Hilarious hypocrisy

They’re entitled to do this, but I was curious about how seriously they take their commitment to te reo. I checked out their website and the Iwi doesn’t even have a te rep version of their website. And their newsletters are primarily written in English. So they are saying they will only use te reo […]

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A south Taranaki iwi will use only te reo Māori when corresponding or speaking with central government officials from now on and hopes other iwi and kaupapa Māori organisations will follow suit.https://t.co/19VAFUMxQg

— Marc Daalder Wear a Mask (@marcdaalder) May 21, 2024

They’re entitled to do this, but I was curious about how seriously they take their commitment to te reo. I checked out their website and the Iwi doesn’t even have a te rep version of their website. And their newsletters are primarily written in English.

So they are saying they will only use te reo to communicate to the Government, but don’t use te red to communicate to their own members!

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