Māori Language Week

Te Wiki o te reo Māori: Day two with Andrew Little

15:25 pm on 11 September 2018

Andrew Little, the Justice and Treaty Negotiations minister, says understanding te reo Māori is a vital part of understanding tangata whenua, and the cultural concepts te reo seeks to express.

Over the past year he has been taking private lessons from tutor Steven Ihaka, learning his mihi, basic reo Māori words and phrases, and correct Māori pronunciation.