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# ‘Scribblepotamus’ of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/scibblepotamus-of-the-day/
- Published: 2021-04-19T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-20T10:40:27.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, World Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

> Mahuta drew on metaphors heavily to describe New Zealand’s contemporary relationship with China.  
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> “When I think about this relationship … I liken it to the respect a **taniwha** would have for a **dragon**, and vice versa,” she told the NZ China Council in Wellington.  
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> \[…\] “Taniwha are endemic to Aotearoa but can trace their whakapapa across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean – Te Moana nui a Kiwa. Taniwha are protectors or guardians, often of water, and hold dominion over rivers, seas, lands and territories.  
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> \[…\] “The taniwha, like the dragon, has the ability to understand the essence of its environment and changing conditions – as well as the ability to adapt and survive.

[Read the full article here.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nanaia-mahuta-likens-nz-china-relations-to-taniwha-and-dragon/UX7W7YHM3YGT5Y634BY2TF6K4M/?ref=goodoil.news) Comment on it on *The BFD.*