You are just the type of person we want here bro. You'd be most welcome if you decided to come back. Arohanui

@himalayan8315

Ай бұрын

Ae, whakaae. Too much to the brother!

@fanaticforager6610

17 күн бұрын

Aroha Nui 🗾🐋🌊

Your story telling & your cinematography is absolutely spectacular. It brought tears to my eyes seeing all our beautiful taonga ❤ Ngā mihi nui ki a koe e hoa

Wow! I love the depth of your learnings and your generosity to share it all with us. You are an exceptional human being. The world needs more people like you 🫶

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

This comment made my day. Thank you for your words 💚

As someone who initially moved to Aotearoa to just study, I eventually found myself sharing these sentiments. The Māori culture and language evoked emotions in me. It was akin to feeling like I was home even though I came from thousands of miles away. I have gained a newfound appreciation for nature - I have become more aware of its significance and how it ties in with my life. Loved this video and hope more people see this!

Ngaa mihi nui kia koe. Seeing our relatives such as. Harakeke and mamaku just made my heart smile. Whakangarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua - As man disappears from sight, the land remains

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

Such a beautiful and resonate phrase. Thank you so much for sharing

Beautiful 💚

What a beautiful film. Love the message and cinematography. Keep inspiring 🍃

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I will thanks to comments like these :))

Thank you I thank God for his hand of being 🙏 for Life .... the before and the after, and this point in time.

This is an awesome video brother. There will always be a place for you here in Aotearoa among kindred spirits. This land does not belong to us, we belong to the land...keep on keeping on brother!!

@SamuelSpad

29 күн бұрын

“The land doesn’t belong to us, we belong to the land.” So good. Thanks a lot!

@user-wt4ie6iu6p

28 күн бұрын

@@SamuelSpad A pleasure bro, you're welcome...

Awwww I absolutely loved this short clip .. thank you so much … wouldn’t the world be a nicer place if they had yr outlook on each other and our planet

Wow so amazing 👏 So blessed that you are apart of te ao māori ❤ Mauri ora my brother 🙌🏽

Come back soon, we made a space for you. Aroha

Beautiful! As a white person from the us, I relate deeply to your position. I’ve just graduated college with a degree in ethnobotany and indigenous studies. I loved seeing all the plant names. I’m learning a native language of my area, and that’s always my favorite part. It’s feels difficult, confusing, and lonely sometimes in our identity while trying to navigate! But I have faith we can heal these deep wounds 🙏 let’s keep going together :)

@SamuelSpad

23 күн бұрын

You may have heard of her, but I recommend checking out Robin Wall Kimmerer. Her literature on combing indigenous wisdom with her background in botany is so moving. Thank you for your comment. Let's keep learning together :)

Welcome to All First nation's thinking,you are a guest on mother earth, A guardian,a helper,so she can perform her tasks,of providing for us today,and humanities future,

Kia Ora 🙏 how profound and inspiring! Arohanui

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

Kia ora! I'm so humbled to have had this experience. Arohanui

@Toninz

Ай бұрын

You are always welcome to my home Ahipara 90 mile beach Aeotearoa 🙏🙏🙏

Kia manaakitia o koutou haerenga, Arohanui 🇳🇿

Beautiful video- the message is deep, insightful and life inspiring.

This is beautiful, you have certainly grasped the key concepts that maori have to share with the world . Loving your work and may you continue to share these concepts in your journey throughout the world🙏🏽❤️🔥👌

Beautiful I feel your energy and your heart you are one with all that is........Thank you...I hope I meet you on the journey of life..go well...

I love this 💯❤

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Very cool!! Nice video!!

Tino ataahua kia koe brother beautiful Video and thankyou come back any time ours is yours.

