I brought my daughter, Te Rangi-tiaho-po, in on Tuesday and were fortunate to be in the company of some of the customer service team. We hung out on Level 4 were we met some other parents and children utilizing the amazing Puna Ako space. She also made friends with a lovely arabic boy, and later taught him and his father some cool kupu, namely ‘kia ora’, ‘tēnā koe’, ‘ngā mihi’ and ‘ka kite’, so that made for a great time.

Heoi, I’d really like to express a heartfelt thank you to Hugh and Tim for using your limited Māori to communicate with her. I did not expect you to, but it means a lot to me, especially as we are raising her in a Māori monolingual environment.

Ngā mihi