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Monday 14 September 2020

The Moment...

Today our whole school sang a maori waiata to celebrate Maori language. Today is a special day because in 1972 30,000 signatures were delivered to parliament saying that people wanted to preserve the dying Maori Language.

Because long ago people weren't allowed speak te reo. In schools it was said that speaking te reo was looked down upon and punished. The language then started to die. And quite recently it was turned into an official language of New Zealand.

Now we celebrate Maori language every year. We sang 2 moari waiata at 12pm to celebrate the delivery of that petition and that amazing day!

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