New Zealand’s public broadcaster is facing backlash after part of a weather bulletin was read in te reo Maori. The use of the county’s national language is widely embraced but complaints are increasing.
I'm Malaysian living in the US. I'm not sure y NZlenders are offended. In Malaysia, ppl speaks Malay, English and Chinese. Some speak all three some just 2 some just speak the national language Malay. Newcasters say greetings in more than one languages and it should be welcome. That's what made a country unique. I'm not sure y ppl r so offended
Except that less than 3% of the population here in NZ can even speak Maori. Most maoris themselves do not speak the language. I've lived in NZ for seven years and can't recall hearing a single Maori conversation spoken in the street.
Lol Do u bother to get to interact within the Maori community?? Know anything about the history of Aotearoa???Know anything about iwi Māori??? But u have been here seven years??? Hmm????
@@tijojoseph3315 that’s a bad thing considering that they inhabited the islands first. NZ should learn from paraguay. Those people intermarried and then used Guarani, a Native South American language instead of Spanish as a lingua franca.
As a Singaporean, i can comfirm these too. It's unique too us! I think there was a case a few years ago when Singapore's Airforce did a joint exercise with USA, and USA tried to eavesdropped into our radio, the SG pilot just switched to Singlish LOL
Born and raised in NZ and loved it. Maori was taught in schools and my blonde hair blue eyed daughter loved being part of the Kapahaka group. Up until recently this comfortable and practical union of cultures was embraced by all New Zealanders as "ours". It was beautiful. Now it's fallen victim to woke ideology and Marxist theory I fear we'll never recover
. You dont make up a dead language then force it on other people and cultures. Especiallywhenit serves no purpose and gas no function. NZ is just anither vetsion of apartheid. .Has been for 40yrs with Maori being first class citizens with more available to them than any. Then Pacifica nations are next. Europeans get nothing. NZ is a horrible place to live if you are white. Has been for decades.
@@drjanitor3747 Incorrect this year dates the most intake enrollments to imbrace te reo maori. Its a warm and loving culture and language. All new that volunteer to enroll experience the total opposite of what your stating.
My blonde blue eyed maori cousin got bullied out of school because she was "white" by maoris and pacific islanders because of the misconceptions of a white person and racism portrayed that white people are rich and don't need help. The attitudes in this country are very ignorant,antiquated,doesn't represent modern NZers and maoris who are mixed and created a lot of racism due to stupidity. I was included in the maori culture group at school and totally put off as I kept getting criticized for being "too white".
New Zealand really shouldn't beat itself up about its past - there were some low points but overall the Maori People are highly respected as an important part of the nation's identity.
Suckers sign up to punching toxic drugs into themselves because a stranger some where on the planet said they HAVE TO. Don't watch the channel that speaks my native tongue in my native country of birth if it's that offensive to your pitiful self. No ones forcing you to do anything except accept a lying Crime Sinister who isn't even a real woman lol!
Fun fact, Maori never actually had a written language. A bunch of missionaries and Maori cheifs back in the day got together and constructed one. That's why not all of the alphabet is used in the Maori language. Interesting.
No point complaining as no one is listening. In the UK millions of people just cancelled their licence and switched off when they didn’t like what they were fed.
@Nola Gibson Sometimes it’s the only way. Also I never had Sky etc so I was very reliant on BBC so when people like me cancel it really should make them sit up but it won’t but I remember listening to someone talking about the health service and saying we never bothered to find out why people were leaving we really should. BBC should also ask and make notes about why customers are leaving.
@@misfit2022 it has to be notable as i read recently the BBC was struggling. GB news seems quite good, i watch a bit every now and then. We gave up on a lot of media as it is so edited. I want some truths.
@@formallylogan No one cares about the chocolate, but how about the apartheid and 'tweaking' of democracy, the removal of beautiful trees that house birds because they are 'symbols of colonisation', and other acts of utu. Changing history and science to pretend that white people brought nothing good and that Maori can do no wrong. The list goes on but you get my drift. I hasten to add that there are many great aspects of Maori culture, and that this is the fault of politicians, media and Maori elite, and generally not the Maori people. It's the lies, the control and the money grabbing that has reached an obscene level, that we are sick of
@@chchwoman9960Protecting our land's unique ecosystem is not an act of retribution. Maori are leagues behind Pakeha in all measurable statistics. If you think this is apartheid you're sheltered and sick. I bet you're unvaccinated too.
@@university8035 Why don't you help your own people with the billions then. I am vaccinated so you are the prejudiced one here, and that has nothing to do with the topic. Suddenly removing trees all at once is not about protection, it is destructive, especially for bird life
@@chchwoman9960 So you'll listen to the experts on matters of disease control but you'll make up your own nonsense understanding of what apartheid is and looks like? I guess you're not completely brainwashed then, just an ordinary hypocrite. And do me a solid. Read the Christchurch schedule of significant trees and tell me what percentage are native species.
Hahah I know this feeling the Duch colonised our island 400 years ago, we are forced to speak Dutch, as we are starting our independence journey we are speaking our language Papiamento more and less Dutch. And they get so ANGRY because they cannot understand us. We were forced to learn their language/teach in their language/learn school subjects in their language, so now we are taking back our language and our independence.
