Yesterday I was appointed Dean of AUT School of Law - first Maori Dean of any law school. Nga mihi to everyone who has msgd, tweeted, dm'ed, sent smoke signals - aroha mutunga kore. If you can see it, you can be it! Lesshgo ππ½ππ½ππ½
Noone in our whanau has been a reo speaker for 3 generations. My boy just got back his Level 3 NCEA Maori exam - he got the maximum marks... no kohanga, no kura; mainstream and largely self-taught... 1/2ππβ€οΈβ€οΈ