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Quote by Iriaka Matiu Ratana
A spirit of progress is dawning, such as the Māori people have never realized before.
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The quote describes a new feeling of progress beginning among the Māori people. “Dawning” suggests that this change is only starting to become visible, while “never realized before” presents it as an unprecedented sense of improvement or forward movement.
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