He mihinui ki a koe 🙌🏽

Most New Zealanders have a great love and appreciation for their environment, irrespective of how many generations your family have lived here

@uggali

20 күн бұрын

Wish that were the case historically

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Tino ataahua kia koe Ngamihi nui kia koe fabulous Korero 👌

The Maori say stop and listen to nz breathing in the air and the rivers flowing peacefully and the birds pollinating there work to save Aotearoa land of the long white cloud Kia Ora nz

Ataahua... beautiful e hoa ❤

@zy-oc3ee

21 күн бұрын

Tihei Mauri Ora Ehoa

Tēnā koe e te Pākehā, “Me tiro whakamuri kia ānga whakamua” - we must look back to move forward

@SamuelSpad

20 күн бұрын

I love this bit of wisdom. Thank you for sharing

kia ora bro , nga mihi

Thank you for sharing this...

❤Great Great job at depicting our culture.Thank you for taking the time to learn..I have pakeha work colleagues whom are born here in their 50-60’s and barely know how to say Hello and Goodbye 🫶🏼

Kia Ora matua Samuel

Well said! Nga mihi.

Well thought out and pleasing to listen to He aha te mea nui o te ao maaku e kii atu he tangata he tangata he tangata Ki ooku tuupuna ko te whenua te mea nui ara ka noho piri tata ko te reo rangatira Kia maaori "Kia kore koe e ngaro taku reo rangatira" May you my noble chiefly language never be lost to me

Arohanui my bro.👍👌

Maori belive that NZ was fished up from the ocean by Maui. In Western tectonic plate science the NZ continental plate is mostly sunken beneath the ocean. So really - Maori actually invented the science of tectonic plates. How much western science was already discovered and known by earth people.

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

Such a great example. I couldn’t agree more

@danielcallaghan8940

Ай бұрын

@SamuelSpad if Maori had been left without colonisation - I'm confident they would have soon invented written language and discovered the wheel independently of the white man. We will never know what earth people could have been capable of doing on their own.

Mīharo bro

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chuur bo

chur brother

Well done

He mea motuhake ina penei te whakanui i to tatou tikanga, ka nui te aroha me te whakaute ki a koe e hoa

Hello samuel, do you need video editing guy.

@SamuelSpad

21 күн бұрын

I'm good - thanks

The country is called New Zealand.

@SamuelSpad

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for the information

Jesus is the truth :)

@SamuelSpad

14 күн бұрын

Thanks for the input

Ohhhhh Rhubarb. Don't confuse lack of technology for "kaitiakitanga" and don't generalise. Agriculture captures the ecosystem and increases the carrying capacity.

@SamuelSpad

Ай бұрын

I find solace in the fact that humans can be a life giving force; the Native Americans of Turtle Island (North America) reshaped their environment to support plant regeneration and the buffalo’s habitat expansion. However, modern industrial farming appears to solely benefit humans. It would be misguided to believe that increasing livestock numbers has had a positive impact on our environment. Not to mention the cruelty towards animals and habitat destruction. Returning to our old ways, more in line with Mother Earth, seems more compassionate to me. Nonetheless, I respect your perspective 🤝

@donniekula3807

Ай бұрын

​@@SamuelSpadwell said I agree 💯✌️

@skylagaaia1683

29 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@nakinz109

20 күн бұрын

Ohhhh lady sthu. You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Ever seen a farm conversion? That ain't capturing the ecosystem. It's altering it. Native fresh water river species have plummeted to near extinction levels and farming has been the biggest thing to bring about their demise. South Island farming used to be like that once upon a time. When they were farming sheep and drystock!! The land WAS being utilised as it stood. Rough and rugged = drystock operations. Then they thought they'd cash in on the milk price and converted them to dairy. Now they have to pump tonnes and tonnes of fertilisers and soil conditioners just to maintain land that was never fit for purpose and in doing so flooded the market with milk products and dropped the Dairy Industry's own pay packets. Farmers have become that dumb to not even know their own have been responsible for their livelihoods dropping and they're bad employers, that not even their own kids want to work in it anymore. It's not the govt policies put in place to clean the waterways up. Cos for starters, they should have never started diverting waterways and draining swamps to begin with. Either work with the land or get off it. "Capturing the ecosystem" 😂.You're making yourself look like an utter idiot.

Pronounce it right if you want to misappropriate our tikanga..... kai...tee...ah...kee...tanga. Whanua... is Whanau. My opinion will seem harsh. That’s because I’ve been around way longer and keep seeing this happen too many times. Mauri ora.

