Most of New Zealand can expect a warm and dry Christmas Day. Photo: 123RF
With Christmas just around the corner, Kennedy reflects on the Sami people, from whom we get the idea of Santa and his reindeer.
The Norwegian government has just issued a formal apology to the Sami and other indigenous Lapland people for a century of cultural suppression and social injustice, including removing children from their parents, in a system of "Norwegianization" whose devastation continues to be felt.
