Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 19, 2016 17:16:55 GMT 12
CALL TO HAVE MAORI LANGUAGE HOUSING CLUSTERS
The council said Māori housing clusters, with those committed to speaking te reo, should be an important part of the new Māori language strategy.
The NZMC said Māori lived in papakainga in rural areas where te reo was the primary language, but the rural papakainga could not be maintained due to legislation such as the Town and Country Planning Act 1952 and Maori Housing policies.
This legislation requires that Māori move to urban areas in order to build with State Advances or Māori Housing loans.
Those moving to urban areas, said the NZMC, were pepper-potted throughout so that the language had little chance of survival.
New Zealand Māori Council deputy chair Owen Lloyd said the rural concept of a small community in an urban environment would help revitalise te reo.
"When you put it into a community and have a group of Māori speakers and families speaking their language and associating it with the way they live and their language complementing each other, the chances for that language are a lot more stronger."
"The concept itself is an innovative approach because things Māori are interconnected, like housing and the language."....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/308923/call-to-have-maori-language-housing-clusters
The council said Māori housing clusters, with those committed to speaking te reo, should be an important part of the new Māori language strategy.
The NZMC said Māori lived in papakainga in rural areas where te reo was the primary language, but the rural papakainga could not be maintained due to legislation such as the Town and Country Planning Act 1952 and Maori Housing policies.
This legislation requires that Māori move to urban areas in order to build with State Advances or Māori Housing loans.
Those moving to urban areas, said the NZMC, were pepper-potted throughout so that the language had little chance of survival.
New Zealand Māori Council deputy chair Owen Lloyd said the rural concept of a small community in an urban environment would help revitalise te reo.
"When you put it into a community and have a group of Māori speakers and families speaking their language and associating it with the way they live and their language complementing each other, the chances for that language are a lot more stronger."
"The concept itself is an innovative approach because things Māori are interconnected, like housing and the language."....
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/308923/call-to-have-maori-language-housing-clusters