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Have you ever seen the word ‘ia’ listed as a preferred pronoun? That’s the Māori word for her/him, with no gender attached, so some people like to use it for the pronoun “they” as well.

Although I found this word easy to learn in Māori, I soon realised that translating the concept back into English was harder for my children,

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