Tena koe
Tena korua
Tena koutou
Kia ora
I could go on. What better way to welcome a new day with a simple greeting. I chose to participate because te reo Maori was never spoken in the home. Dad attended a school where the use of te reo Maori was banned and punishable by strapping. I do not want my tamariki and mokopuna to miss untold opportunities to immerse themselves in te reo Maori me ona tikanga. So, I have chosen to immerse them into books, korero and waiata. I studied extramurally through Te Wananga o Waikato under the tutelage of Te Rauhina Te Hau and Wayne Ngata.
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