Every Monday, here on Nights, to set the tone for the week, we like to have a guest on to share a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them.
And tonight we're hearing from none other than Dame Naida Glavish.
It's been 40 years since Dame Naida won the right to greet people with 'kia ora' while working as a toll operator for the New Zealand Post Office.
And while her stand and the debate it ignited would help galvanise the revitalisation of te reo Māori, Dame Naida's contribution to te reo Māori and Aotearoa as a whole goes much deeper than the stand she took in 1984.
Dame Rangimārie Naida Glavish. Photo: NZME / Te Rawhitiroa Bosch
