In her maiden speech (Read it here) she spoke of the 34 million acres of Maori land that the racist English had stolen from her people, and she criticized the National-led coalition government for attacking "My whole world from every corner."

She identified health, the environment, water, land, natural resources and children as her key areas of disagreement with Luxon's far-right  government that is backed by international corporations.

Hence the significance of Hana's Waikato supporters singing the anti-Fascist WW2 version of Hei Aha. Her supporters then followed with the haka Ruaumoko.

Palestinians experienced    exactly the same increase in   conquest after they finally   responded to US/European   Zionist's accelerated invasion of   their lands with an armed   counter-attack in October 2023.

What the Europeans called 'colonisation,' Maori experienced as conquest. Their lands were taken from them, their customs ignored, and their cultural values violated. At first they responded with armed resistance, which only increased the extent of their conquest.

Maori then responded with prophetic movements that kept them in touch with their past and insulated them from the intrusion of the interlopers. Te Ua's Pai Marie, Te Kooti's Ringatu,  Te Whiti's Parihaka, as well as Ratana and Maramatanga, with both the latter being inspired by Mere Rikiriki.

In the early 1940s, Maramatanga leader Moe Ruka used the tune of He Aha as a waka to carry the verses of Aue Te Aroha, in which he reminds followers of the foundation tenets of their movement.