Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 29, 2023 4:38:34 GMT 12
WILLIE JACKSON DEFENDS JENNIFER WARD-LEALAND MĀORI LANGUAGE COMMISSION APPOINTMENT
“Before I made my final decision to recommend Jennifer’s appointment I spoke with Ta Timoti Karetu, probably the foremost expert on Māori language teaching.
“He was clear we need Pākehā support if we are going to win the fight to save our reo. He said we must have a number of strategies if we want our language to survive and Pākehā learning and then advocating for our language and culture is a really important one.
“We are aiming to get one million Māori language speakers by 2040. There are only 800,000 of us so how are we going to get the other 200,000? Ta Timoti said to me that if we really want a bilingual country then we must try to normalise the reo and get everyone speaking it. "
“One thing I’ve learned in life is that when Pākehā start advocating our causes people listen more, sad but annoyingly true, and I have plenty of examples that I won’t go into right now....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/willie-jackson-defends-jennifer-ward-lealand-maori-language-commission-appointment-sings-karaoke-with-critic/UGFSRFGHPNEBNNNRHJFBXVVUYU/
“Before I made my final decision to recommend Jennifer’s appointment I spoke with Ta Timoti Karetu, probably the foremost expert on Māori language teaching.
“He was clear we need Pākehā support if we are going to win the fight to save our reo. He said we must have a number of strategies if we want our language to survive and Pākehā learning and then advocating for our language and culture is a really important one.
“We are aiming to get one million Māori language speakers by 2040. There are only 800,000 of us so how are we going to get the other 200,000? Ta Timoti said to me that if we really want a bilingual country then we must try to normalise the reo and get everyone speaking it. "
“One thing I’ve learned in life is that when Pākehā start advocating our causes people listen more, sad but annoyingly true, and I have plenty of examples that I won’t go into right now....
www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/willie-jackson-defends-jennifer-ward-lealand-maori-language-commission-appointment-sings-karaoke-with-critic/UGFSRFGHPNEBNNNRHJFBXVVUYU/