Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 24, 2018 18:00:11 GMT 12
MĀORI HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL TO LEARN TE REO IN LARGE NUMBERS
Huge numbers of Māori are going back to school later in life to learn te reo.
In the last four years, 1400 more Māori have enrolled at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, the largest Māori tertiary provider.
Thirty-year-old Nik Pearson of Ngāti Maniapoto who enrolled said despite attending kōhanga reo, and studying te reo at high school, the language never came home.
But he said the birth of his first child last year was the push he needed.
"My plan and goal is to bring him up bilingual - English and Māori......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/362507/maori-heading-back-to-school-to-learn-te-reo-in-large-numbers
Huge numbers of Māori are going back to school later in life to learn te reo.
In the last four years, 1400 more Māori have enrolled at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, the largest Māori tertiary provider.
Thirty-year-old Nik Pearson of Ngāti Maniapoto who enrolled said despite attending kōhanga reo, and studying te reo at high school, the language never came home.
But he said the birth of his first child last year was the push he needed.
"My plan and goal is to bring him up bilingual - English and Māori......
www.radionz.co.nz/news/top/362507/maori-heading-back-to-school-to-learn-te-reo-in-large-numbers