Top decile schools teaching Te Reo Maori Language Marae Investigates 12 Dec 2010.mpg

It's a Privilege -- Tahuri Tumoana
With experts saying the language will die out within 40years, the future of te reo is looking bleak. But as Marae Investigates reporter Tahuri Tumoana finds out, signs of new growth and new hope are coming out from an unlikely source. One of the country's top private schools, Kings College in Otahuhu has not only embraced Te Reo but has used tikanga Maori to cope with what has been a traumatic year.
Top decile schools teaching Te Reo Maori Language Marae Investigates 12 Dec 2010.mpg

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[TheDreamOriginal]

@LahDeDahDe

You suck. Maori is a beautiful language and knowing more than one language is good for you brain apparently. It's one of the national languages of NZ and if you think about it, a nice thing brag about. After all, how many people know maori?

[longfinnedeeler]

Says who? You are effectively saying the Nuiean language is not useful but in terms of containing the traditions, stories and culture of Nuieans it is absolutely irreplaceable and invaluable lols. How can someone be so dumb…based on your rationale Samoan, Tongan, Tokelauan, Nuiean are benign hopeless languages. How did you become so thick?

[longfinnedeeler]

@LahDeDahDe Says who? You are effectively saying the Nuiean language is not useful but in terms of containing the traditions, stories and culture of Nuieans it is absolutely irreplaceable and invaluable lols. How can someone be so dumb…based on your rationale Samoan, Tongan, Tokelauan, Nuiean are benign hopeless languages. How did you become so thick?

[longfinnedeeler]

@LahDeDahDe Te Reo has the same origins as the Nuiean lanuage. Being bilingual is a good thing. Many people the world over are bilingual. If you don't know Maori, Samoan, Nuiean, Fijian (all Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian lanuages) are part of a language family called the Austronesian language family...that starts in Taiwan...migrates in to South East Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia then Polynesia. We are all in the same Reo boat together. You are very dumb aren't you...

[LahDeDahDe]

@NiueanSistahsz ...I find the video just slightly offensive, so I feel obliged to comment. The fact I "bother" to comment is really up to me, don't you think? Each time I comment I am not re-watching the video(don't worry, I stop that commentary straight away). I am just replying to people who happen to disagree with me. Can I just add, that if you love your language so much, stop speaking English. If you want to reply to me in Maori that's just fine, since it's such an "amazing" language

[LahDeDahDe]

@TheDreamOriginal Yep, you are right. It is useful for kids to learn more than one language. So learn something useful. Maori sucks. Seriously, why learn it? For culture? Why? I mean what’s the point of spending years at school learning Maori? It’s not going to help your career, unless you work in a Maori orientated job (and really, who would?) And no not it is not a beautiful language.

[LahDeDahDe]

don't teach kids this bullshit language. It's really not that useful.

[ashwhero]

he tino taonga te kaupapa nei. he miharo te mahi nei! kia kaha e nga tama! kia mau koutou i te reo o tenei whenua.