Wow Wow - You put it so beautiful. "We are taking back out language" - however one thing is missing. I don't hear you say we will take back our land. But yeah 1st things 1st. As a descendent of the Khoi and San people in South Africa exactly the same happened here. We were forced to speak the language of the Colonialist etc etc..! The struggle continues. ✊🏿✊🏿👏🏽👏🏽
it shows the importance of teaching languages early on in schools ! Never hurts a child to know more languages. Creates an inclusive space for all and not the "speak english for the majority" narrative which monolingual white adults are showing
I see Another nz mainstream media lie in your report. aotearoa was never the traditional name for nz in the Maori version of the treaty never once mentioned the word aotearoa it refers to nz as Nu Tereni if we are forced to have a shared name it should be historically correct . Have a look yourselves.
Wasn't the whole point in having a Maori channel to speak in Maori and then you can listen to the news. If I only speak English then I just want o hear the news or weather in English.
Bwhawhawha put it this way So just because we have Māori Television that main stream channels shouldn’t have Te Reo Māori lol Wrong!!! Te Reo is an official Language here you can speak te reo anytime any place and that includes anyt channel.!!!
@@kitkat-uu8mz Who cares mate. Not many people speak Maori or want to speak it. So what if it is an official language.More people are just going to tune off TVNZ.!!!!
@@joshhowe3477 Don't want it pushed on me. I'm not interested in Maori language or culture.Trying to change New Zealand to Aoteroa which by the way means only the North Island. Three waters which has to have 6 unelected Maori on the board which isn't democratic. This socialist Labor government are trying to force Maori culture on non Maori.
@@glenradford5988 Thats fair enough, but I'm sure you have the mental capacity to ignore it? Like I'm sure when your walking in the city and you here other people speaking they're native languages you just ignore them right? No one's actually forcing you to speak it, an easy solution would be to just change the channel or even mute it no?
No ones being forsaken silly you're not going to lose the english language but there's a chance you might learn some maori language its 2022 the whole world is embracing indigenous culture
@@sojourn6697 so the whole world is going multi-lingual then. Good idea. Speaking different languages can help bring understanding and respect between cultures and peoples. Which non-English language will you choose?
@@cthlite funnily enough this is necessary lol when I worked at the duty free store some people would stand on the toilets to go and sometimes would break the toilets by accident as their cultures are quite different in some places in china, or signs explaining not to spit etc. A guy literally spat inside the store super casually and I gave him a cloth and pointed at the spit, no English, just pointing and shaking my head lol we had to get signs for this as it was quite common for some places and occurring more and more regularly. In some cases some people actually need guidance like at the airport etc to avoid issues like these lol its a funny but interesting world
Good. We all live in the south pacific. We know it's the trump right wing supporters creating a problem here in Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿 🙄 it has to be stopped. Whitewashed white supremacists behaviors must be stopped now.if we had a healthy democracy whites or Europeans would be broken down in their culture of origin and they could well be the minorities. But it's coorupted so you seem stronger as a European voice. Democracy isn't about skin colored. Europeans have to stop corrupting our democracy with white lies
It's an agenda to simply revitalize and replenish a culture that is at stake of being irrelevant. STUPID people getting it mixed up and not looking at the bigger picture 🙄
@@TT-jy2db That's why people like you deserve to live in the bush...get back to your Playstation war games and Te Reo classes 🙄 clearly still have your ancestors traits in you!
The media "stirring an agenda" here though is sky news claiming there's a "backlash" when it actually is just a few old conservative fucking snowflakes that nobody gives a shit about. This isn't an issue, it's quite literally sky news just trying to get their racist audience mad at Maori.
And why is that a problem?is it stopped your way of life ?is it hurting you ? Should we use french instead or Portuguese would that be better?reo is a beautiful language maybe try it it might open your eyes to how beautiful it is
Oh please. You want to look like a racist then cry your not a racist. Do your history instead of acting like a trump supporter. By creating a problem. You are welcome to move your family back to the northern hemisphere
Sorry not going to happen. This is the most bought chocolate in New Zealand. The people who object to this are a tiny ignorant bunch off boofheads. Their sales have actually boomed since this release.
I'm not from NZ but I absolutely love and respect the country and its lovely indigenous peoples. I see nothing wrong with the indigenous language being used. I think it's a beautiful thing, because for some of us who have been and are still occupied by foreign power, our language has been stripped away from us so much that we have lost more than half of the indigenous language of our ancestors spoke. This is due to our occupiers who have suppressed our language and forced us to speak theirs in public schools especially. I remember my mother telling us how she used to get whipped in school when they caught her speaking the indigenous language. She go home with welts and want me to explain, she would explain what she did wrong in English. Our Government made their sad attempts of preservation around the late 70s and incorperated our native language into classes, but I feel it's too late because even our instructors are limited in the language as well. Before our last elder died, she commented about how we speak our native tongue sounds lesser than a third grade level. Preserve your culture, heritage and language. It's fortunate that you still have them. Your native language should be the main language of the land, no exception. Papers and land deeds may have been signed by the people before you but that was all trickery and manipulated by the people did not understand the true intentions of the occupiers. It's all papers and nothing but papers. You will always belong to the indigenous people therefore the language should be there to stay forever. Aotearoa, you have my undying love and respect.
