[lg policy] New Zealand: Auckland Council to implement Te Reo Policy

[Harold Schiffman]

Auckland Council to implement Te Reo Policy
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Friday, 2 September, 2016 - 11:56

Independent MÄ ori Statutory Board urges Council to Implement Te Reo Policy
quickly.

The Independent MÄ ori Statutory Board welcomes the adoption of the MÄ ori
Language Policy and MÄ ori Language Implementation Plan 2016-2019, by the
Auckland Council Regional Strategy and Policy Committee yesterday, and
calls on the Council to expedite its implementation.

Independent MÄ ori Statutory Board Deputy Chair, Glenn Wilcox, says while
the Board is pleased the Council has finally adopted a Te Reo policy, the
accompanying implementation plan is light on detail and will need fleshing
out, which the Board urges the Council to advance as soon as possible.

"The Board identified the need for a MÄ ori Language Policy in its first Te
Tiriti o Waitangi Audit in 2012. It has taken Council four years to develop
a Te Reo policy and bring it to Council for adoption. This is indicative of
the speed with which the 24 audit action group recommendations currently
before the Council are taking to be addressed. To date only 5 have been
signed off as complete.

"The recent establishment of Te Toa Takitini, a cross-council executive
working group to respond to matters MÄ ori, has done much to improve the
speed with which the recommendations of the 2012 and 2015 Treaty Audits are
being addressed, however, there is still much work to be done and Council
needs to pick up the pace on delivering on its responsibilities.

"The incoming Board will continue to work closely with Council to ensure
that it meets its statutory obligations to MÄ ori in ways that are
effective and timely," Chair, David Taipari says. He says the adoption of
the MÄ ori Language Policy yesterday affords Council a perfect opportunity
to demonstrate that it takes its legislative obligations and commitments to
MÄ ori detailed in the Auckland Plan, seriously.

"The key Auckland Plan outcome relevant to the revitalisation of the MÄ ori
language is A MÄ ori identity that is Auckland’s point of difference in the
world. The implementation of the MÄ ori Language policy is critical to
Council delivering on the Auckland Plan. The Board expects to be working
closely with the Council and mana whenua groups to see effective
implementation of the MÄ ori Language Policy," David Taipari says.
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/5/261799

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