The TV presenter who introduced te reo Māori to a generation | Newsmakers Revisited

[@lpri]

Yup, used to run home after school and watch After school, great program, great Reo, great man, Forever grateful to Mr Olly for making my childhood great in New Zealand ❤

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

I absolutely loved this man when I was a wee girl. I would rush home to watch. I sent in letters and pictures. It was like having a fun uncle come over. He was my first real introduction to te reo, beyond a song about a rabbit! He made it completely normal to speak te reo in conversation. He positively influenced an entire generation of children.

[@Martin-hq8xp]

Absolutely loved this guy. You’re the best Ollie. We had part time Māori at school by an amazing teacher (Aunty B) then rushed home to watch after school. Didn’t even think for a second that there were two languages going on. It was normal. Thanks for enlightening my childhood Ollie. You’re a good man.

[@bighoose]

Aotearoa's finest, absolute legend, mauri ora!

[@pamrush5078]

Olly was awesome he was so super awesome and he still is keep going Olly

[@auntyshakira747]

What a legend. Great memories. A Champion of Te Reo Maori. What a great role model for many to follow❤

[@juniorkiwi]

True legend 🙌

[@Wadz-r8i]

Great work matua.

[@edwardmcgill1640]

Great man - a legend!

[@charlienzcharlie]

Then we had Billy T’s phrase…Hide the perk til after work!

[@jarrettmcgregor1001]

Mauriora Olly 👊🏾

[@antmanatthemoment7233]

I remember the tv show bumble, where Jason Gunn voiced the title character and i believe Olly Ohlsen voiced the fish character

[@Battleneter]

Funny how TVNZ leaves comments open for this fluff story, but too afraid to leave comments open for anything that really matters.

[@bq.]

Thank you for bringing this long standing issue to light cbc... We understand there's a driver shortage and they can't hire enough each year... So they need to use more double length buses! And for customer service CMBC needs drivers to care more about their passengers. It's not drivers vs. them.

[@TheKingBoloz]

Ohhh where’s the play school at ?

[@dobbynp]

yes but back when it wasn't forced or used as a political tool. And here it was completely natural and got kids interested.

[@bighoose]

Always been natural, just fragile racist colonisers can't stop the revitalization of te reo like they tried to in the past, cant stop change get over it snowflake

[@Kult365]

Back in the day it was forcibly banned 🚫 what are you even talking about 😂

[@danielle5980]

Well said dobbynnp. Absolutely agree with you.

[@Kult365]

@@danielle5980 you're talking as though English wasn't forced on 70% of the world and isn't used as a political tool😂 jokers🤣

[@hailzreignmanga]

The ignorance of NZ white racist 😂

[@karenhubbard1644]

tena koe e Olly ...ko koe te rakatira

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Modernity epitomized

[@OJs_SET]

A,F,T,E,R,SCH,OOL AFTER SCHOOL 😅