@SamuelSpad

24 күн бұрын

Hi, I value your feedback. As someone who comes from a position of privilege, I find it very difficult to navigate how to support and uplift other cultures, with dignity and respect. I have strived to do this in my personal reflection to my greatest ability. I have nothing but the utmost respect for the cultures of indigenous peoples. I find it troubling that we do not speak about them enough. In the US, I was raised to believe that the peoples of Turtle Island were all extinct. That nothing of their cultures remained. This simply is not true. And I refuse to be complicit anymore in the erasure of cultures as rich, beautiful and meaningful as I’ve seen in the cultures of earth based societies such as that of the Māori. So I’m speaking out, but thank you for your correction.

@Geenine44

12 күн бұрын

@@SamuelSpad Nga mihi nui. I knew you most likely had good intentions. But my inner Aunty felt the need to turn this into a teachable moment. It is a very hard space to navigate for both sides.

The Maori came to New Zealand from an island in the pacific nobody is indigenous to New Zealand.

@SamuelSpad

20 күн бұрын

Thank you for bringing that up. You should check out this article, i’ve attached some highlights below: e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/are-maori-indigenous-thats-not-the-real-question/

@SamuelSpad

20 күн бұрын

“And while it is true that (New Zealand) Māori people “became Māori” on arrival in our home islands (as people have rightly argued for years), and that this is an aspect of how we understand our specificity, being Indigenous doesn’t hinge on whether people are like an endemic species of plant or bird that only appears in one habitat. If anything, it hinges on a relationship of place and time: Who was where when the colonial project showed up? … Arguing that Māori aren’t Indigenous is logical if you’re trying to appeal to voters who are concerned that Māori shouldn’t receive “special” and “unfair” treatment. Shorter life expectancy isn’t what I’d describe as special, but there you go. There is, of course, a longstanding obsession on the part of some non-Māori about how unfairly good the treatment of Māori people is in our country. In his short BWB text, Māori historian Peter Meihana has done the work if you want to know more about how assumptions of Māori being privileged is not a recent glitch in the system but part of its design from the start. … When we focus on arguing about whether or not we’re Indigenous, we risk not addressing why this is even being questioned, which is to suggest that there’s a sneaky or unfair way that Māori people are getting something that we shouldn’t. (That it isn’t ours. That it belongs to someone else - or should do.) Challenging the idea that we’re Indigenous is a deliberate strategy to reassure certain voters that there are people willing to stand in our parliament and advocate for the deliberate undermining of whatever gains have been made by the blood, sweat, tears and ink of generations. It’s to suggest to the electorate that removing small crumbs that fall from a loaf of bread - a loaf of bread baked in a kitchen that’s been systematically removed from our control - is a heroic, just and fair thing to do.” (Alice Te Punga Somerville)

Indigenous have a better understanding of the land' that is a misconception. Maori had minimal concept' conservation of the environment that is why Moa were to exterminated and extinct prior to any European set foot in New Zealand. Your a foreigner to this land like all of us who live here!!

@SamuelSpad

18 күн бұрын

The Māori, like all Homo sapiens, are imperfect beings. However, their worldview, Te ao Māori, views the land and nature not as a resource to be extracted or exploited, but rather as a living being that we must form relationship with based on reciprocity. Settler colonialism does not operate under this framework. It would be misguided to minimize an entire culture based on one mistake (the extinction of the moa is tragic nevertheless). Settler colonialism however, was repeated numerous times. I encourage you to think more holistically.

@RooniP

10 күн бұрын

No-one mentions the Buffalo....that don't exist anymore because they were mass hunted not by native peoples and not for food, in fact there are pictures, on the internet of piles of their bodies left in the open...and if you tell me the Buffalo that now exist are the same that once roamed the plains of that land, then you need to research...you know nothing about Maori

Woke

@johngraham5948

12 күн бұрын

"Woke" the buzz word when someone has nothing constructive to offer

@RooniP

10 күн бұрын

@@johngraham5948 lol