Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 7, 2016 17:30:16 GMT 12
CALLS TO MAKE TE REO COMPULSORY
Te reo Maori should become compulsory in New Zealand, says Maori broadcaster Willie Jackson.
His comment comes after statistics show the proportion of Maori able to hold an everyday conversation in te reo Maori has decreased over the last 17 years.
Willie says the majority of Pakeha didn't support the language.
“That's why we have to enshrine it in the law. It has to be made compulsory… You know you get all these people who say ‘no you can't make it compulsory because there is not enough teachers, not enough resources'.”
“But the reality is, if you make it compulsory and then the Government prioritises it. Then they find the funding and then they find the resources. They [Government] always do. Once it is law everything changes.”…
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/130246-calls-to-make-te-reo-compulsory.html
NZH APOLOGISES FOR OFFENCE CAUSED BY 'OUTDATED' POLICY ON TE REO MAORI
The New Zealand Herald has apologised for declining to publish a death notice in te reo Maori.
Te Atarangi Whiu yesterday told Maori Television she wanted to mark the one year anniversary of her mother's death in a te reo Maori only memorial notice in the newspaper, but it was declined on the grounds it could only be published alongside an English translation, she told the broadcaster.
"I disagreed with that because for my family and me, te reo Maori is our first language. It is also the language of this land. It's a nationally recognised language under New Zealand law," she said.
Her notice was published in the Bay of Plenty Times, also owned by Herald parent company, NZME.
The NZ Herald's general commercial manager for Auckland and Northland, Neil Jackson, today said the decision was a "highly regrettable" result of an outdated policy.
"The New Zealand Herald apologises for any offence caused," he said.
"It is an outdated policy related to languages that are not English, which we are reviewing and will rectify immediately in relation to Te Reo."
Mr Jackson said the Herald had spoken to Whiu and apologised to her personally.
"We recognise and respect Te Reo is the language of our people and the Herald is championing Māori Language Week but we have let ourselves down in this instance."….
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11670321
Te reo Maori should become compulsory in New Zealand, says Maori broadcaster Willie Jackson.
His comment comes after statistics show the proportion of Maori able to hold an everyday conversation in te reo Maori has decreased over the last 17 years.
Willie says the majority of Pakeha didn't support the language.
“That's why we have to enshrine it in the law. It has to be made compulsory… You know you get all these people who say ‘no you can't make it compulsory because there is not enough teachers, not enough resources'.”
“But the reality is, if you make it compulsory and then the Government prioritises it. Then they find the funding and then they find the resources. They [Government] always do. Once it is law everything changes.”…
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/130246-calls-to-make-te-reo-compulsory.html
NZH APOLOGISES FOR OFFENCE CAUSED BY 'OUTDATED' POLICY ON TE REO MAORI
The New Zealand Herald has apologised for declining to publish a death notice in te reo Maori.
Te Atarangi Whiu yesterday told Maori Television she wanted to mark the one year anniversary of her mother's death in a te reo Maori only memorial notice in the newspaper, but it was declined on the grounds it could only be published alongside an English translation, she told the broadcaster.
"I disagreed with that because for my family and me, te reo Maori is our first language. It is also the language of this land. It's a nationally recognised language under New Zealand law," she said.
Her notice was published in the Bay of Plenty Times, also owned by Herald parent company, NZME.
The NZ Herald's general commercial manager for Auckland and Northland, Neil Jackson, today said the decision was a "highly regrettable" result of an outdated policy.
"The New Zealand Herald apologises for any offence caused," he said.
"It is an outdated policy related to languages that are not English, which we are reviewing and will rectify immediately in relation to Te Reo."
Mr Jackson said the Herald had spoken to Whiu and apologised to her personally.
"We recognise and respect Te Reo is the language of our people and the Herald is championing Māori Language Week but we have let ourselves down in this instance."….
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11670321