I moved here 17 years ago from the UK and since having children here and going through Playcentre with them and learning more about the Maori culture I have appreciated the need to keep the language alive. I am also appalled by the attempts by early colonisers to stamp out the use of te reo in schools by Maori. My children enjoy learning te reo at school and though I still feel like a beginner I am willing to keep learning and trying.
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