He aha ai e ako ana au i te reo Māori? Nā te mea, ko te reo Māori ko te reo rangatira o Aotearoa. Ko Aotearoa anake te kainga o te reo Māori. E hiahia au ki te tautoko i te tipu o te reo - he mea ngākau nui ki a au. Ko tōku reo tōku ohooho, ko tōku reo tōku māpihi maurea. My language is my awakening, my language is the window to my soul. Learning other languages has led to my own growth in self-awareness even as Pākehā. Te Reo Māori has a special and beautiful poetry and soulfulness that resonates deeply with the way I feel about life, the earth and everything around us. Ngā mihi nui!