if you identify with or would like to lern another language the option is there for all languages, it should be encouraged but not compulsory.
New Zealanders may speak English on a day-to-day basis, but that doesn't mean that Te Reo Māori has no place in our society. In fact, Te Reo is one of only two official languages of Aotearoa/New Zealand, alongside NZSL. Māori language classes are not now, and likely never will be about teaching students to be fluent in the language, but rather ensures that students are comfortable and culturally confident. This is important, because the relationship between Tangata Whenua (the people of Māori descent) and the Tangata Tiriti (the people here by right of the Treaty of Waitangi) is vital to our cultural heritage, our history, and our future.
