My children.
I was ignorant of the importance of my reo when I was at school and didn’t think it was useful. Now, as an adult I wish with everything that I learnt Māori as a child. Because the struggle is real as an adult to learn, retain and pass it on to my children.
It is important that I encourage the importance of normalising our language and culture now so that my children don’t ever have to struggle as adults as I am now.
Reo Māori shouldn’t have to be an option to learn for us as Māori. It should be something we are born into. The only option we should have with regard to our language is where we speak it. Which should be everywhere.
By being part of Māori Language Week I hope that I can do my small part to encourage and normalise the use of our reo both in the home and in my place of work.
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