My piece is a little bit about their courage, their hardship and their strength. I did a little bit of research at Puke Ariki last year.

Our nation has paused to reflect on their special brand of courage in the face of almost unimaginable hardship and abuse,

Don't know how I kept going. You just do. You have to, so you do.

When your down people always expect you to look down. if not they think everything is Ok when it's far from.How can you expect things to look up when your to busy looking down.

When hard becomes harder, a man becomes stronger

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength