It is important to understand our shared history of Aotearoa and the incremental negative phases that took place during the Colonisation. The suppression of Māori language and Culture is a shameful fact that contemporary New Zealanders are saddled with. Misconceptions of our early history abound.Just listen on radio talk back, to a host of uninformed people regurgitating disproven facts.I am a Pākeha and have been learning Te Reo Māori for 3 years.I am an advocate for people to learn NZ History and Te Reo Māori and thereby, be drawn into a sort of contextualisation of who and where they fit as Kiwis.
Ngā mihi,
Barry Dulieu.
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