February 10, 2014
Kahungunu encouraging idiom use
Ngati Kahungunu has started an Idiom of the Week project to encourage people to use language in the home.
The weekly Ketuketu Kiwaha is distributed on Radio Kahungunu, social media and email lists, YouTube and newspapers.
Each idiom or phrase comes with English and Maori translations, the context and a short role play to help demonstrate the appropriate usage.
Iwi chair Ngahiwi Tomoana says he grew up surrounded by such sayings, and it is important they are passed on to the next generation.
He says Ketuketu Kiwaha are pleasing not only to the ear, but to the soul.
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