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Kura Reo Kai Tahu

Submitted by on January 26, 2010 – 2:56 pm One Comment

It is great to see communities working together to strengthen their traditional knowledge and increase the ties that bind.

From the Timaru Herald .

The community at Arowhenua is hosting the second annual Kura Reo Kai Tahu (language school of Ngai Tahu) – a project facilitated by Ngai Tahu in an effort to bring generations of the tribe together to speak their dialect in an immersion environment. Young and old working together is always rewarding for all parties.

As individual communites grow and strengthen – that strengthens us all. It takes three generations of speakers to ensure a language survives. That is – a parent today has a child and speaks te reo to that child as they grow. That child is a fluent speaker and when they have their child they also speak te reo to them. That child grows up fluent too. Three generations speaking a language and it starts today. The Ngai Tahu dialect is unique and there are many dedicated people working to ensure it survives. Thank you for your efforts.

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  • Pita says:

    Looking for all information I can gather in the interest of assisting to preserve the Southern Maori Te Reo and dialect.

    Have various academic thesis, etc on file but hoping to find out from other interested parties where to source other information on early or current Kai/ Ngai Tahu language

    Ka kite ano

    Naku noa na, Pita

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