We don’t teach ‘please’ in our te reo courses ❌Because ‘please’ is a Pākehā concept coming from British etiquette and manners. Our ancestors never had a word for ‘please’.Of course, if a student asks us how to say ‘please’ in Māori, we tell them! But we don’t encourage it’s useage because it’s not needed when we are speaking te reo.One of our students was worried that when she spoke in Māori she sounded harsh so she wanted to know the Māori word for ‘please’. We told her the word but also encour