Tēnā koe (thank you). Its also officially listed as an official language amongst so many other things that get missed. We're getting there leasing the way for the rest of the world hopefully
A lot of people were whipped for speaking maori including white kids because it was specifically enforced by all in charge including maori chiefs. My grandfather was born in NZ in 1920 and was fluent in maori in taranaki and was taught by maori in the area and not at school and over time there was just an attitude from a lot of part maori that they actually couldnt be bothered. When i went to school in the 90s i wanted to learn because i knew of many people who spoke the language but i was quickly stomped down by maori telling me im a try hard while they also chose not to attend the class and put other people off. If you dont start to understand that the general population didnt make the rules and it wasnt about "the white man" you'll start to see the reality that maori didnt want their language in other cultural environments, its too negative and just like now white people are not welcomed into maori cultural areas and are very criticised. Ive been asked id im maori becayse my pronunciation is good but the reality is my family have been here 5 generations and where they were no language was being oppressed. If people wanted maori spoken in schools it was only a matter of time that also white people would be speaking it but a lot of tribes for a long time have had the attitude that the culture should be excluded from white people and this was respected and when someone who is white knows this and has experienced this they keep their kids away from it to protect them from the reality of this behaviour. Even now maori people say they do not want a white person teaching the maori language and i couldnt get an english scholarship because im not maori but part maori apparently can do whatever they want with the english language, white cultures such as having a maori rugby team when its not culturally maori, soccer team and manipulating schools which were culturally british. There is no maori versions of indian cultural activities or others, its just the scottish,irish and english cultural activities being trashed on for no reason other than idiots see it as white and are just raised to hate their own families and friends. No white people are interferring with maraes, making english or irish kapahaka groups and creating an environment where they have no culture. The reality is a lot maori met a lot of other people through a common language and it was english and even those white people didnt just speak english, they were irish and scottish and polish etc and its only maori who are calling their families white, trashing on their own white families traditions and being totally ignorant about them and making everything about race rather than what the reality is and its that the english culture succeeded through actually openly allowing people to own the culture through families including all of the families into their fold including people not descended of england such as irish and scottish. And the ones that were maori and trashing on white people every 5 minutes and trying to force a culture, imprinting themselves on another culture and excluding their white children and partners and blaming them for things they werent a part of had a lot of british maori, scottish maori and irish maori leave this culture by choice. What id be asking is how so much money has been passed on to some maori in the forms of millions yet no independent shops, jobs and culturally maori activities are seen more regularly and positively in the general public yet it seems to be all spent on still obsessing over and trashing on white people for an income and part maori families who have been raised in neutral families and poor families who have just wanted to live their lives peacefully apparently have been "suffering" so that millions of dollars can be taken from mixed race families from people that have more money, power and influence than any regular nz family.
I have explained this to Gary so here I am explaining this to you. That has actually been proven to be false, a history segment altered by colonizers to justify colonization. Moriori weren't native to New Zealand, they were actually native to the Chatham Islands, that's where the raping, pillaging, murder and slavery took place. It is unclear how the Moriori got to the islands, it was either by seperation from the original migration or a seperate migration all together but no the Moriori were not Native of New Zealand nor did the attrocotties occur in New Zealand.
1. It’s also a place where te reo is an official language and English is not. 2. The presenters translate everything they say anyway. 3. Most of the use is during Māori language week so what’s the big deal
A load of us Kiwis watch Sky News Australia now instead of our own. Firstly it’s all in English and secondly we actually find out what’s happening in NZ instead of the government funded propaganda we get at home.
It’s a New Zealand language, I have nothing against it, but English definitely is what the majority of New Zealand can understand so they shouldn’t replace English but doing it along side English is no problem.
@@kitkat-uu8mz I wouldn't make kids do a class they do not wanna do. The people that want Māori to become compulsory have no argument. Why take a language that is only spoken by one countries instead of a class like Spanish which half of AMERICA speaks or Chinese, French etc
@@davidknowsbetter8495 would it be stupid if China suddenly started forgetting their languages? (They are btw, many Sinitic languages and dialects are dying out in favour of standard mandarin). You live in a country with the Maori people, you must learn some of their language. “Why not learn spanish french or chinese” is basically just another way of saying “I don’t respect Maori/Austronesian cultures”. Ironically, learning Maori will probably help you learn Indonesian, Malay, or standardized filipino later down the line. That’ll help you do business with them I don’t blame people for their ancestor’s sins but it’s telling of a person’s character if they support the language erasure efforts that their ancestors have done.
The Entire Apparatus has called Tauranga Tauwronga for for the last 10 years, there is not a O in the name, our presenters are as bad as most,one of them told the voice of Bart Simpson that she hated the Simpsons programme at 7:30am , these people are scrubs
NZers apparently must get used to the notion that their Maori language must be adopted in order to participate in the international arena. Because reasons........ and "diversity".
You dont hear them saying sign language is forced on them because that's now on news feeds alot too but we all know it is the apartheid of old coming back. Racist and white supremacists are the minority. We can't let them play the democrats corruption games, racist try to play look on your passport Aotearoa's is there. Look in schools and government buildings Maori languages are there. Whitewashed supremacy going 🤪 crazy 😜 I say
Ofcourse watching te ara reo is a personal choice. However to preserve a language it has to be used and visible. In NZ school all languages are honored. Te reo is one of the 3 official languages of nz.
Turn it up! If NZwas like 1939 Germany and you spoke out against the govt you’d be on a train to a camp. Don’t make such ridiculous and insulting comparisons.
