Browsing Te Kawa a Māui · School of Māori Studies by Subject "Language revitalisation"

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Te Rākau Whanake me Ona Ahuatanga Angitu Hei Hopu Reo Māori

Kire, Andrea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

During the 1970s research showed that less than 20% of Māori people were proficient in the Māori language. Leading sociolinguists of that time predicted the Māori language would be extinct by 2000. This provided the ...
Whakatipu te Pā Harakeke: What are the success factors that normalise the use of Māori language within the whānau?

Muller, Maureen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

Despite the language revitalisation efforts of kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori, the Māori language is still endangered. The population of highly proficient speakers is dwindling (Statistics New Zealand, 2013). The ...