Merata Mita: a tribute

Kath Akuhata-Brown pays tribute to Merata Mita.
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Mate atu he toa, ara mai ra he toa. Merata and I were fighting for the last three months. I was supposed to see her on the Monday after her screening at Māori Television and so I was preparing for a heated discussion.

I spent two days prior figuring out my strategy. After many failed ideas I came up with this one. I was going to wrap my arms around her and tell her I missed her. I never got the chance. It mattered and it didn’t.

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