Awanui and Wiremu Black, 18, having a conversation in te reo (Maori) at Tauranga Boys' College marae. Photo/file
Reader Ken Evans from Tauranga wrote in questioning whether the Government should continue spending money on the resurgence of te reo, given that the number of Maori fluent in the language is declining.
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There is an old
but true saying. You can take a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
I raise this because it is Maori Language Week and the signs are not good.
For instance, news reports say, despite millions of taxpayer dollars being spent on the teaching and promotion of the Maori language, the number of fluent speakers is declining.
