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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 26, 2017 16:29:06 GMT 12
MIGRANTS VISIT MARAE TO LEARN ABOUT MĀORI CULTUREA new Wellington program is helping migrants and former refugees get better acquainted with Māori culture. About 120 migrants and refugees and eight translators have paid a visit to Te Wharewaka o Pōneke on Wellington's waterfront to learn about Māori history and traditions. They were welcomed to the land with a traditional pōwhiri and later swapped creation stories with their iwi hosts The one-year-old project is designed to give migrants "that feeling of home" Molly Kennedy Chief Executive of the Multicultural Learning and Support Services (Mclass) said. Mclass – which is the biggest provider of beginner English classes in Wellington – came up with the idea of the marae visits as part of a wider strategy to integrate te reo and Māori culture into language classes, Molly Kennedy said..... www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/99178754/mirgants-visit-marae-to-learn-about-mori-culture
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