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Originally Posted by Quoth
For anywhere using British English, or close to it. Obviously Ireland and New Zealand use very close to British English, South Africa, Australia, India, Canada less so.
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That might have been true 50 years ago, but the gradual incorporation of
te reo Māori into NZ English means it has now drifted further from British English than Australian English. As well borrowing Maori words, the cadence of the spoken language has also changed.
PM David Lange made Māori an official New Zealand language, he was a contemporary of Thatcher so that would have been in the 1980s. The current government has set an objective for
te reo Māori to be taught in all primary schools by 2025.
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