As a Māori I have always have a yearning to identify more strongly with our people, being able to speak te reo. . . for it to become the beloved language I feel that it is. Te reo sounds beautiful and makes me both sad and happy when I hear it. Sad because I can't speak it that well and cos I don't always understand. Happy because it us and my tamariki are growing up knowing that it's cool to kōrero :) That wasn't or hasn't always been the case in my life. . . love that my kids have a different view :) :) :) So my why. . . so that my children and eventually moko will know who they are and be able to tell the world who they are in our language!