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Huia Te Reo annual Māori language conference
Friday, 6 August 2010, 11:01 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) will host Huia Te Reo , the organisations annual language conference at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre from 8-9 October 2010. More >>
Review of the Māori Language Strategy and Sector
Friday, 30 July 2010, 10:32 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) supports and expects to fully participate in the Review of the Māori Language Strategy and Sector announced by the Minister of Māori Affairs last night. More >>
Online story competition
Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:28 pm | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) encourages up and coming Māori language writers aged between 8-13 to participate in the Library Information Association of New Zealand and Aotearoa (LIANZA) te reo online interactive story ... More >>
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori applauds decision
Friday, 18 September 2009, 9:19 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) applauds the decision of the NZ Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to correct the spelling of Whanganui. More >>
He Huia Kaimanawa - Māori Language Expo 2009
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 10:19 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) announces a new two day event called He Huia Kaimanawa, a Māori Language Expo, which will take place at Te Rauparaha Arena and Event Centre in Porirua, 15-16 October 2009. More >>
State of Māori language still perilous
Thursday, 23 July 2009, 11:25 am | Maori Language Commission
In the lead up to Māori Language Week, beginning next week, the Māori Language Commissioner Erima Henare states categorically that the language is still in a perilous state. More >>
Stats gloomy for Māori language regeneration
Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 2:32 pm | Maori Language Commission
“The recent release of 2007/08 Ngā Haeata Mātauranga/Annual Report on Māori Education highlights complacency with te reo Māori” says Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission), Huhana Rokx. More >>
Tautoko ai a Mä Te Reo ngä mahi rangahau pukapuka
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 10:04 am | Maori Language Commission
Nō nā tata nei i puta ai te pukapuka hou a Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal - Te Ngākau: He Wānanga i te mātauranga, kei roto katoa i te reo Māori. E tirotiro ana te pukapuka nei ki ngā ariā o te tokotoru nei, a Hirini Moko Mead, a Whatarangi Winiata rātou ... More >>
Mā Te Reo supports book research
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 10:03 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal has recently published a new book - Te Ngākau: He Wānanga i te mātauranga, entirely in Māori. The book explores the ideas of three key thinkers - Hirini Moko Mead, Whatarangi Winiata and Te Maire Tau. More >>
Mā Te Reo supports book research
Thursday, 13 November 2008, 12:58 pm | Maori Language Commission
Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal has recently published a new book - Te Ngākau: He Wānanga i te mātauranga, entirely in Māori. The book explores the ideas of three key thinkers - Hirini Moko Mead, Whatarangi Winiata and Te Maire Tau. More >>
Celebrating the first day of Māori Language Week
Monday, 21 July 2008, 12:33 am | Maori Language Commission
Today Wellingtonians will be greeted with fresh fruit and ‘kia ora’ to celebrate the first day of Māori Language Week. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) and partners Te Puni Kōkiri, Human Rights Commission, Families ... More >>
Te Whetū o te Tau – The Star of the Year
Friday, 27 June 2008, 11:33 am | Maori Language Commission
“We are proud to announce that Hareruia ‘Ruia’ Aperahama (Morehu, Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupouri) is the 2008 recipient of the annual Te Whetū o te Tau award for his continued promotion and use of the Māori language through the medium of music and ... More >>
Auckland Billboard Offensive To The Maori Language
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 3:41 pm | Maori Language Commission
An Auckland billboard currently positioned at the bottom of Parnell Rise has been deemed highly offensive in its use of the Maori language by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori - the Maori Language Commission. More >>
1 August 2007 - Maori Language Act Turns 20
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 4:11 pm | Maori Language Commission
Maori language became an official language of Aotearoa 20 years ago and shares its birthday with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, the Maori Language Commission More >>
New award promotes smokefree Maori speakers
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 4:06 pm | Maori Language Commission
Tomorrow is World Smokefree Day and to mark the occasion a new award to promote Maori language and health has been announced. More >>
'Tourism On the road with te reo Maori'
Friday, 20 April 2007, 9:43 am | Maori Language Commission
Media statement For immediate release, Thursday 19 April 2007 'Tourism On the road with te reo Maori' 'He Korero mo Aotearoa On the road with reo Maori' is the catchphrase for this year's Maori Language Week to be held last week of (23-29) July '07. More >>
Maori Language Week focus from sport to tourism
Friday, 21 July 2006, 10:37 am | Maori Language Commission
Sport is the focus of this year's Mäori Language Week activities and was kicked off today at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. Overall promotion of the week is again being coordinated by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mäori (the Mäori Language Commission), ... More >>
Matariki extravaganza set to ignite
Thursday, 22 June 2006, 10:00 am | Maori Language Commission
Auckland's Manukau Event's Centre will be the stage of a major Matariki, Aotearoa Pacific New Year celebration on Saturday 24 June, 2006. Festivities will begin with a traditional planting and fire ceremony to honour Maori, Pacific and European influences ... More >>
Maori Language Commission on Polynesian New Year
Monday, 23 May 2005, 10:47 am | Maori Language Commission
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mâori - the Mâori Language Commission - is spearheading a campaign to elevate Matariki, or Aotearoa Pacific New Year, into an iconic national event. More >>
Commission completes deliberation (Haami Piripi)
Thursday, 12 August 2004, 3:46 pm | Maori Language Commission
At its meeting today the Maori Language Commission Board completed its deliberations over the select committee submission made by its Chief Executive Haami Piripi. More >>