Strengthens my links with Māori and their culture, and helps me understand Māori culture better. It will help support any tangata whai ora to need to support in my workplace. Also, te reo Māori is one of our official languages and I consider it is a building block of our country. Plus I want to be able to grasp and understand the te reo that is said on marae, on the radio, at events, in supermarkets (etc).