Abigail Dougherty/Stuff The theme for Auckland Pride 2021 is 'Karanga Atu, Karanga Mai' – responding with calls of activism, celebration, inclusively, representation and more. OPINION: This year’s Auckland Pride Festival theme draws inspiration from the Māori invocation the karanga (spiritual call), recreating this to symbolise a weaving together of calls outward and inward across the rainbow communities. A chorus is invited and particularly diverse, including takatāpui (people from the Māori queer community), voices are elevated. Similarly, most choruses’ voices do not always naturally manifest in harmony. It takes work, meaningful engagement with the individual, groups of voices and with the music itself.