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Quote by Marama Davidson
We must be better ancestors than that.
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The speaker urges people to act as better ancestors for those who will come after them. “That” points to some unnamed failure or standard in the surrounding context, so the exact comparison is unclear. The general message is a responsibility to leave future generations a better example.
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- Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand — Marama Davidson AGM Speech 2025
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- Official Statement
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