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Iconic speech by Christchurch survivor translated into Māori
Friday, 13 March 2020, 3:32 pm | Maori Language Commission
To mark this weekend’s first anniversary of the terrorist attack that saw 51 New Zealanders murdered at Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, the Māori Language Commission has translated the iconic speech delivered by survivor ... More >>
New Zealander of the Year 2020 Congratulated
Friday, 21 February 2020, 12:56 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission says the naming of Māori language champion, Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira, as New Zealander of the Year is a fitting start to International Mother Language Day. More >>
2019 Māori language champions
Saturday, 7 December 2019, 12:12 pm | Maori Language Commission
A couple who have dedicated their lives to the revitalisation of the Māori language and a music icon whose actions led to New Zealanders now singing the national anthem in te reo and English received top honours at the 16th Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, National ... More >>
One macron and the Māori language stands tall
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 8:44 am | Maori Language Commission
The Companies Office is pushing ahead with a programme to modernise the spelling of any Māori name used in its registers by ensuring the full Māori alphabet can be used. More >>
Tribute to wāhine toa who help keep te reo Māori strong
Monday, 2 September 2019, 12:50 pm | Maori Language Commission
Kua puta te tautoko a te Kaikōmihana Reo Māori i te taitamāhine i taunutia e te kiritaki ki tētahi wharekai i Tāmaki. More >>
Countdown to Māori Language Week
Friday, 2 August 2019, 9:39 am | Maori Language Commission
9-15 Mahuru September I te mea 40 noa iho ngā rā e toe ana, i whakaterea Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019 e te Kāwana Tianara a Kahurangi Patsy Reddy, he Māngai Reo Māori. Me ngā kupu akiaki o te waiata a Ngoi Pewhairangi i tukua e ia te manu nei ... More >>
A strategic revitalisation budget for te reo Māori
Friday, 31 May 2019, 1:59 pm | Maori Language Commission
Pānui Pāpāho | News Release 31 Haratua 2019 |May 2018 He tahua Pūtea rautaki mō te Whakarauoratanga Reo Māori Kua mihia e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ngā nekehanga pūtea ki te whakarite i te pūtea tautoko haere tonu, haere tonu mō ngā ... More >>
100 sleeps until Māori Language Week 2019
Friday, 31 May 2019, 1:18 pm | Maori Language Commission
Pānui Pāpāho | News Release 31 May Haratua | May 2018 100 ngā moe tae noa ki Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2019 Kōtahi rau anake ngā rā e toe ana i mua i Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019, 9-15 Mahuru. E whakanui ana te wiki nei i te reo me tōna whakarauoratanga. More >>
Finalists in the Māori Language Awards Announced
Friday, 16 November 2018, 12:40 pm | Maori Language Commission
Ka whakanuia ngā toa reo Māori ki ngā tohu o te motu Kua pānuitia i te rā nei ngā whiringa toa o te tekau mā rima o Ngā Tohu Reo Māori a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. More >>
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2018: Mīharo kē!
Sunday, 16 September 2018, 6:19 pm | Maori Language Commission
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2018: Mīharo kē! for 17 Mahuru 2018 | 17 September 2018 He Kōrero mai i Ngahiwi Apanui, Tumuaki, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Statement from Ngahiwi Apanui, Chief Executive, Māori Language Commission More >>
It’s Māori language week next week
Monday, 3 September 2018, 6:34 pm | Maori Language Commission
It’s Māori language week next week – and it’s Mahuru Māori - Māori language month - already! More >>
A working partnership for Māori Language Revitalisation
Friday, 3 August 2018, 4:51 pm | Maori Language Commission
The Māori Language Commission has welcomed the release, for consultation, of the first Crown Māori Language Strategy under the Māori Language Act 2016. More >>
Ngā Toa reo Māori 2019 | Māori Language Champions 2017
Monday, 27 November 2017, 8:40 am | Maori Language Commission
Professor Pou Temara was taken as a newborn by his grandparents Tamahou and Pareraututu to Waikarewhenua, in the heart of Te Urewera. The humble earth-floor house was constructed of kaponga, the roof was kanuka bark. His friends were the many animals, his environment ... More >>
New Stamps, New Māori Words
Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 9:41 am | Maori Language Commission
E mihi ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ki ngā pane kuini hou e whakaatu ana i ngā kupu Māori hou. More >>
Whakanuia te toru ngahurutanga o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 3:44 pm | Maori Language Commission
Ā te 1 o Hereturikōkā ka eke ki te 30 tau mai i te whakatūnga o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i runga i Te Ture Reo Māori 1987. More >>
Māori language revitalisation no longer a dream: now a plan
Saturday, 12 November 2016, 3:41 pm | Maori Language Commission
I whakawhiwhia ki a Ararau Rangi te Tohu Tiketike i Ngā Tohu Reo Māori ki Ngāmotu i te pō nei. More >>
Te reo champions urged to apply
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 10:35 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is urging whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori groups to get their applications for funding support, to start or advance their te reo Māori journey, in by this Sunday. Mā te Reo is a $3.25 million contestable fund administered ... More >>
Commission humbled by big businesses getting behind te reo
Friday, 8 July 2016, 1:50 pm | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is impressed with the new thinking and actions a number of big businesses have taken this Māori Language Week to support te reo Māori. More >>
Mā te Reo Funding Round for 2016-17 Opens
Sunday, 3 July 2016, 12:37 pm | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is calling for applications to the Mā te Reo Fund. More >>
Te reo Māori champions urged to get ready for $3.2m fund
Monday, 20 June 2016, 3:22 pm | Maori Language Commission
Māori language champions passionate about getting their communities to learn and love te reo Māori are being urged to ready themselves for a $3.2 million contestable fund from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. More >>