Te reo leads the way (fwd link)

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Te reo leads the way

CHARLES ANDERSON
Last updated 05:00 17/06/2012
NZ

Efforts to promote te reo Maori are seen as the international benchmark for
indigenous language revival, according to a visiting expert.

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.

"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."

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.

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