Awakening the Power of Te Reo Maori: Small Steps to Big Changes

The big thing for us was opening our eyes that we needed to be aware of the reasons why we didn’t have Te Reo Maori. Wake ourselves up. Why is the context that we’re living in like this? And then when you’re aware of that, then you know what the next actions are going to be after that. I get to work with lots of organisations and groups who don’t know, you know, haven’t done very much at all. And I just say to them, man, five words, crack five words, then find another five words, then crack another five words, you know, start small. And it’s beautiful. So let’s change. We’re out in the community. It’s cured to every single person. Maori, mai pakeha, mai hainamana mai. And it’s those small things that we do that make the biggest amount of difference. And then sometimes those small things lead to bigger things and bigger things and bigger things. So don’t be shy to just start small, but start shame. We’re speaking Maori all the time, eh? That was a conscious decision that we made like, um, when Atareta was born, was to try and fuck a Maori, itomato aukatua. Now, did we succeed on that? I don’t know. But we’re speaking Maori all the time at home. And ta Taura. Yeah, Taura Tipu. When I was growing up back in the days, you know, it was pretty much, you know, little doo ah cutters and hackers and then Before then, there was nothing. So, you know, this is a, this is the, the changes that have happened over multiple generations. And even though there wasn’t something that we actively trying to implement in our kina, that’s something that our kupuna or like my grandparents probably wanted, but we didn’t realise that it was gonna take four bloody generations, uh, to happen. But here we are, man. Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. توڑے روکی تے پکا تھاے رگای تیرے اونوں ریا فیر آ تے میں تینوں کھای گا