Kia ora ko au ko te maunga ko te maunga ko au, I am one of many in my immediate whanau who has been learning the reo with it I have learnt my whakapapa on both side even thou I was bought up by just my father who past in 1996. My grandmother spoke it but it wasn't enough to imbrase it, my whangai mum (aunty) had a passion for the reo that I followed her footsteps I'm proud to speak our reo I'm not fluent but I am part of teaching our tamariki at kōhanga reo for the future.