Did you know it's Māori language week? This Christchurch woman says learning te reo is a way to appreciate NZ's wider heritage
Jess Matthews considers herself to be a pretty typical New Zealander – but where she differs from most Pākehā is that she speaks te reo Māori.
From knowing nothing but the basics eight years ago, she and her husband now raise their children as both English and Māori speakers and she says that anyone can learn the language.
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Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?
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What word sums up 2024, neighbours?
If 2020 was the year of lockdowns, banana bread, and WFH (work from home)....
In one word, how would you define 2024?
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