Māori and Pasifika New Zealanders are helping save Aotearoa at a higher rate per head of population and we are also most at risk per head of population. My little whānau aiga are at freezing works, working in farms, orchards, supermarkets, guarding and cleaning hospitals and

Making sure elders in homes are bathed, fed and hugged ... We also have our elders living with us, we have asthma and diabetes. When those people moan about brown people taking from Aotearoa: Do not forget 2020 and how we helped make sure Aotearoa survived.

My Pākehā family are also working their guts out. But being an essential worker and risking your life for minimum wage, is more likely to happen in our Māori and Pasifika fams. Than not. Xxx Thank all of you amazing fucking people.