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14
September
1972

Campaigners deliver the Māori language petition to Parliament

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📅 14 September 1972 📍 New Zealand

Activists presented a petition calling for the teaching of te reo Māori in schools. Ngā Tamatoa and the Te Reo Māori Society helped organize the campaign. It challenged educational practices that had marginalized the language and weakened its transmission. Language revitalization asserted Māori authority over cultural survival and rejected the treatment of English as the only legitimate public language.

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People in this event

Hana Te Hemara

Rawiri Paratene

Organizations in this Event

Ngā Tamatoa

Te Reo Māori Society