Now, I just wanted to also reflect on my personal experience with second language learning. I was actually incredibly lucky to learn a second language at primary school. The language that I learnt was te reo Māori. I learnt it in a bilingual class at Thorndon primary school, which is not too far away from where we are now. I felt hugely honoured to be able to learn that language in that context, and then I followed through to do Māori as a subject at secondary school in what was then bursary, which is showing my age a wee bit. I then went on to do a degree in Māori studies. I did not realise at the time that I was learning te reo Māori how unique I was in terms of a Pākehā child in the history of this country being able to learn te reo Māori at a State school. I felt incredibly honoured when I became aware of the huge work that went into promoting te reo Māori in what's known as the Māori renaissance before I was born and before I entered into the education system. Learning te reo Māori has been a significant gift for me and one that has given me great insights into myself and into my place in New Zealand as a Pākehā New Zealander, and for that reason I'm in support of second language learning. 