@abcnewsaus: Green MP Tamatha Paul has called English a "bastard" language during a parliamentary debate of a bill that makes English an official language alongside Te Reo Māori and sign language. Ms Paul called the bill's proponents a "bunch of snowflakes that hear the word Aotearoa and cry themselves to sleep", noting English was not an official language of England. "Let me tell you why Te Reo Māori has a protected language status, because it was beaten out of Māori systematically," she said. "We had to march our arses to parliament, demanding that the Indigenous first language of this country be recognised and not beaten out of the mouth of its native speakers." Ms Paul is the first ever Māori MP for Wellington Central and the youngest MP for the Green Party. #ABCNews #NZ #TamathaPaul #Politics #Language