From the Rotorua Daily Post…
A kaitiaki of te reo Maori is encouraging rangatahi to read the diary of Anne Frank, saying it provides a lesson for people to address racial discrimination.
Te Haumihiata Mason (Ngai Tuhoe, Ngati Pango, Te Arawa) translated The Diary of a Young Girl into te reo Maori earlier this year but is spending Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori in Rotorua promoting it.
The journal, Te Rataka a Tetahi Kohine, a translation of Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl, chronicles the innermost thoughts of teenage girl, Anne, and her family who were hidden by their non-Jewish friends in a secret annexe in Amsterdam during World War II.
Mason said humans needed to learn from past lessons and overcome hatred which was still alive today….
Read the full article on the NZ Herald here.
