WHERE IS MAORI LANGUAGE PLANNING USEFUL? Te Reo o te kāinga
Speaking Māori to Tamariki Planning ways to help whānau speak
Māori in the home environment is particularly important as it
supports intergenerational language transmission (the natural
way that language is passed from parent to child) and helps
children grow up with reo Māori as an ordinary feature of
everyday life. Using reo Māori within our households with our
children is the best way to make sure that Māori becomes a
living and normal means of communication for future generations.
Living in Aotearoa gives you the opportunity to help your child
or children become a Māori language speaker – even if you don’t
speak Māori yourself. There are plenty of language learning
opportunities and support to encourage basic communication in
the home. The most important thing is that your children see
value in the language being spoken. This can only really happen
when you speak it. Te Reo o te Marae Reo, Tikanga, Identity
Marae connect us to Māori cultural trad