 Taya, bangola dchimieti kao sando coretان. M دpperi te i i. corrupta mahi t Defin i. Dзrsu i ko yw āeteun comments, kgwyl crideee a arguably gluede eaten y cairau mea. Goa mo y cairama nabelyn, le m land aí ni gen simultaneous ka diagnosis meei. Ntū hini teisila ni gandainu. Tāi maipaka'u pili i anelRo? Maka maipaka'u. Atus rungi kakao, ka pili i maipaka'u heirw. Apoi nai, nai ka hua maipaka'u heiru. Apoi i ka pa lakota mokoan, ka pili i ka pa lakota mokoan ngila. Apoi maipaka'u heiru. Apoi nai, mokoan ndio mokoan ndio mokoan ndi. Apoi rungi ka, mokoan ndio mokoan... ...goza dii angale. Tu maipaka, There's always heaps of laughs, we've always got a feed or there's microwaves so it's just, but yeah, safe. It's a safe space for all of us and you can feel that when you go in because everyone's actually like relaxed and happy and laughing and studying too but yeah, it's safe. I think Tuakana just offers that sort of unique perspective in terms of learning and it's also a safe space where you can ask questions and not be afraid of asking a dumb question because there's none. For me, as a family, I didn't realise I needed it. You don't like connect with like just yourself and your like academic growth, you also connect with like other students maybe going through the same thing at the same time and you're like oh we're struggling too and then you know you end up finding like a whole group of years. That camaraderie. Yeah and then that's used for like the rest of your like uni degree life to your finished. Every engineering class I did in first year, they had a, they had the corresponding Tuakana one which is great because it's that familiarity and community I think. It's like I know what you're going through and let's just work on this together. I felt like it was a much more comfortable space for me to be in, a much more safe space where I didn't feel judged asking questions especially you know there are a lot of questions I had to ask. Knowing that there was a space that I could feel comfortable and comfortable enough to raise my hand if I had a Christian because I had a lot of Christians. To me Tuakana provided a safe space for me to just ask as many questions as I wanted to because I knew that engineering is a very tough degree so being in that space where you just get to ask as many questions along with people that are just like you. If I had a hard day where I was in classes you know as the only Brown student I went to Tuakana and there were 20 of us. The first time that I attended a Tuakana tutorial I was actually a lot less formal than I've thought and being in a pakia dominated environment had kind of made it a bit uneasy for me to go to the normal tutorial so Tuakana offered a less formal and a more familiar environment for me to study in comparison to the mainstream tutorials that all classes offer. Gives us a space to be ourselves and I think that's what got me through most of our uni times. It is like just a place for us to be and it's a great space to just like exist in especially with like everything that goes on at uni. Tuakana has helped me get to where I am now through providing a real strong support network to be honest and just carving out for me the sense of or not even sense but this actual space of belonging. Honesty Tuakana has just made me feel like I belong and has allowed me to meet so many beautiful like-minded people. More than anything has helped me realise my options and what's out there and the possibilities that are possible. The space has just been so integral and I think sometimes it's so hard to articulate exactly what it is about Tuakana that keeps you going but it's the network of friends that you make. It is the people who are always asking how you're doing. It is going up to your Tuakana within the space and being like I am not doing okay or I'm doing really great and having them either like support you through your highs but also like support you through your lows. Tuakana is that ahikata, that fire that just has been burning since before I arrived and hopefully will burn long after I leave. Yeah Tuakana is awesome, paromai.