"Ko tōku reo, ko tōku taonga, ko tōku taonga ko tōku reo"

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E kī ana te whakataukī “Ko tōku reo, ko tōku taonga, ko tōku taonga ko tōku reo” – “My language is my treasure, my treasure is my language”. He whakataukī tēnei mai i te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngāti Ruanui, he ākonga o mua au nō taua kura.

This whakataukī holds a major impact on myself simply because of the effect colonists have on Māori and our language, te reo Māori. The “proverb” as Pākehā would like to call it, gives me purpose as to why I still fight and protect our reo to this day. - Ngākura Ngātai-Toopi

 

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Taranaki | South Taranaki | 2020-29 | Story is by tangata whenua

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