Māori Language Week protest march
During the 1980 Māori Language Week a march was held to demand that the Māori language have equal status with English. Another seven years passed before it became an official language of New Zealand.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1980/2470/20A-F
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THis march is led by Amster Reedy and Keri Kaa Ngati Porou supporters of Te Reo Maori Society at VUW, The Maori Graduates Association (Koro Dewes and family, Api Mahuika and family, Tipene O'Regan, John Dayal,including students from the Wellinton Teachers College. This is in Wellington turning up into Cuba Street I think.
Amster and Keri can provide much fuller details.
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