Incorporating te reo Māori into a workplace should be more than just a token effort to tick a “diversity box”, business leaders say. New Zealand Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki says businesses should encourage staff to speak te reo every day, not just once a year for Te Wiki o te reo Māori. And that flows down to the next level of management and the rest of the company,” Tukaki says. SUPPLIED New Zealand Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki says businesses need to stop “brown box ticking” and strive for sustained change. The Maori Language Commission Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori runs from September 14 to 20.

Source: Stuff September 14, 2020 16:52 UTC