Aotearoa it's not the traditional name of New Zealand in fact it did not exist when Captain Cook arrived in 1769 and even when the treaty of Waitangi was signed in1840. The origins are unknown, but it's first known recording was in a travel brochure in the late 1800s. Re-manufacturing of our history seems to be the tradition at the moment.
Yep, there were a couple of small areas called Aotearoa east of Otorohanga and east of Te Kuiti, then it gradually got used just for the North Island and then filtered into referring to all of New Zealand. The treaty was signed as Nu Tireni, not Aotearoa. You couldn't even find it in a Maori dictionary in the 1800s.
@devious1 Yep he hung around the Waikato mid-1800s but I can't find a reference to ALL of New Zealand being called Aotearoa. Charles wrote a few publications one was called Ko Aotearoa. But an earlier Maori dictionary allegedly never has the word. I still don't believe the entire NZ was called that. North Island maybe but not all of NZ. Notice I can write NZ and many people know what I mean. Changing it to Ao is gonna suck. TBH
@@realitywins9020 I think his point was that although Te Reo wasn't written down, it's still a viable and was around in New Zealand before colonisation
Very impressed with the Sky pronunciation though 👍 btw, Aotearoa is not really the "traditional" name, it is a post-colonial custom. There was no prior traditional name for New Zealand.
Aotearoa was used by the Victorians as a romantic evocation to market New Zealand to potential British migrants. It literally means "Land Of The Long White Cloud" - which is so flowery and twee, it sounds like something Oscar Wilde could've dreamed up: it's rather out of character for the war-like, tribal, patriarchal culture of the traditional Maori people.
Exactly, people act like she didn't translate what she said immediately after, but I think they did understand that they just didn't like it because for one second in life the world didn't revolve around them, I consider that I've had a mostly easy life sure I know people who had it better but I know alot more people who have had it worse but if someone speaking a few words you can't understand and then immediately translating them is triggering to you you must lead the most blessed life I've ever seen without one single problem, because even having a good life I can't understand why I could ever be bothered by something not only positive but also does not negatively affect me whatsoever 🤷🏻♀️
FFS cant we have just one news channel for the 90% of us that arent maori speakers just 1 ,, maori now have about 6 and most of them have no idea whats being said
I'm uruguaian and live in NZ for years. My wife and kids are from here. Keep it up Maori, beautiful language from my Maori brothers and sisters. May God bless NZ and it's people
I wouldn't make kids do a class they do not wanna do. The people that want Māori to become compulsory have no argument. Why take a language that is only spoken by one country instead of a class like Spanish which half of AMERICA speaks or Chinese, French etc
The truth is that the Maori Party have been telling National and Labour that if they want their party's support to form a government they are expected to change ALL English place names into Maori. Most of us feel alienated from political parties who do NOT represent us or our country's best interests. Jacinda Ardern is rushing NZ headlong into WEF policies of no car or farm ownership to feather Labour's one world government standing. They have no mandate for any of it.
@@resolecca maybe do some wider reading about the UN Agenda 2021 and Agenda 2030 and look up the World Economic Forum's website and watch some Russell Brand factual RU-vid videos. about the coming digital money and One World Government. Just because the mainstream media is too biased to report these issues does not mean they are 'conspiracy theories.'
This is not a new thing ... way back in the 1970's the nightly news was read in English and then the same stories were read in Maori. No one had a problem with it, in fact I thought it was cool.
I have lived here most of my life but I have no recollection of this ,But it is a better idea than mixing both together to start a new language called Reolish
Utter bullshite, Te Reo was never spoken on national TV in the 70s. Officials within the New Zealand educational system were still beating Maori children for speaking their own language until 1969. This whole Te Reo resurgence is about saving the Language, the complaining is about white people who desperately desire to see Maori language & culture die. That is not going to happen.
Aotearoa used be like a nickname we called ourselves. It was something we liked to use sometimes. Using it in an official way has taken that away from us and is now negative and divisive.
@@stephenlindsay3792 I think I heard it was originally used by a European guy and that it refers to the North Island only. Not sure if that's actually true.
@@stephenlindsay3792 proof ? Hows the treaty for proof ? Indeginious people speaking their language for centuries than in 1840 another people came with another language and a written language and well ..New Zealand was the new people’s new word .. . Maori wasn’t a term used to describe themselves either that was the new people’s other new word to group them and their individual tribes together
Saying a greeting in te reo is fine but English should be the main language as it will be hard for foreigners to understand what is going on otherwise, there is a Maori channel for people to watch if needed
The sad fact is that this Maorification of NZ is being introduced by stealth and many Pakeha think it is fashionable to use Maori greetings.It always amuses me the way people will use 2 or 3 Maori greetings all at the same time when one is sufficient
@Carmel Gleeson I speak two languages and have an excellent knowledge of a third. But I have no intention of learning a language spoken by only 25-30000 people -there is no point.The reason NZ is sliding down the OECD scale is because the growing Maori population have a very poor level of academic achievements as their parents dont seem to support educating their children -they have the highest rate of truancy.You dont see this with the children of other races living here.Learning to speak Te Reo is not going to help[ them get good jobs in the world And NZ is a Pacific country but so is Australia and having a minority Maori population does not necessarily make it a Polynesian country.
