Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 9, 2019 9:08:31 GMT 12
MĀORI MEDIA NOT A CLASSROOM
Māori broadcasters feel the expectations on them to revive the Māori language are too high - and not matched by the funding on offer.
"We’re not teachers. Our job is to entertain and to give information, encourage our people to think bigger. Some of the reo speakers at the hui said they don't want a Māori language education, they want to watch television and be able to laugh and cry and be informed like everybody else," Ms Melbourne says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE0NjM=/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/M%C4%81ori-media-not-a-classroom
Māori broadcasters feel the expectations on them to revive the Māori language are too high - and not matched by the funding on offer.
"We’re not teachers. Our job is to entertain and to give information, encourage our people to think bigger. Some of the reo speakers at the hui said they don't want a Māori language education, they want to watch television and be able to laugh and cry and be informed like everybody else," Ms Melbourne says......
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjE0NjM=/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/M%C4%81ori-media-not-a-classroom