Last year was immensely challenging for Tania (Ngāti Rangitihi, Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao, Whakatōhea). She had thrown herself into her reo Māori studies, and then her daughter became very unwell. It was her reconnection with te reo Māori, and the community that came with that journey, that gave her the strength to persist through the struggle.