Well team - it's Epi 10 which means it's time to close Season 1. What are Ari and Vini's takeaways from our time so far, and 'what is it that we are all looking for...?' Vini dives into a quote from his buddy X̱'unei Twitchell's podcast, The Tongue Unbroken.

Me mihi ka tika ki ēnei whare i tautoko mai i a māua, i puta ai ēnei kōrero ki te ao:
ATA - ngā whakaahua, ngā mahi etita
Te Matawai - nāna i tautoko mai ā-pūtea nei
Mei kore kōrua i whakaaomarama mai ai a 2ctk!

In epi 9 Vini puts his academic hat on, and takes us through some of the research behind language revival and bilingualism. We often hear things like 'people can't learn multiple languages because they'lll get confused' and 'kids should learn English first.' Do these myths hold any weight? Find out on this week's episode!

Me mihi ka tika ki ēnei whare i tautoko mai i a māua, i puta ai ēnei kōrero ki te ao:
ATA - ngā whakaahua, ngā mahi etita
Te Matawai - nāna i tautoko mai ā-pūtea nei
Mei kore kōrua i whakaaomarama mai ai a 2ctk!

Many of the beautiful migrant languages we have here in Aotearoa are safely maintained in homes around the motu. In this epi we leave our couch and take a seat with some friends Harthiga Gnanam & Thuvaraka Poobalu, two cousins who share ancestry to Sri Lanka and a language, Tamil. What's new, similar and different to trying to maintain te reo Māori in our whare? Let's find out!

Me mihi ka tika ki ēnei whare i tautoko mai i a māua, i puta ai ēnei kōrero ki te ao:
ATA - ngā whakaahua, ngā mahi etita
Te Matawai - nāna i tautoko mai ā-pūtea nei
Mei kore kōrua i whakaaomarama mai ai a 2ctk!