Challenge on for cafes to promote te Reo

20 July 2015

Taupō District cafs will be dressing their premises up with a te Reo theme as part of a challenge to recognise Māori Language Week.

The Taupō District Caf Wero (Caf Challenge) is a joint initiative between Taupō District Council and Towncentre Taupō designed to bring the district's cafs alive with colourful and creative designs around te Reo.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori or Māori Language Week runs from July 27 to August 2.

The council's strategic relationships manager Dominic Bowden said the challenge was a way to get people thinking about Te Reo and how it can be used in everyday life. We want our community to embrace te Reo and we know seeing it all around town will help remind people what a beautiful language it is, he said.

There are prizes for the caf that uses the best and most creative te Reo in three categories: best consumer greeting, best blackboard work and best signature dish or drink. There is also a supreme award for the most outstanding effort.

It'll really get people thinking when they see a Māori-themed dish on the menu of our cafs and certainly inspire our hospitality operators to think outside the square to create something unique, Mr Bowden said. It will be great to see te Reo prominently displayed in our district.

The judging will be done by a mystery visitor to the cafs taking part.

Cafs can sign up for the challenge with Towncentre Taupō by emailing julie@towncentretaupo.co.nz.

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