No

There is only 16.5% of Māori and 70% English / European. Children should be able to choose if they want to learn Māori just like if they want to learn French or Spanish etc. Māori has been shoved down our throats and everything has been given to the Māori to destroy. When it was under the crown, everyone had access and now it has been given to the Māori, only Māori are allowed access.

Maori are tangata whenua and were first ones on this land so yes i agree Te Reo should be compulsory in school.

Just google reputable websites like psychology today to see the concerns of doctors and scientists around our approaches to social problems were facing now.

Absolutely it should be compulsory in schools. It is an offical language and one that all New Zelanders should be attempting to learn.

Māori are indigenous to Aotearoa, therefore Māori customs, protocols, language, history etc. be at the forefront of all that we do.

If some people aren't interested in Te Reo Maori, dont force them to learn it, it will just make them dislike it more.

There are 5 million New Zealanders in the world, with roughly 20% of them being Maori. While it is good to preserve the language, each person has a finite amount of learning time available. Approximately 1 million New Zealanders live overseas, and about 15% of New Zealanders are immigrants who claim a non-Anglo, non-Maori heritage. Learning a language such as French, German, Spanish, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese etc. would give an individual much greater flexibility in the future should they choose to pursue a career or a life outside of New Zealand, and even within New Zealand, havi…  Read moreng a widely spoken second language would increase a person's opportunities especially when doing business with foreign companies and entities. Maori is only used in New Zealand and it is only 'useful' in the sense that learning Old Mercian would be useful to a historian or anthropologist who studies pre 1066 England, and making it compulsory for all Kiwis would be the equivalent of France making Occitan compulsory for all French students. The usefulness of Te reo has been artificially inflated by government policies.

The negatives maori culture can bring are hidden by the colonial guilt alot of europeans believe they have

Proof of being indigenous has never been presented. The benefits of Te Reo Maori for our children's future have never been presented. I find the entire campaign racist and divisive, not uniting our countries people as one.

Our country is founded on an agreement that we would protect Māori taonga, and that includes the language. We have done a terrible job in the past, and are only just managing to bring back the language now into every day life. In order to bring Te Reo Māori back to the level it should be spoken - equal with English - it is our duty to teach it to as many young people as possible.

If learning Te Reo. Where does one progress outside of New Zealand by learning it. Very few people understand it. Its just a different sound explaining the same thing. You would be better off learning the main languages of the world. eg Chinese Spanish English Arabic Hindi. Sure keep promoting it in New Zealand. Just don't force it down peoples throats.

The most pride position of any culture is their language. You want to integrate immigrants to NZ expecting to become one people, yet you can't integrate two languages from a culture that already exists. No brainer

I don’t disagree with Māori but disagree with the aggressive manner in which it’s been imposed on a multi ethnic society. Changing government agency names to Māori does not help another child in poverty or have better opportunities. Re branding and social conditioning is driving down productivity in the work place especially government agencies. Te Reo Māori is very important part of this countries culture and history, it needs to be embraced not forced. Especially when you start using it to affect people’s livelihoods by saying to them sorry you’re perfect for the job but you’re not Māori

In a country with many cultures, as we're no longer in a bi-cultural context that existed in 1840, we have to look past a bi-cultural context where Te Reo Māori should be mandatory. The situation today with large numbers of people with ethnic backgrounds in China, India, Phillipines, and many Pacific countries means the context has changed. We are in a situation similar to Singapore in 1965 who adopted the international language of business (English) which was to be used in government settings such as schools, where other languages relevant to the persons background were encouraged. You should be able to learn Te Reo Māori if it is your background, but shouldn't be mandatory.

New Zealand is built on the history of the Maoris. New Zealand needs to incorporate more knowledge of the language as well as the history before the Europeans took over. The Maori language and history is what makes Aotearoa and its native people who we are. More funding/ scholarships for Maori students or low income Maori students applying for university should be incorporated as well

If you make people do things like lern a language, the energy for that language can fall away, it's something you should personally identify with and want to do.

It is a national language which is still in revitalisation stage. Making it compulsory helps Māori children connect with their culture and enriches the learning and diversity of others.