It is important for me to take part because I moved here 5 years ago from Canada to study teaching. I realised once I got here that although there are some serious problems and disperities in NZ in regards to Maori/Pakeha, it is A LOT better than the way things are between Europeans a
d indigenous people back home and I am sad I never got to fully learn about and celebrate the native culture in my homeland. I feel an empathy for the people here. I feel a responsibility as a teacher and as an open minded individual to embrace te reo and te ao, so that I can help NZers be more united in the future, even if the different I make is only a small one.
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