MUSICAL HITS AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA
9. In June, the Māori heavy-metal band Alien Weaponry’s album Tū went right to number one in New Zealand and has had more than a million streams on Spotify, while last year Wairua by the Māori group Maimoa Music was the most-watched YouTube clip in New Zealand, seen more than 5.5m times.
10. A larger range of Māori programming has also played a significant role in normalising the language,
policy politique / towards envers, à l'égard de / among parmi, chez / to improve s'améliorer / to be part of faire partie (intégrante) de / to spread, spread, spread se répandre/ici, généraliser / middle name deuxième prénom / to welcome accueillir, applaudir (fig.). 8. treaty grounds réf. au site historique où le traité de 1840, pouvant être considéré comme l'acte de fondation de la Nouvelle-Zélande, fut signé entre les représentants de la Couronne britannique et les chefs des tribus indigènes / to deliver ici, prononcer. 9. band groupe / right ici, directement / while tandis que. 10. range gamme; ici, variété, sélection / significant significatif, important / including publicly funded Māori TV, whose presenters and journalists speak only in Māori, with captions provided.
11. All signage is now bilingual in government offices, hospitals and most public spaces and the first bilingual children’s playground was opened in Rotorua this year. Mainstream broadcasters on commercial channels such as TVNZ and TV3 have shown a commitment to using Māori live on air and ignore critics who complain of feeling excluded. Television news presenter Kanoa Lloyd, of Māori descent, began introducing te reo words to her weather reports in 2015 and received a torrent of complaints and online abuse. She has continued to use te reo on her prime-time show The Project.
12. “Te reo has become cool and I am very happy about that. For a long time we thought it was over,” said Dr Arapera Bella Ngaha, who is studying the revitalisation of te reo at Auckland university. to fund financer / caption ici, sous-titre / to provide fournir, proposer. 11. signage signalétique / playground cour de récréation; ici, aire de jeux / broadcaster présentateur / channel chaîne de télévision / on air à l'antenne/la télévision / critic détracteur / to complain se plaindre, déplorer / descent ascendance, origine / weather report bulletin météorologique / abuse insultes, injures / show ici, émission. 12. to be over être fini/la fin.