23 April 2002
Final Results Of The 'Survey Of The Health Of The Mäori Language' Now Available
Today the final results of the Survey of the Health of the Mäori Language 2001 were made available on the Te Puni Kökiri
website www.tpk.govt.nz These replace the provisional results released late last year.
The survey undertaken by Statistics New Zealand on behalf of Te Puni Kökiri, collected information from 5,000 Mäori
respondents, showed that 9% of Maori adults can speak Mäori 'well' or 'very well', while a further 33% have some Maori
language speaking skills.
The results provide information about the knowledge and use of the Mäori language at both a national and regional level.
This information can be used to assist government agencies, local iwi and Mäori communities in planning their own Mäori
language programmes.
" Kua wätea mai inäianei ngä putanga tüturu o 'Te Rangahau mö te ora o te Reo Mäori.'
Nö te rä nei whakaputaina ai ngä putanga tüturu o Te Rangahau mö te Ora o te Reo Mäori ki te pae tukutuku a Te Puni
Kökiri arä i www.tpk.govt.nz. Ko ënei ngä putanga tüturu o ngä putanga takitaro i pänuitia i te tömuritanga o te tau kua
pahure nei ki muri.
Whakahaerehia ai te mahi rangahau nei e Te Tari Tatau i raro i tëtahi kirimana ki Te Puni Kökiri. I kohia ngä pärongo
mai i ngä kai-whakautu Mäori e 5,000. I tohu ngä pärongo nei, e 9% o ngä pakeke Mäori e 'pai' ana, e 'tino pai' ana
ränei ki te körero Mäori, ä, i tua atu, e 33% i kï he möhio rätou ki te körero Mäori.
Märama ana te takoto o ngä pärongo e pä ana ki te whakamahiatanga o te reo Mäori i ngä rohe, puta noa i te motu. He
äwhina ënei pärongo mä ngä tari käwanatanga, ngä iwi me ngä hapori Mäori i a rätou ka whakahiato i ä rätou ake kaupapa
reo Mäori.
Ends