@Carmel Gleeson you are obviously Maori and standing up for your people.But who is a Maori? - as far as I understand you only have to claim to have 10% Maori genes to qualify.And as they say there are lies,lies and statistics. One would expect more Maori youth to be in employment because the rest not just Pakeha are enrolled in universities and other learning institutions during the ages 15-24 and this would account for a larger number in trades as there are very few Maori in the professions. I am sorry I dont accept that Maori are the most entrepreneurial race on the planet as there is no evidence and Maori are such a small population. Maori women might show a 50% increase in graduates because they started from such a low base And if you want some more statistics Maori top the numbers in the number of people involved in violent crime,drugs and represent 70% of the prison population. Maoris smoke more meths and nicotine and 40% Maori women smoke.Most cases of fetal alcohol syndrome occur in Maori children and the abuse and death of young children is far greater in Maori families. Maoris have the highest rate of suicide,the lowest vaccination rate for their children. Highest number on benefits. I dont think Maoris over 50 have same wealth for the reason the stats lie as Maoris die must younger than Europeans. This all sounds like Maori bashing but Maoris need to do more to help themselves and stop blaming it all on colonization
There will definitely be an exodus of TV NZ listeners if they continue using Te Reo, a language never written down by Maori, as they had no written language of their own... and yet we are supposed to accept this as their official language, which a very small percentage of Maori themselves speak, and even less among the rest of New Zealand. Totally ridiculous, and very pc. Wasting everyones time using it on public broadcasting. People just turn it off, and listen to another channel they understand in English... the language spoken in New Zealand.
Wrong, two Rangatira, Hongi Hika & his nephew Waiktato, traveled with a missionary.to England to work with prominent linguistic professor , Samuel Lee of Cambridge University to create the, at the time, authoritative book on the written Maori word.
😅😅😅 this is truely sickening. Why don't you start a protest and expose yourself you racist, we would all love to see the identity of you lot on here! Name and shame!!!
What about how English was shoved in the faces of Māori when British people colonised NZ? So much so that it's now the dominantly-spoken language here? A little bit of Te Reo sprinkled into the weather report is nothing compared to how Western culture was forced onto Māori and their language was systematically attacked.
@@TT-jy2db this isn't just "living in the past." Discrimination against Māori and other POC is still very much present today, as a result of that colonisation, which includes white people attacking Māori just for speaking their own language.
@@breef2531 what discrimination in this day and age? If anything it's the opposite. What other group is afforded so much special treatment? Where did people get attacked for speaking maori?
@@TT-jy2db The arrogancy you hold. The Past is the foundation that build futures not matter what it maybe. we don't live in it we simply expose it for what it was and the affects it had then and now. What's the problem?
F ing ridiculous... could you imagine in Switzerland if every program had to have the dialogue repeated in French, German and Italian every time? Most of the population understands all 3, if not at least 2 out of 3.. like you said in the report, most New Zealanders understand both... so what is the point!!! They are hearing the same information repeated... imagine in Switzerland, they understood all 3 languages, they would be hearing the same information repeated 3 times. If you really dont understand how preposterous this is, magine on the BBC News they repeated (in English) every sentence 3 times! How annoying to any listener! Repeating each announcement in Maori provides no extra information to the listener, wastes time and is annoying to the listener. It is pure virtue signalling on the most insipid, futile and idiotic level. In Switzerland btw, they have various Italian, German and French language stations. "Problem" solved without stupidity... New Zealand should try it some time
I think the issue is that English can easily displace minority languages. I have British parents but was born in Germany and lived the first 9 years of my life in Germany before moving to the UK. I am natively a speaker of both languages and people often comment that when I speak German I have no hint of an English accent and when I speak English I have no hint of a German accent (although I did until I was 16). When I'm in Germany people often comment to me that they are annoyed by the amount of advertising that makes use of English because most young Germans are comfortable with it. English will never displace German in Germany and Austria because German is a "big" language. Even so, America came close to having German as its main language but English destroyed the idea. What chance do small languages have against it?
@@peterd788 there has never been an effort in New Zealand to do away with the Maori language. In fact,quite the opposite. This is about taking choice away and forcing the language on to those that are not culturally Maori eg.making the language compulsory in schools. For at least the last fifty years,and I’m being conservative,kids have had the choice to learn Maori at school,if they choose to.
The TV news media is biased towards the left and is often propaganda. Same everywhere in the western world and a chunk of Europe. Need to do the research and see who owns the media corporations and you will find it is the same small group of grey shadows. I have not watched this source of news now for 17 years. I much prefer unbiased news on the internet, where we can make up our own minds based on the evidence, rather than being brain washed with lies & deceit.
They have their own designated TV channels, though it seems like that isn't enough for them. Every chance their given they'll try ram it down our throats. Not everyone wants to hear it.
the government MAKES you use te reo, accept modern very controversial interpretation of treaty of waitangi, to get government funding, this is not by popular demand, 64% want NZ called New Zealand only, Aotearoa is also the land of the long cloud, the land of the long white cloud is from a Tennyson poem, Maa is the word for white and appears nowhere in the word
Aunty Cindy is really just towing the line..politically she needs the numbers, especially from the likes of the Greens and..surprise surprise..the Moari Party.
@@dabsy123 vague parochial nonsense, doug. todd said it's easier for the people running the country to have the country divided. that is not true. it's better for the government if people are feeling happy and listened to by their leaders.
