There I was, ready to watch the launch event for one of the biggest cutting-edge tech rollouts in NZ's history (NZ's first Microsoft Azure datacentres) - but first, they have to bow before the spear-chucking cannibals that had no hand in inventing any of this.
> Before we begin this Microsoft digital event, we want to pay our respects to the people of the land in New Zealand, the Maori people. Our reverence extends to the kaumatua both past and present and to all First Nation and indigenous peoples as well as their ancestral lands. We are grateful to those who have created pathways for us to live with the many benefits we experienced today.
> Before we begin this Microsoft digital event, we want to pay our respects to the people of the land in New Zealand, the Maori people. Our reverence extends to the kaumatua both past and present and to all First Nation and indigenous peoples as well as their ancestral lands. We are grateful to those who have created pathways for us to live with the many benefits we experienced today.