Recently I learnt that Te Reo Māori and Sign Language are the only Official languages of New Zealand.
That’s despite over 95% of the population using English in their everyday lives, compared with Māori (4.1%) and New Zealand Sign Language (0.5%).
Like many New Zealanders, I was under the false impression that both English and Te Reo Māori were official NZ languages, but English is only the “De facto” language.
That means that Te Reo Maori is the only “Official” spoken language of New Zealand.
