Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 27, 2022 4:03:36 GMT 12
'KŌHANGA KIDS ARE CHANGING MĀORIDOM' - DAME IRITANA TĀWHIWHIRANGI
Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi has helped thousands of tamariki grow up surrounded by their mother tongue of te reo Māori through Te Kōhanga Reo movement since 1982.
As a founder of the movement, she says it’s the first children who were enrolled in kōhanga reo who are now the leaders changing Māoridom.
“Look where the language is. It's all over the place. Anything that wriggles is actually interested in the language. It's everywhere. I source it back to those mokopuna that sat at the feet of those expert, linguistic elders,” Tāwhiwhirangi says......
www.teaomaori.news/kohanga-kids-are-changing-maoridom-dame-iritana-tawhiwhirangi
Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi has helped thousands of tamariki grow up surrounded by their mother tongue of te reo Māori through Te Kōhanga Reo movement since 1982.
As a founder of the movement, she says it’s the first children who were enrolled in kōhanga reo who are now the leaders changing Māoridom.
“Look where the language is. It's all over the place. Anything that wriggles is actually interested in the language. It's everywhere. I source it back to those mokopuna that sat at the feet of those expert, linguistic elders,” Tāwhiwhirangi says......
www.teaomaori.news/kohanga-kids-are-changing-maoridom-dame-iritana-tawhiwhirangi