How do I pronounce your name?

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How do I pronounce your name?

By Christine Ammunson
Te Wiki 2021

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) Te Toko Reo director Christine Ammunson shares the moment her son’s surgeon asked a very important question: ‘How do I pronounce your name?’

My boy was diagnosed with a brain tumour when he was 10 and ever since then we have gotten to know hospitals, waiting rooms and pharmacies very well.