For me, Te Reo encompasses Te Ao Maori completely - with Te Reo we have the culture, the history, the inclusion, and the ancestry. Without it, as Maori we cannot maintain our knowledge and connection to the whenua and the tipuna. Over the years the language has been much maligned and mis-spoken, along with Maori also, and there is a real risk that we lose the taonga that we have if we do not defend it.
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