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New Partnership Brings Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori Clothing To More New Zealanders
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:01 am | Maori Language Commission
Te reo Māori apparel is now available nationwide through The Warehouse, featuring hoodies, tees, and new designs to promote Māori language accessibility. More >>
Ngā Tohu Reo Māori: Lifetime Achievement Awarded To Three Prominent Wāhine
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 6:00 am | Maori Language Commission
It is the first time in the awards’ history that three people have received the honour and a first that all three recipients are wāhine. More >>
36 Years Of Te Reo Māori As An Official Language
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 2:43 pm | Maori Language Commission
The first thing the inaugural board of the Māori Language Commission did when it met for the first time was to change its name to a Māori one: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. Years of campaigning and fighting for te reo Māori to be given official ... More >>
Whakarauora Reo Māori Inspires Welsh Language Group During Aotearoa Visit
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 12:15 pm | Maori Language Commission
Members of a youth organisation from Wales called Urdd Gobaith Cymru www.urdd.cymru are visiting Aotearoa as part of a collaboration set up by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and to represent Wales in the World Schools Rugby Sevens in Tamaki Makaurau. ... More >>
We Are Not Just Woke: We Are Wide Awake - Māori Language Commissioner, Professor Rawinia Higgins
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 11:50 am | Maori Language Commission
I saw a cartoon this morning that would have you believe speaking more than one language makes you less intelligent. Would that cartoonist have joked that speaking English and French makes you less intelligent? Or if your children can speak English ... More >>
Commission Welcomes Te Reo Chocolate Wrappers
Monday, 15 August 2022, 8:06 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission welcomed the release of a block of chocolate translated into te reo Māori, Miraka Kirīmi (Creamy Milk) announced by Whittaker’s today. “A few years ago Whittaker’s approached us about some ideas for Māori Language ... More >>
Commission Welcomes Te Reo Chocolate Wrappers
Monday, 15 August 2022, 8:05 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission welcomed the release of a block of chocolate translated into te reo Māori, Miraka Kirīmi (Creamy Milk) announced by Whittaker’s today. “A few years ago Whittaker’s approached us about some ideas for Māori Language ... More >>
New Te Reo Statistics An Early Birthday Present - Te Taura Whiri
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 4:40 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission says the latest statistics showing te reo Māori is supported and spoken by more people than ever before is an early birthday present. “We turn 35 in a month’s time, the same day that te reo became an official language ... More >>
New Zealand’s Battle For Te Reo Māori: Call For Stories
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 8:07 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission is calling for help collecting stories, images and memories that trace the ongoing battle to save the Māori language. “The battle for the survival of te reo Māori has been fought by generations of people, in our ... More >>
Māori Language Moment Dedicated To The People Of Auckland: 1.07 Million+ Signed Up
Monday, 13 September 2021, 8:11 pm | Maori Language Commission
With hours to go until the Māori Language Moment 2021, more than 1 million New Zealanders have already joined the commission’s online Māori language movement. Organisers have dedicated this year’s Māori Language Moment to the people of Auckland ... More >>
Māori Language Moment 2021
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 7:31 pm | Maori Language Commission
One thing New Zealanders are good at is uniting, whether it's against COVID or in support of our endangered, indigenous language. New Zealanders are being invited to be part of history and help shape the future as the Māori Language Commission ... More >>
Thousands Taking Part In Matariki Moment
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 6:18 pm | Maori Language Commission
A Matariki campaign bringing people together to share a meal and learn a proverb in te reo Māori as well as the ancestral languages of all New Zealanders has already seen thousands take part since its launch last week. “Matariki is a profound, ancient ... More >>
Māori Language Moment Wins Top International Awards
Friday, 14 May 2021, 4:21 pm | Maori Language Commission
A campaign that mobilised 1 in 5 New Zealanders to join in a Māori Language Moment has won two prestigious, global communications awards. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and digital strategy company, For Purpose were announced as winners of the Best International ... More >>
Māori Language Moment Named As A Finalist In Global Reed Awards
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 3:23 pm | Maori Language Commission
An event that saw one in five New Zealanders stop and celebrate te reo Māori together has been named a finalist in the prestigious, global Reed Awards. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and digital strategy company, For Purpose were announced ... More >>
Māori Television Mobile Applications A Game Changer - Māori Language Commission
Friday, 29 January 2021, 6:49 pm | Maori Language Commission
Two new mobile apps that will enable New Zealanders to better access Te Ao Māori News and Māori Television programmes have been described as a gamechanger by the Māori Language Commission. E rua ngā taupānga e māmā ake ai te tomokanga ki ... More >>
Kia Kaha Te Wharekura O Arowhenua | Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 1:22 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission has called on New Zealanders to stand behind a Māori language immersion school targeted by racists this week. Te Wharekura o Arowhenua in Invercargill had its welcome sign vandalised with abusive, racist grafitti on ... More >>
New Zealanders Break Record For Largest Te Reo Māori Event In History
Monday, 14 September 2020, 5:39 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission has paid tribute to more than one million New Zealanders who made history by coming together across the country and the world to celebrate te reo Māori at the same time today. “This is the largest, single celebration ... More >>
Māori Language Commission Plans For A Gathering Of 1 Million
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 6:56 pm | Maori Language Commission
Māori Language Moment: Be the 1 in a million Honour the past, keep ourselves safe now and prepare for the future together! The Maori Language Commission has redesigned Māori Language Week so that this year, whether we are in lockdown or not: New Zealanders ... More >>
Māori Language Commission Pays Tribute To Dr Huirangi Waikerepuru
Friday, 10 April 2020, 3:43 pm | Maori Language Commission
Haere rā e hika, koutou ko ō matua Unuhia i te rito o te harakeke Ka tū i te aroākapa Aku nui, aku rahi e Aku whakatamarahi ki te rangi e Waiho te iwi, māna e mae noa The Māori Language Commission has paid tribute to the late Dr Huirangi ... More >>
An Open Letter To Aotearoa From The Māori Language Commission
Monday, 23 March 2020, 3:21 pm | Maori Language Commission
Being prepared for the future means learning from the past. The last pandemic to hit Aotearoa, saw us lose thousands of people. Many Māori communities were decimated. In Sāmoa, the 1918 influenza epidemic saw 20% die within the space of a few weeks. ... More >>