Maori have their own TV and Radio stations where they can speak Te Reo all they want. The trouble is they can't all speak the language themselves anyway.
New Zealand is getting to be more culturally diverse now, and English is the common ground. Imagine if Fox or CNN broadcasted their news in Native American languages...
@devious1 Chinese will never become a lingua franca of the world because English is the lingua franca in India now the most populus country in the world surpassing China plus it already is accepted by nearly all countries as the worlds lingua franca
@@davidboskett5581 the prime minister of this country wants to divide it called apartheid black white fighting that is the aim why doesn't some barstard come out a d ask her straight out
Perfect delivery. Māori and English. Representing both is so important. Bilingual. Australia needs to catch up and give the First Nations their voice in parliament.
I second that who knows I might gather up the Aboriginals and see about starting them a Treaty..who knows make use all bow down to the people of the land the rightful ones💯
The aboriginals of both countries lost to the British, it's conquest, what do you expect? AUS and NZ are Anglophone countries plain and simple. Imagine the immigrants that lefties love to pander to that spent years learning English only for the news to be in a completely foreign and dare I say it, archaic language.
@@npche9865 anglophone countries or not english is not our first language how dare people turn their nose up just because we want to introduce the native language no deal..no compromise just accept it we are forced to sit back and listen to who the government or the people kicking up dust please wheres our rights🤔🤷🏽♀️.my people will still fight and when we die our kids our grandchildren will still push for it! Hopefully all the naysayers die along with it too..idc if we have other cultures in our country the facts are Maori is our first language it's our birthright!
@@shezza2191 Fight for it then, just don't lose this time. Trying to tip the balance of power in an Anglo-Saxon nation state in favour of the minority is literally divide and rule/conquer, a famed tactic used by the British which is partially why the squabbling Maori tribes lost in the end.
@@npche9865 cousin you are partially right however we were humble people we didn't know what was what..our people were tricked our woman were raped and pillaged that's how they got into our land by opening up a brothel🤬🤬 back in 1840..I could go on but🤔🤷🏽♀️we haven't gotten justice and we will keep on pressing til the fat lady sings..there's probably a lot y'all aren't aware of and by sweeping under the rug is not going to stop us at all.
If they want to listen to maori they have their own news channel with no English subtitles why add it to all of the media hearing a white lady try pronounce te reo is embarrassing
As a maori I actually agree it is abit embarrassing hearing white people butcher our language, and I don't see how speaking maori on one news is actually going to help our people get over the problems we face, however I honestly don't see why everyone's making such a big deal out of this, she litterally translated everything she said on maori into English. It's not like anyone missed any vital information.
maori weren't the first people in new zealand.... it's own government has suppressed archeological findings and also forbids testing on ancient skeletal remains
My 5yr old grandaughter speaks english, maori, and is now learning sign language she is samoan tongan maori herself i m proud of her and hopefully she will grow to use all 3 or more languages in our now multi cultural country to .be helpful to others then i say go for it ASHLYNN reach for the Stars sweetheart Grandma loves yah and be proud of who you are and what you can and will achieve and if its a tv broadcaster youll do amazingly gr8, she also is training to be a boxer girls can do anything! Yabadabadoo !! Thats caveman language & means yahoo!!
And that is great Lorna, and many young ones are doing some variation of that, now. However it should remain a choice over and above a prioritized, English based curriculum. English is the language of the world and our grandchildren need to be empowered to communicate across the world.
Most people here in New Zealand don't even speak Maori why just stop it already even a lot of young Maori don't speak there own language catering to minoritys really the main language is English predominantly
@@followthesapper324 My mates says his son even sleep talks in maori as he goes to a school that speaks only maori. Fact is though 100s, doesn't actually equate to most people
Surely the purpose of language is to communicate - and broadcasters need to be able to communicate. how can they do that by trying to speak in two languages at the same time? The method of saying and repeating just interrupts the flow and makes the communication much more difficult to understand. This is not inclusive, it is divisive. What next a separate Parliament?
if you know anything about languages you'll realise english is already packed full of words from other languages. you're hiding your racism by pretending to care about the efficiency of communication.
@The John Magufuli Society the news here in New Zealand is spoken in both English & Te Reo… I don’t get why people are offended especially the old white people because you see them complaining all over social media
@@samblack5313 it’s fact… Go onto any link on FB regarding this subject and it’s literally right in your face it’s always the same old white people who complain using the race card. Im just stating the facts mate and I’m half white so no bias whatsoever
Just have the referendum .Next election add an extra box “should the countries name be New Zealand or Aoteroa “. It will be overwhelming New Zealand. Wanganui had 2 referendums to change to Whanganui .Majority voted to stay as Wanganui so they simply acted like tyrants and changed it anyway
I had no idea about that. I did notice signs being changed all over the place for no reason. Thanks for the info, it's even worse than I thought if it failed two referendums (I hate referendums btw, the totalitarians only need one yes vote, the people have to vote no every so many years)
There won't be referendum on the name. The people might vote "wrong" and Jacinda won't allow that. If you watch the woke news, they have already changed the name anyway.
