Other than one year of high school French classes, I’ve never learnt a language before.

My goal is to do full immersion classes in 2020. We’ll see how we go…

While learning Te Reo Māori is partly about learning the language, my approach is also influence by a few other things I’d like to learn along the way. Some of these that I’m expecting to write about are:

How to speak Te Reo Māori (obviously).
How to learn a language.
Te Ao Māori/Māori culture.
What it’s like to not understand what’s going on around me.
How to fail and keep going.
What happens to my brain when I speak a different language.

It’s going to be a wild ride…

Welcome to my little corner of the internet.

I believe that place matters.

Our connection to whatever little corner of the planet we find ourselves in, or choose to place ourselves on, matters.

I'm relentlessly curious and continually learning.

My interests are scattered across topics including property, strategy, acoustics, psychology, theology, systems theory, quantum physics and leadership. I read, listen, watch, and learn about whatever grabs my attention in the moment.

This is a learning experiment.

I come here to try to make sense of something I’ve come across, by writing about it.

I’m immersing myself in a new language.

I’m learning to speak Te Reo Māori, the language of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand and one of our official languages. After spending 2020 studying, I’m figuring out how to keep the journey going outside the classroom.

You’re welcome to follow along.