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<h2 itemprop="headline">NZ 's Auckland urged to support Pasifika languages</h2>
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<p class="">Updated at 8:19 am on 27 November 2015</p>
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<div class="" style="width:620px" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><img itemprop="contentURL" src="http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/48355/eight_col_large_1M1A4568.jpg?1442891031" alt="Labour MP, Su'a Willliam Sio." height="388" width="620"><p class="">Photo: <span itemprop="copyrightHolder">RNZ / Alexander Robertson</span></p></div><p><strong>The
Pacific Islands Affairs spokesperson of New Zealand's opposition Labour
Party is calling on the Auckland Council to show the national
government it believes in the benefits of a multilingual society.</strong></p>
<p>Su'a William Sio says the government, in its refusal to adopt a
national language policy, has turned its back on Pasifika and Asian
languages.</p>
<p>Mr Sio says having citizens who are able to communicate effectively
in more than one language of social, cultural and economic benefit to
New Zealand.</p>
<p><i>"We will be launching that strategy and presenting it to Auckland
council who will then be charged with the task of taking it back to the
full council and I am hopeful that the full council will adopt a strong
policy and lead the way for the rest of New Zealand to follow." </i></p>
<p>Labour's Pacific Islands Affairs spokesperson, Su'a William Sio.</p>
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