My Pūrākau - My Story
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Growing up in Australia with a Danish father and a Māori-Pakeha mother, Myjanne Jensen always had this sense of never being enough to call herself Māori. After moving to Te Hiku o Te Ika – the Far North – in 2021, she started a journey of coming home and trying to better connect to her roots. In this first episode of her journey to explore her roots, Myjanne starts it off by talking to her mother - mental health social worker, psychotherapist and proud wāhine Māori, Tania - to discuss her family's story.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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