Established in 2014, Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated is hosting its seventh annual Kura Reo, a full immersion week-long intense Māori language school.
Traditionally the event runs over a week in the October school holidays and caters for all levels of language proficiency from beginners through to advanced.
Covid-19 has forced us to revisit how the kura reo will be facilitated this year meaning a huge shift from the traditional structure.
Normally catering for 160 plus students, we have chosen to still operate the kura as if we were still under level 2 restrictions, meaning that registrations have been strictly capped at 80 students only.
Sadly, this has meant that we are only able to cater for the medium to advanced levels of fluency. We have also cut back the hours, which will ultimately increase the intensity of the acquisition throughout the four-day event.