Kia ora! I'm a super complex polyglot (Linguist) with a grand heritage who has a different spin on life. I love to engage with anyone, anywhere at anytime! Because life's too short to know one language and talk to the same people everyday. Especially when the nation you were born had already an original language before English arrived. Language is history, once the language is gone so is the story of the ancestors before us. Benefits for people who speak 2 or more languages (bilinguals) can include better educational performance, enhances communication skills, increased creativity, heightened cognitive ability even improved health! It's not a question of 'should we start' it's a matter of 'when will we start' learning te reo Māori!