Kei te āwangawanga te pāpā o Marama Davidson a Rawiri Paratene mo tōna oranga ki te hiahia hoki anō ia ki Gaza, tautohe ai. I tau mai a Davidson ki te kainga i te ata nei, whai muri i tana herenga i ngā mana o Iharaira, i runga i te waka Zaytouna-Olivia, o te kahupapa waka i tere ki ngā wai o waho atu o Gaza. He terenga whakahē i nga mahi aukati moana a te kāwanatanga o Iharaira kua tekau tau e tū ana.
Kua hoki ora mai a Marama Davidson ki te wā kainga ā kua whakamihia ia e tōna whānau, ngā kai hohou i te rongo me āna kaitaunaki
“Ahakoa te ngenge, kua hiki taku wairua i te kite te whānau tautoko, i tōku tae mai ki Aotearoa.”
I mauherea ai te mema mo Ngā Kākāriki e ngā mana o Iharaira kātahi kua terepu ia ki te kainga e ngā mana o taua whenua. E ai ki te pāpā o Davidson a Rawiri Paratene kei te āwangawanga ia mo tōna
“I doubt if she will go back because I imagine being deported you can't go back to that place so I doubt if she will be on but yeah if she does if she wants to break that she'd be in real trouble.”
Ko Davidson tētahi o ngā wāhine tekau mā toru i runga i tētahi waka i tere ki ngā wai o waho atu o Gaza. E ai ki a Davidson kei te hiahia tonu ia kia hoki atu ki taua wāhi ki te pakanga mo te maungarongo ki Iharaira me Palestine.
Hei tā Davidson, “Absolutely, my work will continue as it has for years to stand against oppression, against all forms of war and violence, and to yearn for enduring peace in Israel and Palestine, and that will not come with a blockage over Gaza.”
E ai ki a Paratene, “It’s never a good feeling for a parent to wake up to hear that one of your kids has been arrested especially in a different country so yeah that was a worrying time.”
Mo tēnei wā kei te noho hāneanea a Marama i te taha o tōna whānau.