Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 15, 2022 4:29:13 GMT 12
FORMER CONSERVATION MINISTER KIRITAPU ALLAN CALLS OUT 'TOKENISTIC' USE OF TE REO AT DOC
Kiritapu Allan has called out the "tokenistic" use of te reo Māori at the Department of Conservation, for which she was recently minister.
A screenshot of an internal email was shared on social media from a DoC manager who said they were passing on "feedback this week from the minister's office about inclusion of te reo Māori in the material that we send over".
According to the manager, the minister - at the time Allan - did not want to see te reo used apart from when there was no English equivalent, the whole document was in te reo, and in greetings and sign-offs - which must be in te reo.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-conservation-minister-kiritapu-allan-calls-out-tokenistic-use-of-te-reo-at-doc/XAXTVIAQC2NXEUMJFOKN7NU2YY/
Kiritapu Allan has called out the "tokenistic" use of te reo Māori at the Department of Conservation, for which she was recently minister.
A screenshot of an internal email was shared on social media from a DoC manager who said they were passing on "feedback this week from the minister's office about inclusion of te reo Māori in the material that we send over".
According to the manager, the minister - at the time Allan - did not want to see te reo used apart from when there was no English equivalent, the whole document was in te reo, and in greetings and sign-offs - which must be in te reo.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-conservation-minister-kiritapu-allan-calls-out-tokenistic-use-of-te-reo-at-doc/XAXTVIAQC2NXEUMJFOKN7NU2YY/