Ko Te Rarawa, ko Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa, ko Te Aupōuri ngā iwi.
He uri tēnei nō Muriwhenua, nō Kōtirana nōki.
Ko Cee tōku ingoa, he kaiwaiata, he kaiako, he tauira nōki ahau. Mauri ora!
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Shwmae! Cee dw i, my name is Cee.
I am a descendant of the nations of Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa and Te Aupōuri from the far north of Aotearoa (so-called NZ), and Scotland.
I am a second-language learner and speaker of te reo Māori, my ancestral tongue, and a bassist/vocalist in bilingual Indigenous post-punk trio, Half/Time.