Some people who had been able to speak Māori when they were young had since forgotten how to. For some this happened when they began school. As one woman put it, she lost her fluency when it was “strapped out of her.” Others had lost it when they moved from an area which was predominantly Maori speaking to an area where most people spoke English."
Te Moana-ā-Toi | Bay of Plenty | Rotorua | 1970-75 | 5% of Māori children can speak te reo. (1970-75) | Story is by tangata whenua
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