Over two fifths of our informants had been punished at school for speaking Maori. This had made some people decide not to teach their own children Maori. For example, one woman said that she didn't want them to go through what she went through. One man who had told us he didn't teach his own children Maori after being punished said that he now regretted his decision. Another woman who had been punished at school said she had made sure her children were fluent in both Maori and English so that at home they could speak Maori but could speak English at school.
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Waikato | Thames-Coromandel | 1970-75 | 5% of Māori children can speak te reo. (1970-75) | Story is by tangata whenua
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