Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 16, 2022 5:36:29 GMT 12
PAKEHA SUPPORT FOR MĀORI LANGUAGE EFFORT CRITICAL
Māori Language Commission boss Ngahiwi Apanui says most of the 30-thousand signatures on the historic 1972 Maori language petition, were from pakeha, not Māori.
Mr Apanui says it took two years for activists like Hana Te Hemara-Jackson, Ngā Tamatoa and the Te Reo Māori Society to gather the petition’s 33,000 signatures – and that was the spark that saved the language......
waateanews.com/2022/09/15/pakeha-support-for-maori-language-effort-critical/
Māori Language Commission boss Ngahiwi Apanui says most of the 30-thousand signatures on the historic 1972 Maori language petition, were from pakeha, not Māori.
Mr Apanui says it took two years for activists like Hana Te Hemara-Jackson, Ngā Tamatoa and the Te Reo Māori Society to gather the petition’s 33,000 signatures – and that was the spark that saved the language......
waateanews.com/2022/09/15/pakeha-support-for-maori-language-effort-critical/