Is it true that the Filipino language would be taught in schools on New Zealand?

According to this article:
http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/star/20080623/tph-filipino-language-international-541dfb4.html and http://goodnewspilipinas.com/wp/?p=2204,
I wonder if its true?

What is the fastest way for me to be fluent in tagalog within a year?

I'm going to the philippines next year in Dec. I need to become fluent in tagalog by that time. Napaprakits ako na sa chat nalang. Ano pa ang gagawin ako? I want to write and speak tagalog as fluent as I can. Na bibili akong software, rosetta stone. atska bibli kong dictionario. parang bata ako na sulat en tagalog, and to speak it. but im trying to practice. my grammar is not correct, but i want to do it right. Nanood ako TFC para maintindihan ko, lahat. What else. give me ideas!
If anyone wants to help me, I need all the help I can get. Naturo ko.

flipside4real2006@yahoo.com

i know there are lots of filipino english speakers. help me to become fluent.
also, you can send me a YM at
flipside4real2006, so we can chat in tagalog or something, for practice

Should Taglish be accepted as a modernization of the Filipino language?

tell me what you think.
I'm gonna try answering back, people, let's make this into some kind of debate for fun.

@Flower Power, but there are no full Filipino language anymore. The Filipino language is a mixture of different languages: Spanish, vernacular languages, and English.
I'm also giving you guys permission to debunk the arguments of those before you... that is, if it is allowed in Yahoo Answers. LOL.