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Share what you did for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023. This will go on to become a showcase of how we celebrate te reo as a nation.

Jay Matiaha

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa - Tāmaki Nui ā Rua,Ngāriki Kaiputahi

Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington

On my Reo Journey now and I'm only 28 years late.

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#MyMihi - Waitangi day 2021

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Ko Jay tōku ingoa. Nō Wairarapa me Te Tai Rawhiti ōku tipuna. Kei te noho au ki Te Whanganui a Tara.

Jay

It's to help make up for the lack of spoken Māori in the household growing up even though two in the household were fluent speakers. Also to help make up for my lack of enthusiasm for the subject while studying Māori at college. It is also to reaffirm my current want/need to learn and speak it now in my current life.

Jay

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It's to help make up for the lack of spoken Māori in the household growing up even though two in the household were fluent speakers. Also to help make up for my lack of enthusiasm for the subject while studying Māori at college. It is also to reaffirm my current want/need to learn and speak it now in my current life.

Jay Matiaha