This is certainly good news for the Maori language...
Half of the 6000 languages spoken around the world are in danger of disappearing and Ruamata school principal Cathy Dewes says te reo Maori is not yet out of the woods.
Although the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) degree of language endangerment has moved the Maori language from severely endangered to endangered, Dr Dewes said: "We believe te reo has moved from severely endangered to definitely endangered but our language needs to be spoken by all generations, be transmitted intergenerationally and spoken everywhere and anywhere to survive." UNESCO works to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures, and people, based upon respect for commonly shared values.
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