Racism in Aotearoa New Zealand, everyone can make a difference | Meng Foon | TEDxTauranga

[@gracepreston9995]

Kia Ora i admire this man, i have seen him on the news a few times but i have never known who he was till later, love how he can speak Te Reo thank you❤️❤️

[@tumanako7312]

Kia ora Grace Preston

[@lg6707]

Lol

[@andrewlim9345]

Thanks for the talk Meng Foon. You’re an inspiring role model for New Zealanders from ethnic minority backgrounds. You also inspire those who are bilingual and multilingual.

[@macunion1225]

hes inspiring to fraudsters

[@edwardwhakatihi1226]

This man is a great man he is a treasure to this country and the world

[@jasperhorace7147]

Ha ha ha! Just another grifter with his snout in the tax payer trough. Up until today!

[@SearchKnowTruth]

To all the early comers & all the viewers who shall be watching this in the months & years to come, I wish you all & him everlasting never-ending prosperity, success, wealth, health & happiness. God Bless you all in all the possible ways always Amen amen.

[@danieljoesphlivelife6884]

Thank you for your bravery and immersing yourself in our culture I had so many Asian friends in school and Asians are like family to me I wish you all the best my friend

[@macunion1225]

your hero is a thief and a liar

[@maorifilm]

As a Maori, its scary that this was videoed not to long ago.. An him speaking about racism is crazy in 2024.. Our korero is still real.. Churr to our international whanau/who have made them selfs our people of Aotearoa who live hear n speak up.. My people are everyone who korero Maori culture..

[@ourpeople-g7r]

Churr to our maori wahine News from the Rotorua Daily Post: "Child, 2, dies after Rotorua driveway accident, family member steals from doctor trying to save child's life." As hospital staff tried to save the life of a 2-year-old boy run over in a Rotorua driveway, a family member swiped a doctor's two phones and a bank card and went on a spending spree. The child died a short time later but Melissa Herewini (A MAORI) had already taken the bank card to four stores in Rotorua and bought alcohol, food, petrol, phone credit and cigarettes.

[@Jimmy071176]

I lived in NZ for 10 years, although I met so many good people, I gotta say that according to my life experience there white kiwis can be very racists esp against Asian people. Something even shocks me is the most of the Asian kiwis (aka bananas) I met can be so rude to the Asian people coming from China or any Asian countries.

[@andrewcarter9785]

Gisborne represent!

[@Froggability]

If Maori casually converse in teReo then we can HEAR it and I think “hey I’m missing out, go buy a Maori dictionary sit down learn it, no harder than any other language And correction Mr Foon “Aotearoa “ was coined well after “NZ”

[@robbiecrawford4345]

Wow wow wow, great story!

[@cloudpat1]

Awesome fella this guy first Chinese guy I seen korero maori at one of my Marae

[@berniefynn6623]

Air bnb made offensive comment about Maori, since when is offending come under race relations, ??Unless he violates some rule of bnb , he has every right to say what he did.

[@boomerplays6987]

Do you support racism?

[@mjanny6330]

@boomerplays6987 Meng "money bags" Foon certainly does, but only towards "pakehas"

[@DerekReeve-q4v]

Just a thought. Much of the true racism comes from those who speak against racism.@@mjanny6330

[@98Sabin]

Air Bnb is an American company, not a small irrelevant white kiwi boomer owned company, they actually have standards to uphold

[@mustardtiger5080]

yes , he needs to change.......

[@robintamihere4550]

Tena Koe Meng Foon I believe he was the first Mayor to speak Te Reo Māori in NZ, Gisborne is predominantly Māori, and was Mayor of Gisborne for 18 years, 2001 to 2019. Since August 2019, he has been New Zealand's race relations commissioner.

[@mjanny6330]

Predominantly maori, so the pakeha living there are a minority? Interesting.