Maori language week kicks off (fwd)

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Maori language week kicks off
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/438183%3fformat=html

Jul 26, 2004

Maori language week starts on Monday as part of a continuing campaign to
encourage more people to embrace New Zealand's indigenous language.

It's 30 years since a movement began aimed at recognising the importance
of Te Reo Maori. A petition in support of the language was presented at
the steps of parliament. 

Te Reo Maori was the most frequently spoken and written language in New
Zealand in the 1840s.

Since then the struggle to maintain Te Reo Maori as an official language
has been an uphill battle.

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