<font><font face="georgia,serif">Te reo leads the way<br><br>CHARLES ANDERSON<br>Last updated 05:00 17/06/2012<br>NZ<br><br>Efforts to promote te reo Maori are seen as the international benchmark for indigenous language revival, according to a visiting expert.<br>
<br>While the Maori Language Commission laments the position te reo is in, Professor Kenneth Rehg said in Hawaii his linguistics students looked to the Maori effort for inspiration.<br><br>"The United States looks to Hawaii, and Hawaii looks to New Zealand. Maori revitalisation has set the model. It has gathered attention around the world."<br>
<br>Rehg was recently in New Zealand to speak about the worldwide death of languages. He said as a linguist there was no more noble cause than trying to save them.<br><br>Access full article below:<br><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7116610/Te-reo-leads-the-way">http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7116610/Te-reo-leads-the-way</a><br>
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