It is important to me because i want to be able to fluently speak my language- Te Reo. i have grown up speaking English and not knowing how to korero te reo. this has always been something that i have felt i was disadvantaged in, sense of loss in culture and identity. it is important to me, my mana and my mauri and wairua that i can one day become a confident te reo speaker. i love everything about my people, culture and language and just want to be able to embrace it. When i have tamariki i don't want them to grow up without having te reo as a part of them. It is something i missed out on and i do not want that to happen for my tamariki and future generations.