Te Reo Māori was the only spoken language untill the 19th century. Te Reo Māori is the native language of new zealand. Māori was the most common spoken language. Māori had no writtin language but they used symbols they had carved and embeded in weaving. Soon english settlers came to new zealand and Māori language started dying out in the 20th century.
As more settlers arrived the need for writtin communication in Māori grew bigger. Māori had no residance for illnesses brought by the European settlers. Among Māori the illnesses affected children and adults. Literacy and Numberacy were two new exciting things for Māori and took it very enthusiasticaly.
Māori children were strapped for speaking Māori in school. Lots of Māori sought through parliment to make people teach more english in schools. Just 139 years after signing the treaty of waitangi Māori academics believed that the loss of te reo was so great that it would suffer language death.
I dont think people should be treated differently just because of the colour of thier skin everyone should be treated the same. It wouldnt have been nice and you should treat other people how you want to be treated.
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