{"id":2855,"date":"2022-02-14T23:25:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T23:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2022-03-29T00:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:08:04","slug":"reconnecting-to-home-through-te-reo-maori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/reconnecting-to-home-through-te-reo-maori\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconnecting to home through te reo M\u0101ori"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2855\" class=\"elementor elementor-2855\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8b6ba4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8b6ba4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba801f6\" data-id=\"ba801f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c75b165 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c75b165\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Learning te reo M\u0101ori has been a way for husband and wife, Alistair and Shari Kydd to reconnect with Aotearoa.\u00a0<\/p><p>After spending a big chunk of their lives living across the ditch, the couple returned home in 2020 and began studing with Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa that following year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83681d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83681d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s been a really nice way to reconnect with Aotearoa. On our return it was something that I knew would make me have that connection with home again,\u201d<\/em> says Alistair.<\/p><p>For Shari (Waikato Tainui), learning te reo had always been a dream, so travelling 40 minutes each way from their home in Tokirima to Taumarunui for class was all worth it.<\/p><p>The couple also had high praise for their kaiako (teacher), Teinakore, who not only taught them te reo but created a learning environment where new friendships could form and thrive.<\/p><p><em>\u201cOur kaiako made it so easy for us. She made class feel like a second wh\u0101nau, like a home,\u201d<\/em> says Shari.<\/p><p>As a p\u0101keh\u0101, Alistair was eager to learn and be able to k\u014drero (speak) in te reo M\u0101ori but his growth in confidence was a key highlight during his time studying.<\/p><p>Both Shari and Alistair are passionate about their personal learning journey but also hope to see others embrace and learn te reo M\u0101ori.<\/p><p><em>\u201cLearning my pepeha was really powerful and something that I think everybody should do in Aotearoa. It\u2019s such an important grounding knowing your whakapapa,\u201d<\/em> says Alistair.<\/p><p>Shari encouraged those with even a slight inkling to learn te reo to take the plunge and know that, <em>\u201cit\u2019s really important that we weave our te reo back in to the korowai (cloak) of Aotearoa.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa started delivering te reo M\u0101ori programmes to Taumarunui last year after identifying a clear demand to learn te reo M\u0101ori in the local community.<\/p><p>View te reo M\u0101ori study options at Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa.<\/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":"<p>After spending a big chunk of their lives living across the ditch, the couple returned home in 2020 and began studing with Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa that following year.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-challenge-stories","category-reo-maori"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855","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=2855"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2888,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions\/2888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}