Pēpi steps: Two mothers on creating taonga with te reo Māori

Celebrating a new series of the beloved Reo Pēpi bilingual board books, we have essays from Kitty Brown (Ngāi Tahu) who creates the books with her cousin Kirsten Parkinson, and Helen Steemson, a Pākehā mum determined to share te reo with her Māori son.  Kitty Brown Recently, my two-year-old spoke her first words in te … Read more