Number of Speakers There are two instruments that capture information about the number of Māori speakers: the Census, which provides breadth of coverage across all New Zealanders; and Te Kupenga (the Māori Social Survey), which provides depth of coverage. At Census 2013, some 125,350 Māori people could speak Māori
Day: September 19, 2017
Brief Timeline of Māori Language Initiatives since 1972 1972 – Māori Language Petition presented to Parliament by Ngā Tamatoa and Te Reo Māori Society to seek agreement for Māori to be offered in primary and secondary schools 1975 – First Māori Language Week 1975 – Ngāti Raukawa launches Whakatupuranga Rua
In Māori Language week a number of organisation promote Māori words and phrases relevant to their context, to promote greater use of Te Reo. For our policy subscribers (within and external to Government), we have also elected to provide a few phrases that could be of use: Who are
To support Māori Language week Statistics New Zealand has released further data from its 2013 Te Kupenga survey in a paper entitled, Parents more likely to enrol children in kaupapa Māori education -2013: E tipu e rea (kia puawai). The paper released this week shows the correlation between parents’ knowledge
Te Reo Health Precis This week is Māori Language Week, in which Te Reo Māori is celebrated and promoted. Accordingly, this article is a reflective precis on the health of Te Reo amongst Māori, and its place in New Zealand society. First, however, we pay tribute to Ngā Tamatoa, the
The Māori Television Service has released further data from a political polling, which shows: 78% support for Nanaia Mahuta (Labour Party) in Hauraki-Waikato (compared with 22% for his nearest competitor, Rahui Papa (Māori Party); and 60% support for Te Ururoa Flavell (Māori Party) in Waiariki (compared with 40% for his
As advised previously, the National Government does not have a specific Māori development policy, and until this week neither did the Labour Party for this election. This was unusual for the Labour Party, as they typically have a broad Māori development policy statement for each election focused on matters such
Yesterday the Green Party announced that it would seek to allocate $165 million to increase Māori language delivery in schools. The financial commitment is largely linked to funding 2,500 extra Māori language teachers. The idea is, from 2020, Māori language would be compulsory in Year 1 of schooling, and an
In relation to youth entering tertiary education and the workforce, both the National and Labour parties have provided new policies for this election. Their approaches differ markedly. In sum, Labour proposes a year of free tertiary education, and payments for employers who take on apprentices to strengthen youth engagement in
In the second television leaders debate (4 September), an area of focus was children living in poverty. During the debate Prime Minister, Bill English, announced on the spot that his party was committing to a strategy to reduce child poverty – in which he considered there were 145,000 children at
As voting is now open for the General Election all major election policy announcements have now been by political parties. Some of the newly released policies will potentially have a significant impact on Māori wellbeing. Recent policy areas of note that have not already been reviewed within Pānui are: child