Te Wānanga O Aotearoa -- reflections

This has worked well. I haven't really put in 100%, but the osmosis alone has really strengthened my ability to understand te reo.

I've been quite clear that the actual qualification I'm pursuing is rongoā. That's probably another two years of study. It's all free, and I get the Student Allowance or the JobSeeker Student Hardship support, so that means I don't have to frantically look for a job to make Louise Upston happy.

- As for VUW: please stop being rude dicks punching down at my school. This is my take on their attitude: 'oh, it's level 1: that's what Year 11 students get.'

Yeah, but in Year 11, it's just one subject out of six that you're taking and the school is probably for white people. Whereas this is kaupapa Māori.

Look at the result. People that actually know think I'm shaping up well as a reo speaker/writer. Hori didn't have any notes on my translation of Shipwrecked. Maybe I'll do one better than Geoff Murphy and actually write some of the reo in my masala film.