The Maori Language. Ignorance of the Maori language in New Zealand was appalling, said the Rev Lawrence Rogers in an address to the Christchurch Business Men's Club. "Maori as spoken in Christchurch is not Maori." said Mr Rogers, who said it worried him to hear people chewing over the language. Actually, he said, the Maori language was quite simple to learn, although some people considered it difficult.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 7
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