Waka Kotahi - dont have a clue

[F5 Dave]

Dunno how old you are but I definitely had Maori language lessons at primary school in the 60's , basic stuff, counting, common words, singing, etc. Didn't bother anyone. However College (no Intermediates in those days) the language choice was French or French. However in todays world the more rational choices would be Spanish and Mandarin.

Oh I can still sing A_E_I_O_U, but that doesn't seem to be that useful. We spent a bunch of time in Maori study week rolling up news papers to tight poles. Again I'm not sure what we were doing but it occupied us intently, sadly there was irrepressible temptation to use those poles as weapons.

[Kickaha]

Dunno how old you are but I definitely had Maori language lessons at primary school in the 60's , basic stuff, counting, common words, singing, etc. Didn't bother anyone.

Same in the 70's, lot of poi and stick games were a regular part of the yearly school theatre stuff

[F5 Dave]

I'll say the 80s as I'm not as old as you.