Whakapapa

But yeah, just through, I suppose, a lot of factors.

It hasn't been an inviting space for Māori, which kind of gets touched on through our Whakapapa episode.

And as a result, yeah, we haven't had those really strong Māori communities playing cricket, but it's really special to see the likes of Eden and the people kind of represented in this Whakapapa episode, being proud to be Māori and coming through and representing us at the highest level.

Yeah, really trying to celebrate them and put the spotlight on them and also put the spotlight on our reo and our te ao tikanga and te ao Māori.

And yeah, I hope that's That's something that inspires, you know, maybe someone, some tamariki somewhere who's sitting on the fence and not too sure about this game and, you know, making sure it's a safe space and a welcoming space for them if they do decide to come.

And play cricket, you know, you can do that all the time.

And here are some further aspirations if you want to kind of go further and represent your rohe, represent your whānau at that high level.

Eden, I watched an advanced copy of the latest Whakapapa episode NZ Cricket's releasing for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

So Māori culture is about regulating our interactions with the environment.

But if you take a concept like whakapapa, genealogy says male, female, it produces offspring.

Whakapapa says male, female, and the environment they were in produces offspring.

So without that environment, We wouldn't be here.

So for us in Ngāti Tarawhai, my tūpuna and the rāta tree, if it was for the rāta, we would be here.