He Taonga te reo Māori e ai ki te Tiriti o Waitangi nōreira he mea nui tērā kia whaimana tō tātou nei reo ki roto ki ngā kaupapa huhua puta noa i te motu o Aotearoa, he mea nui anō hoki kia whakaako i te reo Māori ki roto ki ngā momo kura me ngā waahi mahi, ngā tari mahi katoa o te motu. For children or people like myself in which te reo was not a choice but instead the mother tongue of my existence, the first language of my living and learning from kōhanga reo to kura kaupapa, to Wharekura then University Te Reo Māori has always been the dominant language in my life! I feel my journey in Te Reo Māori is to teach and implement although I do have times where I am still developing to strengthen my reo I do feel that acquire the skills to help and influence others to learn and speak. Ko taku reo taku ōranga! Ko taku reo taku hā wairua, ko taku reo taku tuakiri, ko taku reo te hono tāngaengae ki ōku mātua tūpuna! Kia kaha tonu tātou ki te kōrero me te whakamana i te reo taketake me te reo tuatahi o tēnei whenua!