The Behaviours of Non-Maori New Zealanders towards the Maori Language. de Bres, J. Te Reo, 52:17–45, 2009.
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When majority language speakers are referred to in minority language planning, it is generally in relation to their 'attitudes'. It is not just the attitudes of majority language speakers that impact on minority languages, however, but also their behaviours. Accordingly, 'planning for tolerability' (de Bres 2008a) targets both the attitudes and behaviours of majority language speakers towards minority languages. This article addresses the little-considered question of what behaviours non-Maori New Zealanders might adopt to support Maori language regeneration. An analysis of New Zealand government Maori language policy and the questionnaire and interview responses of eighty non-Maori New Zealanders reveals that, while the government's position on 'desired behaviours' for non- Maori is unclear at best, non-Maori New Zealanders have a wide range of such behaviours in mind. The extent to which these non-Maori are willing to engage in these behaviours is a complex matter, influenced both by their own attitudes towards the Maori language and by other factors. These results have suggestive implications for the future development of Maori language planning targeting non-Maori, but leave open a further question: whether the behaviours identified are those that Maori New Zealanders might themselves desire from non-Maori.
@article{de_bres_behaviours_2009,
	title = {The {Behaviours} of {Non}-{Maori} {New} {Zealanders} towards the {Maori} {Language}},
	volume = {52},
	issn = {0494-8440},
	abstract = {When majority language speakers are referred to in minority language planning, it is generally in relation to their 'attitudes'. It is not just the attitudes of majority language speakers that impact on minority languages, however, but also their behaviours. Accordingly, 'planning for tolerability' (de Bres 2008a) targets both the attitudes and behaviours of majority language speakers towards minority languages. This article addresses the little-considered question of what behaviours non-Maori New Zealanders might adopt to support Maori language regeneration. An analysis of New Zealand government Maori language policy and the questionnaire and interview responses of eighty non-Maori New Zealanders reveals that, while the government's position on 'desired behaviours' for non- Maori is unclear at best, non-Maori New Zealanders have a wide range of such behaviours in mind. The extent to which these non-Maori are willing to engage in these behaviours is a complex matter, influenced both by their own attitudes towards the Maori language and by other factors. These results have suggestive implications for the future development of Maori language planning targeting non-Maori, but leave open a further question: whether the behaviours identified are those that Maori New Zealanders might themselves desire from non-Maori.},
	language = {eng},
	journal = {Te Reo},
	author = {de Bres, Julia},
	year = {2009},
	keywords = {Maori language–Social aspects},
	pages = {17--45},
}

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