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Te Reo Māori in the City: Mana Tamariki Palmerston North Aotearoa - New Zealand Toni Waho

Te Reo Māori in the City: Mana Tamariki Palmerston North Aotearoa - New Zealand Toni Waho Berlin SL Symposium August 2012. Te Reo Māori – the Māori language is a Polynesian language. AOTEAROA. Māori Contact with Europeans. Loss – people, land, language. Move to the Cities.

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Te Reo Māori in the City: Mana Tamariki Palmerston North Aotearoa - New Zealand Toni Waho

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  1. Te Reo Māori in the City:Mana Tamariki Palmerston NorthAotearoa -New Zealand Toni Waho Berlin SL Symposium August 2012

  2. Te Reo Māori – the Māori language is a Polynesian language AOTEAROA

  3. Māori Contact with Europeans

  4. Loss – people, land, language

  5. Move to the Cities

  6. Protest and Language Growth

  7. TENNENT + BROWN

  8. Mana Tamariki – Palmerston North Palmerston North: Population: 85,000 Māori: 12%

  9. Shift in Policies

  10. Intergeneration Transmission over 3 generations is the goal. Identify who will speak which language to whom. Be pure with the language and not mix. Generation 1 Māori English Māori Māori Māori English Generation 2 Māori Māori Māori Māori Generation 3

  11. Mana Tamariki: 1990 Only two families speaking only Māori to their children in the whole city 2012 We have 50 families with 85 children enrolled, 150 highly fluent speakers engage with each other with high proficiency

  12. Challenges: The Kōhanga Reo and Kura Kaupapa Māori are always seeking highly proficient competent quality teachers Families need access to support Teenagers (!) present commitment issues

  13. Te Reo Mauri Ora: Report of the Independent Review Panel on Māori Language Strategy “Stage 6 family, neighbourhood and community must be priority” Better collaboration and co-ordination Dialects and General Māori language

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