July 27, 2015
Young Maori language advocate gets world attention
The young Kapiti College Student who made a You Tube appeal for people to pronounce the Maori language correctly has been astounded by the attention his post has achieved.
Finnian Galbraith says he never envisaged that his item would recieve hundreds of thousands of hits.
He says he thought the item which was of a speech he gave to the school would be viewed by teachers and maybe a few others but he had no idea it would go global and that he would be interviewed by news outlets around the world including the BBC.
Finnian Galbraith who is pakeha says its most appropriate that his YouTube item was posted at the before the offical start of Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori.
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