- We have teachers who have come from
England and from other countries who have no te reo Māori. They learn te reo
Māori and try to understand it. I can help them. That’s important for me
because it shows that they have motivation, they have a passion to understand
students at a deeper level. It shows me that they take into consideration my
culture and who I am as a person, as a Māori person. It shows that they
appreciate that as well.
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- One of the good things that the teachers
at school do is - there’s a teachers’ kapa haka group, and that really shows in class work. Teachers
are doing karakia; they’re able to pronounce Māori names properly. Because, not being able to have
a teacher pronounce your name properly is quite irritating. A lot
of the teachers do try and are working hard to interact with Māori students.
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- She does karakia in the morning and when
we leave, so that she can impact Māori on all other students in our class. She
was from South Africa.
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