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| | Lingua Franca - 01/05/2004: Te Reo Maori ... |
 | | More significant for Maori viewers has been the provision of a Maori language news service, covering the events of the day, such as this recent hikoi, or protest march, against government legislation on ownership of the foreshore and sea bed. |
 | | A free-to-air television service is a major landmark in the process dubbed the Maori cultural renaissance, generally deemed to have begun about 30 years ago when the culture and language were in critical condition. |
 | | However, one of the beauties of the Kohanga Reo, kindergarten, if you like, movement — pre-school movement — has said we now have children from 10, 15 years ago, who are now young adults and who are reasonably proficient in the language, so fortunately we’ve managed to breach that gap a wee bit. |
| www.abc.net.au /rn/arts/ling/stories/s1096774.htm (1790 words) |
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