Introduction

Purpose of this report

This report investigates the health of the Māori language in Te Tairāwhiti and Tākitimu in 2006. For the purposes of this report, Te Tairāwhiti includes the Gisborne regional council area and Tākitimu includes the Hawkes Bay regional council area and the Wairarapa district.

This is one of eight reports on the health of the Māori language at a regional level. The aim of the report is to provide an overview of language health for policy makers and language planners, to allow communities to better understand the issues around the use and revitalisation of the Māori language as the basis for their own planning and development.