Te Reo Māori is the first language in the home of Eruera Tarena (Ngāi Tūāhuriri), his wife Te Marino (Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi) and their children Matariki (7), Kupuora (5), Tomairangi (2). For their youngest, Aotea, the cycle of learning at the knee continues as the sounds and intonation of the language fills his ears in his waking moments.