Other Maori CoRE bid...

Most korero about the CORE rebid process this year has been the failure of the Nga Pae bid to get shortlisted. This was positioned as the only Maori CoRE bid, and therefore doubly important.

I've seen the full list and note there was another bid, from AUT, on 'endangered language revitalisation'. The short blurb argues we have particular experience in this to which I would say ae, just like our preservation of endangered birds where we wait until we're down to a few knackered breeding pairs and force them to mate...

Heio ano, they didn't get through either. Curious there was so little confab about this in the wash-up.