Speaking Maori in Auckland

Pete’s social media ‘The Flying Kiwi’ is full of incredible shots of the Coromandel and New Zealand coastal landscape. Those are not only epic aerial images but an extension of his soul. They represent how he feels about Aotearoa. He’s a creative guy; buying a drone in Germany many years ago and strapping an SLR camera to it to see what would happen proves that.
Pete travelled the world before having kids. He worked in online marketing and design in London and returned home to push himself to improve his photography and video skills. He filmed TV shows on Māori TV and even managed to direct an episode in Whitianga.
He is passionate about māori language, culture and its connection to nature. The ocean is the place where Pete finds peace. Training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu also helps with that!
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[@mal_3157]

That’s like asking a Gaelic speaker what country they are from in Dublin 😂

[@kathleenjoycemariesuson-js3jf]

I just realised that he is my drum teacher

[@MicaS145]

😂dam

[@DestroyerGillard]

Lol

[@MicaS145]

W teacher can't ly

[@FOE-LEKA]

It’s crazy how many Maori tokoz I know can’t speak te reo. It’s such a beautiful language.

[@she9116]

It’s because the pakeha tried to eradicate our language my bro back in the days maori back then would get beatin at school for speaking our reo my koro was telling me that.

[@she9116]

Thats why most of us cant speak te reo butha

[@x.Rhymiie.x]

Our Māori schools aren't that old. I'm 33 and my brother and I were the only one's in my whānau to attend them. It was seen as useless and mum was questioned all the time as to why we were learning Māori. Best thing she ever did. My grandparents were whipped if they spoke Māori at school. There's alot of trauma around it 😅

[@fallenangel_899]

@@she9116Yep my mum experienced that while she was in school

[@pelinalwhitestrake1677]

@@she9116same with us Hawaiians. The language was almost eradicated and my grandma told me they use to get beaten if the spoke Ōlelo in school

[@turtlesoul]

That's actual real sad as man

[@zzodysseuszz]

Not really. I’ve seen people speaking Spanish and someone not knowing what it is. I live in Australia

[@t00t27]

@@zzodysseuszzSpanish isn’t native language to Australia…

[@dAunE510able]

That’s like a white person surprised for a Chinese person to be speaking Madeline in China… it is sad but it’s great that the Māoris are speaking their beautiful language and wearing their wonderful mokos proudly… Maliee Aotearoa🙌🏼

[@Astronomical.13]

***Colonisation for ya

[@Kiwi_Conor]

Seems crazy to me. In an NZ european, in my 40s, that grew up in Auckland. I cant speak the language but Im sure Id be able to pick they were speaking Maori.

[@Kiwi_Conor]

@user-vl2wm7mf4p To be fair, you would probably struggle to hear the difference from another polynesian language, but I'm almost certain I could. Even if they were speaking a very similar one and I couldn't pick it, I would probably just wrongly assume they were speaking Maori

[@exclusovich]

I love this😂🥰

[@faheemsheikh8432]

It's like asking a englishmen what country are you from in London

[@nicholasrudloff]

She was likely a foreigner living in Auckland

[@kathleenjoycemariesuson-js3jf]

Kia ora means hi

[@quincyanimatesomg]

and thanks

[@Jeremiah-bz9wn]

Wow

[@vincentpohe8117]

I would have said china😂

[@user-rf4us8ou2b]

matua josh

[@R_E_gurl]

Yup that’s the white settlers of our land.

[@lilfridge5652]

Nope sorry not your land youre not native you colonized it just like we colonized it

[@jimahruland-umata5433]

@@lilfridge5652sure bro, but nest time how about shuuuuuuuuuuuush

[@helenroach4634]

Few wouldn't recognize te reo so my question is how did he k ow she's "kiwi"

[@arsoul13]

Her accent?

[@totothebeast7819]

Chur the world

[@XClACIX]

How?....

[@quincyanimatesomg]

pov: jafas

[@Room19-b6v]

He was probably pronouncing it wrong 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maapauu4282]

He's fluent, he probably wasn't

[@anakinuzamakihatake5366]

Even if he what what difference would it make

[@BRKILLER123]

One beautiful day a elegant woman chose to end her dumb life by saying"key owra"😑

[@CarynM-xz8lf]

😂😂

[@darthvader3910]

cuz you know white people lol

[@helenroach4634]

Careful your racism is showing lol. Many, many "white people " are parents of Maori tamariki in Aotearoa and they are very proud of their tamaiti/tamarikis' whakapapa so a little less of the judgement eh.

[@1stfire_shadow]

This is triggering for me, like I’m from right here! where you are standing on your two feet! this dirty, right here! At least know that much ffs.

[@gtrv6434]

Made up story