Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 9, 2019 17:14:23 GMT 12
FIRST PERSON: TE REO MĀORI IS SIMPLE IN COMPARISON TO ENGLISH
First Person: RNZ journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui was about to catch a plane home from Auckland when an Air New Zealand worker saw her name on her passport and asked, how on earth did you spell that as a kid? As she explains, it wasn't the first time.
It was the same bustling, frantic, reo-less scene when I arrived at Auckland Airport today. I may have only been a five-minute drive from Ihumātao, but it was an Air New Zealand worker's comment that reminded me just how far away I was.
Upon checking the name on my passport, the worker asked me: "How on earth did you spell that as a kid?"
Air New Zealand has since apologised on behalf of the worker......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/396277/first-person-te-reo-maori-is-simple-in-comparison-to-english
First Person: RNZ journalist Te Aniwa Hurihanganui was about to catch a plane home from Auckland when an Air New Zealand worker saw her name on her passport and asked, how on earth did you spell that as a kid? As she explains, it wasn't the first time.
It was the same bustling, frantic, reo-less scene when I arrived at Auckland Airport today. I may have only been a five-minute drive from Ihumātao, but it was an Air New Zealand worker's comment that reminded me just how far away I was.
Upon checking the name on my passport, the worker asked me: "How on earth did you spell that as a kid?"
Air New Zealand has since apologised on behalf of the worker......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/396277/first-person-te-reo-maori-is-simple-in-comparison-to-english