{"id":2674,"date":"2021-09-21T22:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T22:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2021-09-21T23:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T23:06:58","slug":"austrian-migrant-hopes-to-normalise-te-reo-maori-throughout-aotearoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/austrian-migrant-hopes-to-normalise-te-reo-maori-throughout-aotearoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian migrant hopes to normalise te reo M\u0101ori throughout Aotearoa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Originally from Austria, 24-year-old Julian Svadlenak has been on a mission to learn te reo M\u0101ori for the past 3 years.<\/p>

Julian discovered his love for te reo M\u0101ori in 2019 while working as a security guard at Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) and began his journey after speaking with the kaiako (teachers) during his shifts.<\/p>

\u201cThe view points or the whakaaro M\u0101ori resonated with me and made me feel at home. I feel very comfortable and natural in it,\u201d says Julian, who moved to New Zealand in 2013 with his parents and sister.<\/p>

As well as his law degree, Julian credits his reo M\u0101ori studies with helping him secure his current job as a policy advisor for Waikato-Tainui.<\/p>

His mahi (job) has also given him the opportunity to expand on his reo M\u0101ori knowledge.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019ve been really lucky in my environment. I\u2019ve had people around me that I can practice with at both university and mahi. As well as my deep passion for te ao M\u0101ori and te reo M\u0101ori.\u201d<\/p>

As part of Mahuru M\u0101ori, Julian has made a commitment to speak only M\u0101ori for the first half of the day, with the exception of some work hui (meetings) involving external people.<\/p>

Julian\u2019s motivation to take up the Mahuru M\u0101ori challenge came from his desire to normalise te reo M\u0101ori being spoken all throughout Aotearoa.<\/p>

\u201cThe more it\u2019s heard, the more it\u2019s made normal. We should make a considered effort because the more we do it the less likely it will be a m\u0101ngere thing to fall back into reo P\u0101keh\u0101.\u201d<\/p>

After completing his Level 2 Te Ara Reo M\u0101ori<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Certificate in 2019, Julian skipped to Level 5 Te R\u014dnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and is now completing his Level 6 Diploma in Te Aupikitanga ki te Reo Kairangi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>with TWoA.<\/p>

Through the help and support of the TWoA kaiako, Julian is confident he will continue his reo M\u0101ori journey and begin a Level 7 Diploma in Te P\u012bnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0next year.<\/p>

\u201cThe kaiako have been very patient with all the tauira, accommodating to what each tauira needs. So even if you have a higher skill level, they will still challenge you,\u201d says Julian.<\/p>

He is hopeful that more people will take up the opportunity to learn te reo M\u0101ori, including his own parents.<\/p>

\u201cIf you want to learn, there\u2019s never a wrong time to start. Just a kupu (word) a day goes a long way if you think about it. 365 days in a year, you\u2019ll know alot of kupu at the end of it.\u201d<\/p>

Find out more about the Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa te reo M\u0101ori programmes<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Julian discovered his love for te reo M\u0101ori in 2019 while working as a security guard at Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa (TWoA) and began his journey after speaking with the kaiako (teachers) during his shifts.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-challenge-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2679,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2674\/revisions\/2679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}