We have been living in Australia since 1985, our four children were young then, which means our grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren are foreign to their te reo Maori, yet their wairua within tells them otherwise. I’m all about leaving legacies for our children’s children and so forth, that we can always identify our roots and who we are as children of God, no matter where we plant our feet to reside. I love my reo, my culture and my Maori’ness, although we were not taught to korero Maori or understand te reo, it’s never too late to learn.
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Eleanor White
Start with small steps, listening and reading te reo Maori for myself and then share my learning with my great-grandchildren (7), who were all born in Australia, for continuity of our culture in a foreign land that we have grown to love as much as our homeland.
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