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Closure of UNESCO International Year of Languages
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 9:30 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) joins with UNESCO today in hosting a concluding lunch for the UNESCO International Year of Languages 2008. More >>
Traditional haka style wins the day at Te Matatini
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 9:25 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori wishes to congratulate all of the teams that took part in Te Matatini over the weekend. More >>
Monolingual Māori language dictionary launches
Friday, 29 August 2008, 2:50 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, (the Māori Language Commission) launches He Pātaka Kupu – te kai a te rangatira, a monolingual Māori language dictionary for highly proficient speakers. More >>
Māori Language Week 2008 makes a mark
Tuesday, 29 July 2008, 4:05 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
It was hard to miss that last week was Māori Language Week. Māori Language Week was celebrated at an unprecedented level this year. “Māori Language Week was on all television channels, radio stations and print media throughout the country. More ... More >>
Google Māori goes live
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 8:34 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Google Māori goes live to the world tomorrow. The Māori interface of Google, the world’s largest online search engine, is being launched at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Rotorua. More >>
Shortland Street Actors Promote Māori Language
Monday, 30 June 2008, 2:54 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Well known Shortland Street actors – Benjamin Mitchell (TK Samuels) - Tainui, Scott Cotter (Wiremu ‘Mu’ Potae) – Tainui, Ngāpuhi and Te Kohe Tuhaka (Kingi Te Wake)– Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tuhoe, have all agreed to lend their support to the ... More >>
www.taranakireo.co.nz goes online
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 11:08 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Te Reo o Taranaki has just recently gone online. In the 1980s Te Reo o Taranaki was established to focus on revitalising the mita of Taranaki reo within their communities. More than 20 years on, their emphasis is on inter-generational language transmission ... More >>
Māori tube map in London
Thursday, 19 June 2008, 10:12 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
A giant London tube map painting with all stations in Māori is on exhibition in London this month. New Zealand artist Shona Moller’s (English/Māori) work is entitled ‘tu be’ in which she has taken the iconic London Tube map and replaced all the ... More >>
Te reo Māori in homes - 500,000 hours
Monday, 19 May 2008, 12:07 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
“Māori programming has elevated the status, knowledge and use of te reo Māori in homes throughout Aotearoa”, says Huhana Rokx, Chief Executive Officer of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. More >>
New Maori Language Resources Get Tourism Theme
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 2:48 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
New resources launched 12 June 2007 in Taupo promote and support tourism as the theme for this year's Maori Language Week. More >>
Chief steps down from commission helm
Monday, 26 February 2007, 3:41 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Outspoken Chief Executive Haami Piripi has ended his seven-year term at the Māori Language Commission to return to his ahi kā – homeland and fulfil his destiny. More >>
Kia ora - it's International Mother Language Day!
Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 4:53 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
"Mori is the indigenous or mother language of Aotearoa and we want to encourage people to 'Krero Mori' or speak Mori as much as they can today." More >>
Regional Domination of Awards Positive Portent
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 4:26 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
The dominance of regional entries to the 2006 Mäori Language Week Awards has been hailed by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Mäori, 'as a welcome sign of the growing capacity of communities to develop their own sustainable approaches to promoting the Mäori ... More >>
More chances to win Mäori Language Week Awards
Friday, 28 July 2006, 12:43 am | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
Sports organisations, teams, performing art groups, bands and first time entrants are now eligible to win Mäori Language Week Awards. Mäori Language Week 24-30 July 2006 comes to an end on Sunday and participating organisations are being encouraged ... More >>
Shortie Street's Nelson to promote te reo in Wgtn
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 5:35 pm | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori
You wouldn't know it from watching Shortland Street but Quinton Hita (AKA Nelson) on Shortland Street is a fluent Mäori language speaker and Mäori Language Commissioner. More >>
