Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 15, 2016 16:33:45 GMT 12
Maori language a treasure for all
The chief executive of Te Mangai Paho, John Bishara, is looking forward to working more closely with iwi and Maori language groups once the new Te Reo Maori Bill becomes law.
The revised bill now before parliament leaves the Maori broadcast funding agency and Maori Language Commission as crown agencies, but it sets up a new body, Te Matawai, to allow Maori to develop their own strategy for revitalising the language.
"Maori language isn’t just iwi's taonga. Maori language is everyone's taonga. If it was fish or forests of course iwi should own it, but Maori language, not necessarily. No one owns the reo, the reo has its own mana, and we should all be in there supporting it and making sure it stays as a pinnacle of Maori culture," he says…..
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTMwOTc.html
The chief executive of Te Mangai Paho, John Bishara, is looking forward to working more closely with iwi and Maori language groups once the new Te Reo Maori Bill becomes law.
The revised bill now before parliament leaves the Maori broadcast funding agency and Maori Language Commission as crown agencies, but it sets up a new body, Te Matawai, to allow Maori to develop their own strategy for revitalising the language.
"Maori language isn’t just iwi's taonga. Maori language is everyone's taonga. If it was fish or forests of course iwi should own it, but Maori language, not necessarily. No one owns the reo, the reo has its own mana, and we should all be in there supporting it and making sure it stays as a pinnacle of Maori culture," he says…..
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_story_id/MTMwOTc.html