Compiled/programme/Education

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Year
1979
Reference
44743
Media type
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Year
1979
Reference
44743
Media type
Audio
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Duration
00:30:00
Broadcast Date
27 Mar 1979
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Reedy, Tamati
Kaa, Keri, 1942-

Waiata : Kia ora ra, nga tai tamariki.

Tamati Reedy speak about education, in particular language.

Tamati has just returned from Hawaii where he wrote his doctorate on an
aspect on the linguistic strutures of the Māori language. He explains these
structures to Selwyn Muru.

Keri Kaa a teacher at Wellington High School speaks about the misunderstanding
of polynesians and Māori children in terms of gestures and communication and
why the Māori point of view is important as well as exposure on television, that
it has to be done with sensitivity.