Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 18, 2018 16:42:42 GMT 12
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BOOST FOR TE REO
Efforts to get more people using te reo Māori at home and in the community are getting a boost with a new regional funding model.
Māori language body Te Mātāwai developed the new model over the last two years, with the Tainui region in Waikato set to receive its share of more than $10 million.
For the last two years, Maehe Paki has worked at a ground level in her role with the iwi organisation Waikato Tainui.
In that time she has also seen wider community interest in the language grow and last year worked with Westpac on the rollout of a Māori language option at Waikato ATM machines......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/348384/multimillion-dollar-boost-for-te-reo
Efforts to get more people using te reo Māori at home and in the community are getting a boost with a new regional funding model.
Māori language body Te Mātāwai developed the new model over the last two years, with the Tainui region in Waikato set to receive its share of more than $10 million.
For the last two years, Maehe Paki has worked at a ground level in her role with the iwi organisation Waikato Tainui.
In that time she has also seen wider community interest in the language grow and last year worked with Westpac on the rollout of a Māori language option at Waikato ATM machines......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/348384/multimillion-dollar-boost-for-te-reo