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According to the Principal's association, it isn't just the one book but 'a pattern of removing te reo from govt services across the board.'
ONE term govt.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5697...ation-says
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
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be more important to teach mandarin
The verdict is in: Jacinda Ardern, Grant Robertson and their sidekick Chris Hipkins spent like drunken sailors, ignored official advice, and left our economy in tatters.
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No. Mandarin is not this country's first language. But give it a few years and it may well be right up there with the other colonial introductions.
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(Yesterday, 07:27 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: No. Mandarin is not this country's first language. But give it a few years and it may well be right up there with the other colonial introductions.
the maori claim they were the first colonists
The verdict is in: Jacinda Ardern, Grant Robertson and their sidekick Chris Hipkins spent like drunken sailors, ignored official advice, and left our economy in tatters.
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First has its privileges. Official languages have theirs too though I note sign is getting the short end of the stick also in Erica's bailiwick...
Stupid woman. Not doing herself or her government any favours.
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