A little Maori? You're not Maori are you? (Yes, I know you live in Australia, but I see more Maoris in my suburbs than I saw in main street Auckland for the days I was there ). The reason I ask is because I don't know how worthwhile learning the language is for me. Becasue, I never hear them speaking anything but English. I only know that the Haka and other rituals are learnt in the mother tongue. The strength of their accents suggest to me that maybe they do. But, that could be put down to the Kiwi neighbourhoods they've imigrated from.