Nō Amerika ahau. (I am American)

Sunrise from Mount Timpanogos. Photo: Sam Lowry
Sunrise from Mount Timpanogos.  Photo:  Sam Lowry

Sunrise from Mount Timpanogos (Photo: Sam Lowry)

E noho nei māua ki Te Papaiōea i raro i te korowai aroha o Rangitāne. Tini whetu ki te rangi, ko Rangitāne ki te whenua. (I recognise the ancestral and spiritual landmarks of the Rangitāne iwi of Palmerston North where I live)

Sunrise from Mount Timpanogos (Photo: Sam Lowry)