Because who said our language wasn’t as important as any other language? nobody! so why did our language get stripped (forgotten/lost) from us?! It is important to me because I am Māori & me & every other Māori deserve to know our natural tongue. It is who we are, it runs through our blood, our bones, our wairua & me being Māori knowing, seeing & meeting people from different backgrounds speaking their natural tongue & not knowing my own & then them saying “do any of you guys know how to speak Māori?” sucks haha I also have a 3yo son & we live in Australia so I would absolutely love for him to also know who he is & where he comes from so he is a very big motivation for me aswell in learning our language. It’s time to start embracing who are as Māori, the people of Aotearoa.
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Cathaleen Porowini
Encourage my whānau to use as much te reo as they know on a more daily basis and learn together. Especially for my pēpi (our tamariki), I would love for him to know our language and in doing so I will have to learn also, especially while being across the ditch in Aussie
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