Over two-thirds of the children under 15 had practically no knowledge of the language and the total loss of Maori was predicted by many of the people we interviewed. Just the same, there was still much support for the broader teaching of Maori in schools, especially at the primary level. Some people believed the language had to be learned in the home or on the marae, and many parents were attending tribal wananga in the area to improve their own knowledge of Maori in order to be better equipped to teach their own children.
Te Matau-a-Māui | Hawke’s Bay | Hastings | 1970-79 | 5% of Māori children can speak te reo. (1970-75) | Story is by tangata whenua
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