Canada's first commissioner for indigenous languages is in New Zealand for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, to learn about how our country promotes and protects its native language.
While New Zealand's te reo Māori revitalisation movement has more than forty years under its belt, Canada is just getting started -- and with over seventy indigenous languages, and precious few fluent speakers, the road ahead is long and unchartered.
Emile Donovan sat down with the commissioner, Dr Ronald Ignace, of the Secwépemc Nation.
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