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I want to learn as much as possible, and help normalise speaking te reo in New Zealand everyday conversations.

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Being part Māori and not knowing the reo has made me kinda sad that we don’t cherish our language.

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It is important for NZ identity.

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I travel alot around NZ, alot of rural places i would like to be able to speak and hold pride that i know Te Reo.

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I feel that I should know more about NZ's second language and our heritage.

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I support te reo Māori and Māori culture in Aotearoa and want it to be part of everyday life.

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I think as many people as possible in New Zealand should be trying to learn our national language.

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Kia kaha tatou mo o tatou mokopuna.

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To share our Reo and Tikanga.

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I have always been interested in the language, spiritual beliefs and Mana of Maori.

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For my mokopuna .

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Because Maori is one of our three national languages and I want te reo Maori to flourish in Aotearoa.

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Because te Reo Maori is a beautiful language and I want to get better and speaking and understanding .

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I'm a Kiwi.

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I'm interested in learning Te Reo.

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As a pakeha I feel it is important to support the use of te reo Māori.

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always wanted to learn Te Reo but haven't had the time.

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How important being a maori and not being able to korero or understand.

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Te reo Maori is part of our culture, NZers from all backgrounds should be part of this korero.

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To learn to speak te reo Maori.

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My why ? is because it is our precious taonga and at last we seem to be making some progress as a nation in acknowledging this and doing something about it, collectively and individually.

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For the well-being of Maori, and for all students to acknowledge Te Reo as an important and enrichening part of being a New Zealander.

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Teacher myself and children basic te reo.

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He whakanui Te reo Māori i roto I taku mahi!

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I am in my third year of part-time study in Te Reo Māori.

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Be part of the Maori kingdom.

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Because this is our culture and it we should express our culture.

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Ko tōku reo tōku māpihi maurea.

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Because I'm proud of my Maori heritage and want to celebrate it.

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Because it's New Zealandese.

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I want to keep this beautiful language alive for as long as I am, I want my tamariki to know and learn all about it and to continue to pass it down the whānau as long as possible.

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Because as New Zealanders we should all be incorporating Te Reo Maori in to our everyday.

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Playcentre is a bicultural organisation.

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He pakeha tuturu ahau engari ko aku uri he Maori.

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Because I come from Wales where our culture and language have been under threat for 800+ years.

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To encourage me to continue using Māori greetings both verbally and written then, going forward, start learning more phrases to use.

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To keep Te Reo going and to instil all values of Maori in our country.

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I want to support the idea of te reo Maori as our second language, supporting Te Tiriti o Waitangi and our Treaty partners.

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Because it's important for my family, especially since my boys are not in the public school system where they were speaking and listening to te reo more than at home, to understand that even though they are not Maori, they are New Zealanders and part of their world.

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I love Aotearoa for its rich culture.

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Acknowledgment of the great culture and beginnings of this great country.

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I want to learn more about te reo Maori language and culture.

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My own Ancient Gaellic language is dying out and its very important to keep connected with the knowledge and wisdom of our Whanau.

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Te ao Māori is vital for the regeneration of Aotearoa.

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I have always been interested in languages, but Te Reo was never taught at my school in the late 1950s!

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Im 74 years old!

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We are so lucky to have a beautiful language and my journey to being fluent has been a process and any opportunity to increase my knowledge of te reo maori I want to embrace.

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Kia ora, Talofa lava, I am Samoan, and I speak, write and read in my own reo.

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I want to support the survival of the Maori language and its use in NZ.

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Te reo is part of this country and its people, and is a beautiful language that I want to be able to use more confidently and with pride.

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I'm not fluent in Te Reo Maori, I have some understanding.

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Just to support the Maori who were the first people to discover Aotearoa and help raise the awareness, rather than always purely focusing on living our busy daily lives.

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Te reo is a path to connecting deeper with all things te ao Maori and tikanga Maori.

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Maori is a beautiful culture and language and I would love to see it more integrated into daily life in New Zealand.

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It's important for me to take part because celebrating our native culture is an important step into bringing everyone closer together.

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Kia mōhio mai te Kāwanatanga me te ao whānui me ngā tāngata o Aotearoa he mea nui, whakaharahara to reo Māori, arā, he tokomaha ngā tāngata e tautoko ana i te reo Māori, ā, kāore hoki e hiahia ana kia mate noa te reo.

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To promote and encourage our kaiako to korero Maori by giving them the skills and resources to use.

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I want to see te reo māori be strong and celebrated in Aotearoa.

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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.

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I want to be a part of this event.

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I believe in bi-culturalism in Aotearoa.

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because te reo Māori is important.

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It just makes sense, living in Aotearoa .

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To be an example of what a "New Zealander" (non Maori) should be.

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Increase knowledge of Te Reo to improve understanding and eventually speak the language.

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To develop a more connected and understanding community and celebrate te reo Maori.

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Growing the use of te reo is a crucial part of protecting Māori culture and indigenous rights.

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to learn, and share in the culture .

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to regain part of my heritage .

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New to New Zealand and important for me to understand our local context for research and research translation especially in relation to workplace health and safety.

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We live with and alongside Maori in a multicultural society.

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I wish to improve my pronunciation of te reo and cultural competence in my work.

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He tino kaupapa tenei.

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Kura Kaupapa Maori or Kohanga wasn't around when I was younger nice to see our moko continuing our language.

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I just want to learn te reo for me.

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Ko Jo Corlett ahau.

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Because I am a New Zealander, I would like to be confident using basic terms.

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to often beautiful things are lost in the crowded world.

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For my own personal growth and because my moko is learning Te Reo Maori at her kura and I'd like to be able to have conversations with her.

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kia rongo, kia kite, kia mau āku tauira ki ngā ahuatanga tini o te ao Māori.

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It's a national language for good reason.

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Learning Health and Well-being .

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Ko Ngāti Pākehā te iwi.

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Im a Canadian married to a Maori, Its important that I have some kupu and respect the indigenous peoples, my whanau and my tamariki.

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Important that all New zealanders learn Te Reo.

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because Maori were here before white people so it is important for me to have that respect as the Maori were neglected for many years and still are.

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Because Te reo maori is a very important culture to me and I want to learn more about it.

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For my ancestors and future generation.

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I think that it is important because this is our history and it is important that we know about this.

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māori is one of my biggest passions.

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I am from Australia.

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To keep my whakapapa and my culture alive.

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I have no Maori blood in me but i feel connected to the beautiful culture of our country.

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Te Reo is one of the official languages in New Zealand.

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It's important to teach my kids what we can do to encourage NZ to become the truly bicultural nation it is supposed to be .

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It’s a great time to be a live to witness the uprising of our Te Reo and what that bring to Maori tikaga .

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This is our heritage, our culture .

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