New Zealand English Language Bill legislative process

Parlamentoda tartışma yaratan karar: İngilizce resmi dil

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A Justice Committee report found majority opposition to the bill.

In June, a report by New Zealand’s Justice Committee examined the English Language Bill. According to the findings, nearly two-thirds of the 1,601 public submissions expressed opposition to the bill.

Te reo Māori gained official language status.

Te reo Māori was the primary language spoken in New Zealand before the country became a British colony in 1840. Following a campaign launched in the early 1970s to revive the language, the first bilingual schools were opened in the country.

The language eventually gained official language status in the 1980s.

The first bilingual schools in New Zealand were opened.

In the early 1970s, the first bilingual schools in New Zealand were opened. This development emerged as a result of the Māori language revival movement.

The Māori language revival movement was launched.

In the early 1970s, the Māori community launched a campaign aimed at reviving the Māori language.

This movement led to the opening of the first bilingual schools in New Zealand during that same period.