Just read your post. You are correct if it was put to the people with a referendum today the result would be overwhelmingly for no change. But the government knows this and that is why the name change is being introduced by stealth. At the moment both names are being used together but gradually the NZ name will be dropped and we have already seen this happening on Radio NZ. Aotearoa will become accepted this way and then in a few years time people will be asked if they approve of an official name change. The Ardern government needs to go but the National party is also acutely aware of the value of the small Maori vote. MMP has brought changes to the way the will of the majority can be skewed in favor of a small minority
@@JohnSmith-ux3tt Who's stopping people from speaking English? Who's saying you can't continue to communicate in English? I can't speak anything other than English, that doesn't mean my brain falls out when I hear another language
@@JohnSmith-ux3tt why does having a common language mean getting rid of other languages? I know people who speak 5 different languages! No one's even telling you to learn Maori. I don't understand a word of it, but it's not doing me any harm
Come to America, we cater to illegal immigrants. If you come now, you’ll get an iPhone and a stay at the Ritz.. but wait there is more.. we would like to extend a college education for free, for anyone who is not an an American Citizen. Come one, come all!
I grew up in the 90s and we always used Maori greeting and various other general words as part of the culture. This was never a problem. People now sense the inorganic nature by which this is being used. It’s also stupid to use anything other than greetings when using the language because no one knows what you are referring to. I’m Canadian but no one would think of just randomly peppering an English broadcast with French, even though it’s our second official language.
More, to be more inclusive. Maybe continue education but perform privately run public information broadcasting in the language that EVERYBODY can understand.
No matter what the % of the Indiginous people. Being a descendent of the Khoi & San people in South Africa we the indigenous people are all 1st nation people in the world. That said Westerners are invaders and 1st found the Indiginous people all over the world in different locations. We the 1st nation people were brutally murdered and oppressed over hundreds of years as there were no human rights at all. All I said is - we want our land back and with it our language being reinstated. So yes, Australia, South Africa, The Americas, Canada and the rest of the world where 1st nations are to be found language and land will always remain an issue till it's been delt with.
It is getting a bit overboard here. I don't mind it being offered but being forced is completely different, there's a channel exclusively for maori and now schools are even trying to make it mandatory. Waste of time and money. Thankfully I finished college just as this started to be pushed.
Government sanctioned and official documents or announcements ought to be either in English or Māori. Macaronic language is confusing to many English readers.
Are weather forecasts reliable in New Zealand? They are just a nonsense in UK. Jeremy Paxman poked fun of them on news night when he was asked to add them. "Might be warm but take an umbrella. "
I've been saying this since I was a kid. We have no use for a dead language and a dead culture. You wanna learn it cool beans go do it but I shouldn't have to I've also complained to winz and probation that they seem to equate Maori with a certain level of class.
@@kotukuwhakapiko467 till it fades away. if it wasn't pushed so heavily it wouldn't be used that much by the majority. The majority should be the ones that lead the direction of the culture.
@@shadowbanned1999 the majority is speaking te reo , change is always difficult but the spirit lies in the language of the land, the majority is becoming more spiritual and aware of the truths everyday . Don’t let English put a spell on you dear friend every language is a gift
@@shadowbanned1999 yup can agree with that and can agree with slamming it peoples faces is rough , i. Did you know up to age of 5 we have a part of our brains that learns language easy. A child can learn up to 13 different languages at this stage . It’s a gift that narrow minded are missing and when used it triggers shame of not understanding and hurts the belonging beliefs they have about NZ . But yes the majority do not have time to learn
I like all things maori but l feel the government will try and divide this country through race we are one nation we are all kiwis if a war broke out overseas we will fight as one nation
Nah, the Chinese are one on many races that makes up nz's hard working tax paying people that have there heads down working for a brighter future, paying the government in taxes for the special culture handouts.
as a friend of New Zealand / Aotearoa for the last 50 years, i find the Maori language and culture delightful. Te Reo Māori has enriched Aotearoa culture immeasurably, and tempered New Zealand’s vigorous European pragmatism with a gentle humanity.
How long have you lived in NZ? Im a fifth generation NZer, our ancestor was the architect for the auckland museum and were scottish ancestors that taught English and were fluent in maori, we literally have maori names gifted to the children because they loved them, it was maori that quite often didn't want white people speaking their language. The thing is no one thought the language was dying in the first place except for a few extremists using it to get money from our government/ NZers and spewing this hate everywhere, I heard people speaking maori all the time, it wasnt weird to hear maori choosing to speak it and it wasn't weird when they didn't, we didn't bat an eyelid, it was never weird, abnormal or hidden or dying, my grandfather spoke maori who is white, half of my cousins are part maori, they look white, they get racially abused with "pakeha" because of people being so ignorant and encouraging all this hate towards white NZers who have been here for generations, its the lies and BS that has come out over the past 40 years, policies that have separated our races in education, healthcare and treating people in the same families differently. Just 30 years ago my cousin wasn't considered "maori enough" for this race based help and his mother was maori and his white father needed help after she passed away as he wasnt well off and extremely sad after his wife passed. If we got help based off need and people stopped talking about our races, cultures and languages and bad mouthing our ancestors this would be best for us. The race stuff that has come out of our govts has created issues for mixed families that don't hate on their ancestors in poor communities, we were already poor, but pretty happy culturally and a whole lot of people starting using our communities and making assumptions that we can't care for ourselves, our cultures are oppressed when they werent and it's been condescending and disgusting ever since to all us. We aren't idiots, we just needed our personal lives to be left alone, not to be turned into a spectator sport. The maori language and English language are both beautiful but you have to respect those who speak English on the channels that are there to communicate with them just as much as their channels are.
