
As an American outsider who admires NZ, this is wild. Telling your daughter she can't say she's 'from New Zealand' unless she's Māori — she can only 'live in' it? That's not respect. It's turning national identity into a racial test. Born and raised in Christchurch = you're from NZ. Full stop. In healthcare training, focus should be on treating all humans equally, not policing language by ancestry. We’re all Kiwis in one country. This divides instead of unites. Your daughter is right to question it. People are People.
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