As one mother said, "I didn't want them to go through the same punishment I went through for speaking Maori. One of the most common statements made in all of the communities we visited was that it was a great pity that so few young people neither understood Maori nor were prepared to use what Maori they did know. Some children simply did not know any Maori.
Te Moana-ā-Toi | Bay of Plenty | Ōpōtiki | 1970-79 | 5% of Māori children can speak te reo. (1970-75) | Story is by tangata whenua
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