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.
He rauemi reo Māori mō ngā kupu e whakamahia ana i te Kooti Whenua Māori me te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
A te reo Māori resource for words used in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal
Māori words for the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal prepared by Judge Alana Thomas.
Ko tētahi haepapa nui i ō mātou mahi
katoa, waihoki, ko te taura matua pea e herehere
nei te Kooti Whenua Māori ki Te Puni Kōkiri,
ki te Tumu Paeroa, ki te Roopu Wakamana i te
Tiriti o Waitangi anō hoki, ko ā tātou mahi ki te
whakahoki i te whenua, ki te manaaki i te whenua
hei kāinga mō te iwi Māori.
Ka āhei te tōtaka i tō kōnae ki te wāhi
o runga o te pouaka, te pāwhiri rānei i te pātene “Select
file” kia rapua te kōnae i runga i tō rorohiko/pūrere.
