Kia kaha te reo Māori. Ma whero ma pango ka oti ai te mahi, I believe that if everyone does there part, the language will survive. I want to change peoples perspectives on the language and introduce them and educate them on the culture and our beautiful poetic language. I feel that people feel that they have to be brown or Māori to speak te reo but, I want them to know that it is not true. As a white Māori myself, it has been a real struggle feeling accepted rather than thinking I don't belong because of my appearance or lack of a cultural upbringing due to colonisation.