter what culture or country you come from❤❤ I have Australian/Māori cousins, Chinese/Māori cousins and also indian/Māori cousins and they all speak 3 languages. Except my australian cuzzies lol but we respect eachothers religions. Its so awesome having indian,chinese and australian cousins, uncles aunties and family from different cultures. So awesome❤ kiaora whanau

[@paulalesese906]

Man that was a massive house, so nice

[@Rina-wv4ek]

Lovely story, thank you for sharing Mrs Stewart.

[@gordonpkm7560]

Blessings to you an your whanau ... lovely lady ...

[@foodtasty7622]

❤❤❤

[@chandarsingh2177]

My exp with Maori people in NZ was awesome.

[@shirlboyce4353]

That's so cool 😎🥰 boss lady....

[@verdellellis4043]

Respect to this wahine Toa😊❤❤

[@dixonbeejay]

Tino ataahua 🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@Frank-rx8ch]

Kia ora, tena koe Halima. In Fijian bula,mothe..👍

[@matthewmann8969]

As often between two races must find common grounds, pounds, sounds, and bounds yeah.

[@marietewhare4783]

Ataahua wahine toa . Kiakaha 🖤🤍🌿🐑

[@humanehumanity]

How come last name is not Maori but is english lastname ??

[@OryanMcLean]

Most maori hang English Last names. They can also translate it to maori if they wish

[@reflectingtrees]

Ataahua whanau

[@chandarsingh2177]

Kio ora namaste

[@rebeccaspeer2996]

Wahine toa

[@jamesanthony8234]

islam came from saudi arabia not India.

[@alandemorias]

Uninvited though..! 😂 It was forced into that country like many other back then

[@Minceontoast2]

You do Know that Islam Is all Across Asia you idiot The country next to India Pakistan is a Muslim Country

[@Minceontoast2]

@@merlenechambers575 There are many Muslims In India you silly women Muslims aren’t just In one place

[@jamesanthony8234]

@@alandemorias yes india went through multiple waves of invasions by different groups of people, unlike many other places who went through just British colonialism.. India has a list. The place is not even called India, India is a British word.. Bharath is the real name for that place.

[@jamesanthony8234]

@@Minceontoast2 and here we have an angry lost identity crisis filled muslim indian. Feel sorry for you mate hope one day you remember who you are.

[@raybreeze2841]

Probably a good idea the Indian have a bit more get up and go may incourage Maori to work

[@tribalwar9971]

Beautiful

[@fu8713]

Aw kia Ora Aunty Arohanui 🥰

[@kiaclarke3154]

Get a DNA test. Just being on marae doesn't make you MAORI. Speaking MAORI doesn't make you MAORI. Find your truth STOP living in someone else's skin. You really don't no Maori. Believe me.

[@kathyngaheke8457]

Kia Clarke. One your surname suggests your not a full blooded Maori just like my self I'm of mixed race but born and bred Maori, so done throw stones at a whanau that's just like us.

[@mosheshamuel1014]

Shut up, you half caste

[@DM.123]

What an ignorant comment. She never said that she was Māori, only that she had a deep and strong connection through living on the marae with her husband and whānau. Maybe you should actually watch a video before commenting on it.

[@kiaclarke3154]

@@DM.123 I am full blood MAORI. Why else would l comment. It's just that people that do get their OWN DNA tested have just found out the realisation that they are NOT a MAORI and have NEVER been a MAORI from what their OWN ancestors have told them. Is this fair NO. My HEART go out to THESE people that are SHOCKED of what they knew was the TRUTH anyway. They ALL have no MAORI BLOOD TIES.

[@DM.123]

@@kiaclarke3154 Dude, are you good? I didn't make the comment about your 'DNA', that was another commenter. It's also besides the point. Halima never said she was Māori. She actually very clearly stated that she is Fijian-Indian. So why are you commenting like she claimed she is Māori?