Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 5, 2024 3:53:33 GMT 12
THE TALE OF ‘IT’S ONLY JUST BIRDS’ ONE OF 21 PARKS IN ŌTARA-PAPATOETOE TO RECEIVE MĀORI NAMES
Twenty-one parks in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area will receive Māori names, as part of Auckland Council’s commitment for te reo Māori to be seen, heard, spoken, and learnt.
Dual names will be given to eighteen parks, while three parks will have sole te reo Māori names, which were officially approved at the Ōtara-Papatoetoe local board business meeting in February, as part of tranche two of the Te Kete Rukuruku programme.....
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2024/03/the-tale-of-it-s-only-just-birds-one-of-21-parks-in-otara-papatoetoe-to-receive-maori-names/
AUCKLAND MUSEUM’S TE REO MĀORI PLANS RIDICULED, OPPONENTS LABEL THEM ‘PC SNOWFLAKES
Despite being called woke and PC snowflakes by opponents, the museum intends to centre te reo Māori me ōna tikanga and mātauranga more deeply in its operations going forward.
Of the overwhelmingly elderly Pākehā submitters, more opposed the plan than supported it. Twenty-six per cent cited concerns over Te Tiriti, with some calling it irrelevant. One said, “there is absolutely no need to be Te Tiriti-led. It’s a museum for all of NZ. Stop the activism… and be a museum.” Many submitters echoed Act MP Cameron’s statement, saying Tāmaki Paenga Hira leaders were woke, politically correct snowflakes who lacked impartiality. “It’s a war museum! Not a woke museum,” one wrote. “Sack the pathetic woke activists,” said an elderly woman....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pc-snowflakes-and-a-new-lighting-protocol-inside-an-auckland-museum-board-meeting/T26QGCQYI5EAFN4CI6RUBPII6Q/
Twenty-one parks in the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area will receive Māori names, as part of Auckland Council’s commitment for te reo Māori to be seen, heard, spoken, and learnt.
Dual names will be given to eighteen parks, while three parks will have sole te reo Māori names, which were officially approved at the Ōtara-Papatoetoe local board business meeting in February, as part of tranche two of the Te Kete Rukuruku programme.....
ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2024/03/the-tale-of-it-s-only-just-birds-one-of-21-parks-in-otara-papatoetoe-to-receive-maori-names/
AUCKLAND MUSEUM’S TE REO MĀORI PLANS RIDICULED, OPPONENTS LABEL THEM ‘PC SNOWFLAKES
Despite being called woke and PC snowflakes by opponents, the museum intends to centre te reo Māori me ōna tikanga and mātauranga more deeply in its operations going forward.
Of the overwhelmingly elderly Pākehā submitters, more opposed the plan than supported it. Twenty-six per cent cited concerns over Te Tiriti, with some calling it irrelevant. One said, “there is absolutely no need to be Te Tiriti-led. It’s a museum for all of NZ. Stop the activism… and be a museum.” Many submitters echoed Act MP Cameron’s statement, saying Tāmaki Paenga Hira leaders were woke, politically correct snowflakes who lacked impartiality. “It’s a war museum! Not a woke museum,” one wrote. “Sack the pathetic woke activists,” said an elderly woman....
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pc-snowflakes-and-a-new-lighting-protocol-inside-an-auckland-museum-board-meeting/T26QGCQYI5EAFN4CI6RUBPII6Q/