New Zealand Leader Vows Daughter Will Learn Maori, a Waning Language Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been a vocal supporter of reviving the Maori language, which is now spoken by only about 2.5 percent of New Zealanders. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Dozens Dead as Ferry Capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania SaysGlobal Health: ‘Latent’ Tuberculosis? It’s Not That Common, Experts FindDirty Streets and Treatment Cuts. U.K. Councils Confront Budget Crisis.Subscribe to the ‘Abroad in America’ NewsletterChina’s Sea Control Is a Done Deal, ‘Short of War With the U.S.’$100 Million in Cash Vanishes in Liberia, and Fingers Start Pointing