Ko wai hai pumau ki te mauri ki te mana o Te Reo Maori? When a worthy public project is not having its desired result, the first instinct of bureaucrats is to rearrange its deck chairs. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori (the Maori Language Commission) is about to be moved to a lower deck. The commission was set up 17 years ago to ensure New Zealand did not lose a distinctive language. Few tasks are harder than stopping the decline of a minority language as generations pass. The commission has done its best, promoting te reo, protecting its integrity and adapting it to modern needs. .....Te Matawai will act as owner of the language commission and Te Mangai Paho, appointing their boards, setting their overall direction, approving their activities and managing their assets. It will have a board of representatives of seven regional clusters of iwi, plus three appointees of language stakeholders.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 19:00:31 +0000