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.
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