How are you celebrating Maori Language Week?
I am going to Whakarewarewa Thermal Village today with my friend Mano who arrives
from the UK around 12 noon. It is going to be awesome.
language of food.
The theme this year is 'te mahi kai', or to gather food. As part of the theme, members of the public can donate food to council, which will then be given to the Tauranga Community Trust Foodbank. Keren says people can then enter a competition by translating the collected food items to Maori. All food can be dropped at Tauranga Library. "The idea is that people do some research to find out what the Maori word is," says Keren. A similar competition for council workers is being held and involves staff dropping items at the council's cafeteria. Keren says more people are accepting the Maori language. "Even if people come away learning one Maori word, that's a good thing."
Check out my Youtube Channel, click on Playlists - heaps of Maori Waita, songs and dance
to share.
