Even a
first-time tourist to New Zealand will notice the presence of the Māori culture
and language everywhere. Now, so many non-Māori young people learn the language
— a trend that picked up after the passage of the Māori Language Act in 1987 —
that it's not unusual to hear teens and twenty somethings of European descent
in Auckland asking their friends if they want to hang out and get some kai
(food) later. That's a striking contrast from several generations ago, when New
Zealand law banned Māori in schools, either in written or spoken form.
While
Temepara was happy to see the Māori language make a comeback, there were still
parts of her native culture that were less present in New Zealand's daily life.
She felt that too few Māoris of her generation were trained in their culture's
traditional cooking methods and native ingredients (原料). That's when Temepara came up with
the idea of launching a cooking education program that would go into Māori
schools and other community gathering places to teach classes in traditional
Māori cooking and food preparation.
first-time tourist to New Zealand will notice the presence of the Māori culture
and language everywhere. Now, so many non-Māori young people learn the language
— a trend that picked up after the passage of the Māori Language Act in 1987 —
that it's not unusual to hear teens and twenty somethings of European descent
in Auckland asking their friends if they want to hang out and get some kai
(food) later. That's a striking contrast from several generations ago, when New
Zealand law banned Māori in schools, either in written or spoken form.
While
Temepara was happy to see the Māori language make a comeback, there were still
parts of her native culture that were less present in New Zealand's daily life.
She felt that too few Māoris of her generation were trained in their culture's
traditional cooking methods and native ingredients (原料). That's when Temepara came up with
the idea of launching a cooking education program that would go into Māori
schools and other community gathering places to teach classes in traditional
Māori cooking and food preparation.
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