An old problem with new directions: Māori language revitalisation and the policy ideas of youth

What is it about?

This paper examines what young Maori and non-Maori youth want and expect from Maori language revitalisation as a policy process, including what language situation it should produce, who should be involved and even what language vitality means in their local context.

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Why is it important?

Significant changes have taken place in Maori language management whereby primary oversight of policy has been handed from the government to a body of Maori representatives. This responded to a Waitangi Tribunal decision that language policy should be informed by "Maori ideas". This paper explores what those Maori ideas may be and how they may align or not with non-Maori ideas.