History of Te reo maori

20 years back from now Te Reo was known for one of the dying languages. back then te reo was a worthless language to teach students because it was not high value  in schools and no one spoke the language as much. it was like all the attitudes had changed and no one really bothered to speak Te Reo.

for most of the 1900’s Te Reo was forbidden. most of the maoris were living in the countryside but then moved to the city, but when maoris left the countryside to go to the city they had to speak english. out of 5 maoris only one could speak Te Reo, which I think meant that the rest weren’t bothered to learn Te Reo or either let it die because of the ban of it in schools. years later Te Reo became more popular not only in schools but also in music. nowadays there are options for students to take maori classes so they can learn more about the language and are able to speak it. it is also being used more in songs by maoris that are proud of their ethnicity and want to carry that with them for other people to learn it.

now that there were many Te Reo speakers, some new zealanders thought that the european history was more important than new zealand history. that’s why people may have stopped speaking Te Reo, but now everyone is believing that both histories are important and that’s what I think to. more often there are teachers that are teaching toddlers to speak maori, and most toddlers have picked it up quickly. there is one teacher that has taught a class of toddlers Te Reo and they have performed a waiata in maori of the  colours and numbers in new zealand. I think that it is a gift to have the ability to be able to speak a language especially one that you family has grew up on.

I think that it's great that Te Reo is more popular now and is getting used in songs by people that are proud of there culture, and also getting taught to students at school. I hope that in the future there will be more people that are speaking Te reo.