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    On speaking terms

    Sep 04, 2022 2 minutes
    by RUSSELL BAILLIE

    SPEAKNO MĀORI (TVNZ 1), KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING (THREE), both Tuesday, September 13, 8.40pm.

    his year’s Te Wiki o te Reo Māori/Māori Language Week also marks the 50th anniversary of the presentation of the Māori language petition to Parliament. It was a landmark in the revitalisation and recognition of the language. The reasons behind its lasting, a powerful, insightful and hopeful documentary that also examines the postcolonial history and contemporary state of te reo.

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