MAKING WELLINGTON A TE REO CITY

Bilingual signs could be on the horizon in Wellington as the city looks set to become New Zealand's te reo Māori capital. Wellington City Council has set the goal to ensure the language is "included and prioritised" in the city, so is taking the first step by creating a draft policy. A public consultation for the draft, Te Tauihu – Te Kaupapa Here Hukihuki Te Reo Māori, asks Wellingtonians for ideas on how the council can celebrate the language. Deputy Mayor Jill Day, who holds the Māori partnerships portfolio, said the council wanted to gather as many ideas as possible on how it can make the policy real. Signs were the instigator for a wide ranging policy, she said. "It made us ask why don't we have signs that are bilingual - but we don't want this to be a policy that is all about signage - we want to take it further and focus on all the ways a language is seen and heard," she said...... https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/101176713/wellington-city-council-consulting-with-community-to-create-te-reo-mori-policy