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Arana Collett, is an adjunct professor of Te Wananga O Aotearoa, the largest Maori Tertiary Education Institution in Aotearoa New Zealand. Arana is a "pakeha" with 100% European bloodlines, who immersed himself in Maori culture and language in the late 1970's. Shortly after becoming a fluent speaker, Arana was asked by Maori elders and community leaders working within the language revitalization movement to teach others. He is now one of the most respected figures in the language revitalization movement in all of Aotearoa New Zealand. For more, check out www.globalonenessproject.org

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• Collett

[ariki08]

Katahi au ka kite i tenei tupua, tera noa atu nga tangata pakeha e pera ana ki a ia. I toku wa i te whare wananga i reira te mahi a nga tangata Pakeha e ako ana i te reo no reira ehara tenei tu ahua i te mea whakaohorere ki ahau.

[Captaintikei]

Ae Marika! kia ora e kaumatua. I hope to be ur class one day.

[wanaPlaYUP]

Mean ma UNCLE! - Kia kptahi te waihoe, maro tonu ra te rere o te waka!