Te Ao Maori

Push to get parents speaking te reo Māori at home with tamariki

07:25 am on 17 September 2020

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Those working to make te reo the first language of tamariki Māori are pushing for it to be spoken routinely at home. 

The Māori Language Commission is aiming for a quarter of Māori children under 7 to have te reo Māori as their native language by 2040.

But many of their parents don't have the language themselves and so it's a struggle to keep the language up outside of the classroom. 

Meriana Johnsen has more.