Intentional use of te reo Māori in New Zealand newspapers in 2007

MEDIA RESEARCH

Description

Newspapers provided very little support for our endangered indigenous official language. They used a very small number of intentional words in te reo (those with English alternatives, such as whanau) – an average of just over two per article. Almost half (45%) of articles included none. There were no regular Māori language promotion items.

Resources

2009-Rankine-Newspaper-Use-Of-Te-Reo

Resource type

Academic article

Year

2009

Primary author

Jenny Rankine

Secondary author(s)

Angela Moewaka Barnes, Belinda Borell, Hector Kaiwai, Ray Nairn, Tim McCreanor, Amanda Gregory

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