Nanaia Mahuta: New Zealand's Māori foreign minister is the perfect diplomat | Morgan Godfery

She is impossible to miss, understands both sides of the Mori debate and speaks up on foreign policy in a way that works well for Jacinda Ardern

In a room of dignitaries, New Zealand's foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta is impossible to miss.

She is the first woman to sit in the country's parliament wearing a moko kauae, an ancient Mori tattoo form. Koru patterns wrap around her chin, framing it in rich black inks, a visual statement that I am Mori".