“The language lives because of the people. If the people aren’t using the language, then the language has died”. When Līhau Gouveia travelled to Aotearoa from Hawai’i he became inspired to learn his native language. His grandmother had been part of a generation of Hawaiians who had been punished for speaking it and Gouveia was determined to be part of the efforts to revitalise Ōlelo Hawai’i.. “...my grandma grew up speaking Hawaiian but was punished for speaking Hawaiian at school. Just seeing t