I did my assignment on te reo, and did quite well, so I decided to do my dissertation on te reo Maori as well - I didn't really consider any other language to look at." She said she was initially interested in the look of te reo Maori and then discovered that it had "many wonderful syntactic features". Ms Finn said she hoped her visit would bring attention to te reo Maori and encourage more people to learn the language. Aoife Finn, Irish PhD student on discovering te reo Maori"It's fabulous, it's stunning ... the scenery and the Brynderwyns - going up it for a start with the twisty, bendy roads and the foliage. By Mikaela Collins - Northern AdvocateWhen Irish scholar Aoife Finn came across a book titled Maori in a library in Ireland, she was instantly hooked.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 27, 2016 21:14 UTC