Raising Bilingual Children by Maddie Johnson - Coromind Issue 4, 2023

What value is there in learning your indigenous language when the majority of the world speaks English? Is it important to know where you are from? Your whakapapa/genealogy, does it really matter? Āe, it simply is. Having the knowledge of where you originate from, knowing the struggles and triumphs of your tūpuna/ancestors, brings a sense of pride and self-knowing unlike anything else I have experienced. As a Māori girl growing up in mainstream education...www.coromind.nz