Rangatahi in the Nga Manu Korero Speech competition believe it's now doing more to revive te reo Maori, than what it originally set out to do. The national secondary-school contest began 50 years ago to encourage the eloquent use of the English language by Maori students. But as Te Manu Korihi reporter, Leigh Marama McLachlan, reports, its purpose is changing.
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