I’m Pākehā, and I wish my ancestors hadn’t moved to Aotearoa the way they did, stealing land that could have been happily shared (if they weren’t such dicks). I’m on a journey to become a better Treaty partner, to learn how to be proud to be Pākehā. I think language is one of the ways we express ourselves, and that what we say and how we speak is fundamental to shaping our thoughts and identity. I want to learn te reo Māori because it’s a beautiful language, and because I think learning it is vital to becoming the person I want to be.
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