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Heather Murphy

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I recently started a new job for a wonderful kaupapa Maori organisation. Every Monday we have karakia and waiata followed by a shared kai. Its been a beautiful beginning to joining this work whanau and a wonderful opportunity to learn kaikōhau for our kaitahi! We do start every day with karakia and waiata before we get in to our work in progress korero and panui any of the whanau has, but Mondays with our hakari is definitely my fav! Heather Murphy heathermurphy89@icloud. com

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Ko Ben Nevis rāua ko Pūtauaki ngā Maunga te rū nei tāku ngākau. Ko Clyde rāua ko Tarawera ngā awa e mahea nei āku māharahara. I whanau mai au i te taha ō te awa ō Paisley, nō Scotland ahau. E mihi ana ki ngā tohu ō nehe ō Tauranga Moana; e noho nei te whānau ō tōku hoa tane. Kei Kawerau a māua e noho ana. Ko Heather Murphy tōku ingoa. I moved to Aotearoa in 2015, from Scotland and was taken in by how much Te Reo Maori was everywhere! ! When I learnt about its revitalisation and what occurred through colonisation I knew I had to be part of the resurgence. I have been blessed to be learning through Te Wananga o Aotearoa for 4 years now, and this learning journey has shaped my life here massively. It is so important to me that I hold space for and respect the indigenous language of this country, and I believe its something everyone should do. If people cant or wont learn, they should at least be respectful about Te Reo, and at the bare minimum learn place names and peoples names correctly, not just "how its always been said". Kia kaha Te Reo Maori!

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Ko Ben Nevis rāua ko Pūtauaki ngā Maunga te rū nei tāku ngākau. Ko Clyde rāua ko Tarawera ngā awa e mahea nei āku māharahara. I whanau mai au i te taha o te awa o Paisley. Nō Scotland ahau. Kei Kawerau au e noho ana. E mihi ana ki ngā tohu o nehe o Tauranga Moana; e noho nei te whanau o tōku hoa tane. Ko Wiremu Kuka tāna ingoa. Ko Pirirakau tāna hapu, ko Ngai te Rangi me Ngati Ranginui ngā iwi. Ko Poututerangi tāna marae, no Te Puna ia. Karekau a māua tamariki, ahakoa ko Bolo rāua ko Hiccup a māua kuri. Ko Heather tōku ingoa.

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