Many of the people we spoke to expressed concern about the state of the Maori language and hoped that it could be revived. Several people commented that they thought that the Maori language was dying out and that the reason for this was that the old people had not passed the language on to the younger generations. Consequently, very few people were left who could understand and speak Maori. Some people were very bitter that their parents had not taught them to speak Maori and hoped that they would perhaps be able to learn elsewhere.
Manawatū-Whanganui | Whanganui | 1970-79 | 5% of Māori children can speak te reo. (1970-75) | Story is by tangata whenua
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