Sep 2, 2026 · 6 min · 5 segments
In a vividly honest farewell speech, retiring MP Paulo Garcia spoke of wonderment, joy and gratitude, but also of his own experience of hatred and violence and invisibility. *\*RNZ’s The House, with…
Kofo SmithHostThis is Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa.
This week MPs heard a farewell speech from a two-term National MP, Paulo Garcia, who, while he has a lower profile than some, will have been a role model for many as New Zealand's first Filipino ethnicity MP.
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This is Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa.
This week MPs heard a farewell speech from a two-term National MP, Paulo Garcia, who, while he has a lower profile than some, will have been a role model for many as New Zealand's first Filipino ethnicity MP.
