I attended The Justice Conference a couple of years back and heard John Catmur speaking about biculturalism in NZ. At one point he shared that even if all Māori in Aotearoa were fluent in te reo Māori, it would not be enough to preserve the language. It will take all of us. And that opened my eyes. If I didn't try and learn te reo Māori, I felt like I'd be contributing to the injustice that Māori have been experiencing since the British people arrived and that was not OK with me.
Alex Carter
I've joined a group in my church called Te Kotahitanga - it's a group of Māori who have grown up being discouraged from speaking te reo and Pākehā who are curious about and supportive of te ao Māori. As a Pākehā, I want to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and do as much as I can to understand and support te reo Māori in my own community and whānau. I've also started the Māori Made Easy book by Scotty Morrison.
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