Re: ‘I just don’t understand why’ (Letters page 16, The Weekend Sun July 28 edition).
Tauranga City Council’s reply to Jackie and Neil Stewart’s letter in last week’s Sun totally missed the point. Mixing the two languages is a ridiculous practice and not everyone understands supposedly “commonly used” Maori words.
I have no idea what korero means.
The messages should be primarily in English since this is the language spoken by virtually the whole population. If the council insists on “honouring the status of Te Reo” they should provide a separate translation of the message in
Te Reo.
Steve Porter, Welcome Bay.