{"id":3871,"date":"2024-07-11T03:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T03:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahuru-maori-twoa-ac-nz.azurewebsites.net\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2025-06-15T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:27:25","slug":"northland-rangatahi-making-strides-in-her-reo-maori-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/northland-rangatahi-making-strides-in-her-reo-maori-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Northland rangatahi making strides in her reo M\u0101ori journey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By learning te reo M\u0101ori, 22-year-old Sophie Doyle hopes to be an example to her wh\u0101nau and generations to come, embodying the vision of Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa, wh\u0101nau transformation through education.<\/p>

Sophie began her reo M\u0101ori studies at the\u00a0Kaitaia campus<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa in 2023 after initially studying Environmental Sciences and M\u0101ori and Indigenous studies at Te Whare W\u0101nanga o Waikato (The University of Waikato). She\u2019s currently enrolled in\u00a0Te P\u012bnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi Level 7<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>after completing\u00a0Te Aupikitanga ki te Reo Kairangi Level 6<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>

“I started studying te reo when I was 18. I took a few classes during my bachelor’s and then did a full immersion year. I moved home (to Kaitaia) from Hamilton after graduating and I wanted a space to keep practicing and improving my reo M\u0101ori. I didn’t want to lose it,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>she says.<\/p>

Continuing with her reo studies at her local Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa campus has allowed Sophie to learn from Te Tai Tokerau kaiako who\u2019ve shared a similar cultural background to her.<\/p>

Sophie is grateful for the learning environment that\u2019s been created by the Te W\u0101nanga o Aotearoa kaiako and praises them for their dedication to their mahi and local community.<\/p>

\u201cWe’re lucky to have a safe space to learn and kaiako that are passionate about what they’re teaching. I\u2019m so grateful for the time and dedication they give us. Even though I only started learning here last year, I\u2019m lucky to be here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Sophie\u2019s journey is an example of the role that education plays in preserving and elevating M\u0101ori culture, inspiring other rangatahi M\u0101ori to embrace their language and identity.<\/p>

Sophie’s advice to rangatahi considering learning te reo M\u0101ori is straightforward,\u00a0“Be confident and don’t be shy. It’s easier said than done but stick to it and remember why you’re doing it. You only get as much out of it as you put in.”<\/em><\/p>

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By learning te reo M\u0101ori, 22-year-old Sophie Doyle hopes to be an example to her wh\u0101nau and generations to come.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3871","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\/3871","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3876,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions\/3876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahurumaori.com\/mao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}