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20 May 2023 | NewsAccording to our history, in the years of the 1970s, you were close to your demise. Only 17% of Māori knew how to speak te reo, only 5% of our children in schools could speak te reo, and furthermore, there were people of that time who declared there was no benefit in teaching te reo and no benefit in the continued survival of te reo Māori.