Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 24, 2017 16:32:44 GMT 12
VIEWER TELLS TAMATI COFFEY STOP SPEAKING MĀORI BUT TV BOSS IGNORING THE "REDNECKS
TV presenter-turned-Labour MP Tamati Coffey has been warned by a viewer against speaking Māori too often.
The freshly elected MP for Waiariki tweeted a note he was sent by a viewer of his new TVNZ show Moving Out which criticised his use of te reo Māori on the programme.
"Congratulations on your appointment but just a quick note after listening to you on your new television program," it read.
"The maori [sic] language your are speaking is getting a bit boring and you need to be very careful that the public will not turn off very soon." ......
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/98163659/tamati-coffey-admonished-for-speaking-mori-on-new-tv-show?cid=facebook.post.98163659
TV presenter-turned-Labour MP Tamati Coffey has been warned by a viewer against speaking Māori too often.
The freshly elected MP for Waiariki tweeted a note he was sent by a viewer of his new TVNZ show Moving Out which criticised his use of te reo Māori on the programme.
"Congratulations on your appointment but just a quick note after listening to you on your new television program," it read.
"The maori [sic] language your are speaking is getting a bit boring and you need to be very careful that the public will not turn off very soon." ......
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/98163659/tamati-coffey-admonished-for-speaking-mori-on-new-tv-show?cid=facebook.post.98163659