@@elizabethbradley4301 thankyou for your perceptive observations - what you have written is a powerful personal testimony to the beauty of the natural way we are all meant to be - living in harmony and friendship as one human family, unaffected by prejudice about race and culture
Unfortunately Te Reo has fallen victim to woke identity and culture wars. Radicalism is using Te Reo to divide us which should not be the case. I was happy to use Te Reo until the radicals spill their agenda of tyranny and hatred. Their is no tolerance of diversity unless you are Maori, transgender or gay. Being woke comes first and everyone else must bow down to the great derangement of our times
Ohh Karen, calm down girl, you will give yourself a migraine lol. You sad sad individual. I actually feel sorry for you......nah not really, you sicken me!
For those complaining it's "an official language" etc I'm in Belgium.. we have 3 official languages yet on the Dutch one you don't hear French, on the French ones you don't hear Dutch and on all stations you don't hear German. Point being if this is acceptable then the maori channel must also start using English no? Yeah didn't think so.
The Maori channel has always and continues to use English in a wide variety of programs. No one has complained. They also show movies from around the world, again including English films.
And here I am that NZ is an English speaking country. You know, the language that the world uses for all business, political, scientific as well as other, discussions. Australia is in danger of falling off the same precipice that NZ has just toppled over!
Except english is not legally recognised, its not the official language. Māori and ASL are the official languages of NZ, so why not embrace Te reo Māori.
@@youandme4610 because that's going even more xenophobic than usual? Let's all speak a language the rest of the world has no clue about and is only used by 3% of the population on a regular basis? (Last I saw- it could be more now) When will Mandarin and Hindi be introduced then? Because those are two demographics that are going to outgrow any other in NZ in the near future? This makes little sense to me, you have Chinese channels on Freeview, you have some Indian ones now, you have the Te Reo and Maori channels, and the second language for all of these groups to communicate is??? All this talk about inclusion, equity and all that, and yet the other (currently) minority groups that live in NZ? What's being done for them? Nothing, they are being lumped in with the Europeans, despite having very different requirements in some instances, cultural and otherwise.
Aotearoa is not the traditional name of New Zealand. It is arguably the traditional name for the North Island. Furthermore, while 17% of the population claim Maori descent, only a small percentage speak Te Reo. And there are no full-blooded Maori.
It's past time that common sense should prevail re language use in New Zealand. We have English which is by far the most used and understood and we have te reo which is a fine language and should be respected and preserved. However, there should be no coercion re the learning of any language. That learning te reo will promote cultural understanding is not proven. It may in fact be proving a stumbling block. However, until an objective measure of what all of us think about learning or using language, the problem suggested by this item will remain.
If you have followed some of my posts you would see that what I object to is the mixing of the two languages. The majority have no interest in speaking Te Reo but the Ardern government has decided that they can get around this 'problem' by infusing Maori names an phrases into the l
@@davidboskett5581 There's a lot of you who feel threatened by this...but tough! Maori is here to stay and this mine, my family, the maori society, media and the government WORKING HARD ON THIS. So if you don't like it move to England -! "Mixing the two languages" as if its a problem RACIST FUCK. Can clearly see your ancestors genes are well and truly evilly living in yours anf your families blood
@@davidboskett5581 First of all bro is that the nixing has been around since colonization hence street names land mark and eve a person's name Hine Black for examples. Secondly if you do you research you will find that there have been maori tribes the speak pigeon talk what you consider reolish. Js
@@davidboskett5581 hope you don't use any Latin, French, Spanish or any other non English language while you're speaking English David, otherwise you're a stupid, racist hypocrite. Except that I know for a fact you do
Only 15% of us Kiwi's are Maori, only a minority of Maori are fluent in te reo Maori. If you are an English speaking, foreign tourist in NZ then I guess it's just tough luck if you can't understand te reo Maori. Curious why Jacinda sees fit to ram a dying language down our throats. I don't know anyone down here in the rural areas of the South Island that agrees with this bullsh't!
Never forget we all like the tourist dollars ae, an selling our heritage suits you an the like then, Maori this Maori that, works well when you want the economic growth ae.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Every single Government agency has been renamed with a Maori name. Every new piece of infrastructure is given a Maori name. Hundreds of ads talk about Aotearoa - a country that legally doesn't actually exist!
I am so furious at the maori ppl for forcing us to hear te reo on the news and its plastered all over tv and social media and even on whittakers chocolate bars...I cant take it anymore, its giving me heart palpitations and anxiety. I feel like jumping of the bluff cliffs or going onto tiktok and balling my eyes out as to how frustrated I am at seeing te reo on all my devices. I need to go to a mental asylum like Kingseat in Auckland and throw the keys away. And now changing the name to Aotearoa? Thats it im going back to england to live.even though im a mongrel mix of french, polish, danish and russian and a wee bit of Italian. Where do I vote for No change.I cant handle it anymore.Im losing my mind.. Furious but in a good way😁😁 Tihei Mauri Ora
Ka rawe te reo rua. No need for a referendum, that just shifts wealth. The minorities are the whingers. Haere tonu, karawhiua! Keep going and give it heaps.
So the minority part maori are whingers is that what you are saying? After all they are the minority in this case. Bring on a referendum so we can put this nonsense to an end.
