Paul Moon: Killing Te Reo Māori Free to Speak

Free Speech Union's Podcast by Free Speech Union

Jul 28, 202640:03News & Politics

In 2018, historian Paul Moon published a book arguing that te reo Māori is on course to disappear as a living language, and that almost everything being done to revive it is failing. The reaction was immediate and hostil...

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