One person from Okato mentioned that people of he parents' generation were punished when they spoke Maori and that this was one of the reasons why the language was no longer spoken: her parents had not wanted their own children to suffer in this way. (Several other people from the Taranaki region said the >same thing.)
Taranaki | New Plymouth | 1970-79 | 5% of Māori children can speak te reo. (1970-75) | Story is by tangata whenua
Comments