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Ruth Newton

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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020
#MyMihi - Waitangi day 2021
Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021

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We sang the colour song, read a book in Maori words for preschoolers, sang the "Ra whanau ki a koe" to my moko in Australia with the help of my daughter - all in Melbourne over a video message

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I grew up in Northland in the 1950s and 60s in a Pakeha family. We were taught Maori waiata and action waiata at school and loved it but didn't know what what I was singing about which was frustrating. I learned years later it was the educational law - no Maori language was tolerated or taught. I am 4th generation NZer and felt angry my 2nd language had been deprived from me. Numerous attempts to learn have been overtaken by life but I am still proud of my 2nd language and love hearing it all around me now.

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Ki Ruth Newton taku ingoa No Cornwall, UK, aku Tipuna Kei to noho au ki Turanganui a Kiwa

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