Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 3, 2016 18:26:16 GMT 12
PLANS UNDERWAY FOR FIRST EVER MĀORI LANGUAGE PARADE
New Zealand’s first ever parade to celebrate the Māori language will get underway in Wellington on July 4.
The Māori Language Commission is currently mobilising hundreds of groups and thousands of people, to take part in the event which will kick off this year’s annual Māori Language Week campaign.
“We are taking te reo Māori to the streets and making it visible in places and spaces where it isn’t,” said commission chief executive Ngahiwi Apanui….
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1605/S00021/plans-underway-for-first-ever-maori-language-parade.htm
New Zealand’s first ever parade to celebrate the Māori language will get underway in Wellington on July 4.
The Māori Language Commission is currently mobilising hundreds of groups and thousands of people, to take part in the event which will kick off this year’s annual Māori Language Week campaign.
“We are taking te reo Māori to the streets and making it visible in places and spaces where it isn’t,” said commission chief executive Ngahiwi Apanui….
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1605/S00021/plans-underway-for-first-ever-maori-language-parade.htm