Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 5, 2016 16:57:52 GMT 12
STATUTORY BOARD WANTS ACTION ON WORDS
Auckland’s Independent Maori Statutory Board has welcomed Auckland Council’s adoption of a te reo Maori policy, but says the implementation plan is light on detail.
Deputy chair Glenn Wilcox says the board identified the need for a Maori language Policy in its first Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit, but it has taken four years to be developed.
The language policy is critical if the council is to deliver on the outcome it promises in the new Auckland Plan, that a Maori identity is Auckland’s point of difference in the world.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTQ1Mjk=/National/Statutory%20board%20wants%20action%20on%20words/
Auckland’s Independent Maori Statutory Board has welcomed Auckland Council’s adoption of a te reo Maori policy, but says the implementation plan is light on detail.
Deputy chair Glenn Wilcox says the board identified the need for a Maori language Policy in its first Te Tiriti o Waitangi Audit, but it has taken four years to be developed.
The language policy is critical if the council is to deliver on the outcome it promises in the new Auckland Plan, that a Maori identity is Auckland’s point of difference in the world.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTQ1Mjk=/National/Statutory%20board%20wants%20action%20on%20words/