"The intergenerational transmission rate for Māori is 36%." "In Benton’s research during the 1970s the marae and the church were the two strongest Māori language domains. One of the major successes of kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa has been to add school as another domain for the language." "Of concern were results from the National Māori Language Survey which showed that nearly half of those surveyed never spoke Māori at home and only 14% of respondents used Māori on a daily basis (Te Puni Kōkiri 1998, 49)."

"Among non-Māori, the percentage of ‘passive supporters’ has increased and now represents 71 percent of the non-Māori population"

Based on the 2006 census: 19% of Māori age 0-14, 25% age 15-34, 27% age 35-54, and 44% age 55+ have "Māori language competencies." "Thirty-one percent of children or dependents live in households where there is at least one adult speaker of te reo, meaning that acquisition through intergenerational transmission is possible," but "communication patterns in the home have not yet reached a level where the Māori language is considered the primary means of communication."

"The use of the Māori language in the community remains most common in Māori cultural domains such as in hui or on the marae. The Māori language is not the primary means of communication in other everyday activities within the community setting."

Recently, there has been increasing reluctance by members of the young
generation to use Maori.

300+ government-funded schools including pre-schools

"Language recovery is important because the proportion of Maaori speakers is dangerously low."

"Maaori themselves have started Maaori language preschools, and they are pressuring the government to offer Maaori through high school."