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December 23, 2024
By Emma Andrews, Henare te Ua Māori Journalism Intern at RNZ News The New Zealand fuel company Z Energy is swapping out street names for “correct” kupu on service stops around the country, with the help of local hapū. When Z took over 226 fuel sites from Shell in 2010, the easy solution was to ... <a title="NZ’s Z Energy renames stations with ‘correct’ kupu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/23/nzs-z-energy-renames-stations-with-correct-kupu/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Z Energy renames stations with ‘correct’ kupu">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2023
By Rayssa Almeida, RNZ News reporter New Zealand’s Māori Party co-leader says the opposition National Party should go back to school if it thinks including te reo Māori on road signs is confusing. In a transport meeting yesterday in Bay of Plenty, National’s spokesperson Simeon Brown said introducing the language to road signs would make ... <a title="NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/27/nzs-opposition-need-to-go-back-to-school-over-bilingual-sign-attack/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign attack">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2022
By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms despite its everyday use among its people. A language and culture scholar in Fiji, Dr Paul Geraghty, said a growing generational gap within the iTaukei language had been detected and ... <a title="Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/06/quality-of-itaukei-language-under-threat-says-fiji-scholar/" aria-label="Read more about Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar">Read more</a>
