The restaurant features a menu in both English and Maori and table talkers with basic Maori words to encourage diners to speak Maori to each other while they wait for food
Popular Christchurch, New Zealand seafood restaurant Fush has introduced free Maori language classes on Monday nights and the first event attracted over 600 people.
“We expected probably a dozen or so people to turn up, but when we put it online the feedback and demand for the lessons was overwhelming,” says co-owner Anton Matthews.