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Amy Hays

Tāmaki Makaurau • Auckland
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Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2020
#MyMihi - Waitangi day 2021
Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori 2021

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For this year’s moment, my son Asher (8) and I played ‘Guess Who?’ using te reo Māori!

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I’m Pākehā so I will always feel like a guest in Aotearoa. However, I’ve never lived anywhere else. This land has always been my home. Te reo Māori is the first and only language heard by this land, from the mouths of people, for hundreds of years and is interwoven throughout this place in the deepest ways. It is undeniably, as people say, a taonga. Learning to speak te reo helps me feel a deeper connection to Aotearoa. I feel more tethered to this place. I share my enthusiasm for this taonga with my children and the young children I teach in the hope that they will feel the same way, and the future of Aotearoa will involve a more connected people.

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Ko Asher tōku ingoa. Nō Piritana Nui me Aerana me Motu-Shetland ōku tīpuna. Kei te noho au ki Tāmaki Makaurau.

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Ko Matilda tōku ingoa. Nō Iuropi ōku tīpuna. Kei te noho au ki Tāmaki Makaurau.

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For my Māori Language Moment I recorded a video message to email to my son while he was at school. I’ve probably made quite a few mistakes but it’s so important to try, eh?! I’m fully committed to continue working on improving my te reo.

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Support the first language of Aotearoa Increase my knowledge of te reo Māori

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