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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025

14-20 September 2025               Te Wiki o te Reo Māori is an annual celebration for all New Zealanders to show their support for the Māori language, an official language of this country.
Haere Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2025

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Check out our latest achievements and how we are tracking towards 1 million speakers by 2040

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1
million

people signed up to celebrate te reo at the same time, on the same day for our Māori Language Moment.

84%

New Zealanders see te reo Māori as part of our national identity

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new words

released to enable people to talk about technical and new things in te reo Māori.

Source: Annual Report 2021

Mō te reo

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He Muka

Te reo Māori publication

*He Muka is a fluent reo Māori publication so no translations are available for this content

Atikara Tawhito – Ngā Kura Māori

I unuhia tēnei atikara i te nūpepa o te Waka Māori i te marama o Paengawhāwhā, 1874. Kua mau i te atikara tawhito nei, te waiaro me te tirohanga o te nuinga o te Māori i aua wā ki tōna anō reo. Kāore he oranga, kāore hoki he hua o te ū tonu ki te reo Māori. 

Hepetema 2022
Wahine Toa

Ko te tinana te waka kawe i te wairua, i te hinengaro, i te whatumanawa anō hoki o te tangata. Ko te tinana te whakaahuru o ōku kare ā-roto, he whare āhuru taku tinana hei manaaki māku, ā, hei tōna wā ka noho ko taku tinana te āhuru mōwai ki aku uri, ki te taurahere whakapapa ...

Hepetema 2022
He Hokinga Mahara - Ngā Mahi Waihanga Kupu Hou o Mua

I tēnei wā kei te haruru te whare o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i a mātou e whakarite ana mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori me te huringa tau 50 o te whakatakotoranga o te petihana mō te Reo Māori. He nui ngā kaupapa whakanui kei te whakahaerehia nō reira kia areare taringa mai koutou.

Hepetema 2022
Ko tō auahatanga te taumata

Matatū ana te māhurihuri kei runga i te maunga tāpuapua a Hikurangi, e hakarae ana ki Ōmauri ki ngā nīoreore e rere kau ana i ngā wai māori ki Pipiwai. Ka whaongia ngā kete kai a Te Orewai e te Punakauariki, hei oranga tinana, hei oranga wairua!

Hepetema 2022
Kupu hou - Ngā wāhanga o te tinana

He kupu hou e aro hāngai ana ngā wāhanga o te tinana kāore i te tino kōrerotia.  

Āperira 2022
He Tuhinga Tawhito – Te Waka Māori, 7 o Nōema, 1867

He kupu atu tenei ki nga tamariki maori me ka haere mai ki te taone nei. E kite tonu ana matou i etahi o ratou e rere hianga ana i runga hoiho i nga rori o te taone nei.

Āperira 2022
Tākarohia Te Reo Whutupōro

He tauira o te reo ka rongohia i te wā o te Ipu Whutupōro o te Ao.

Āperira 2022
Te Ao Matihiko: He mōreareatanga, he āheinga nui rānei ki ā tātou tikanga?

Ehara i te mea nō nanahi tonu ake nei te ao matihiko me tāna whakaaweawetia ki ā tātau tikanga manohi anō.

Āperira 2022
Hokia ki ō maunga, ki ō kāinga maha

I te marama o Pēpuere rua mano rua tekau mā rua, tāwharautia ai ngā uri whakaheke o Wainuiomata marae i tōna papa.

Āperira 2022
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Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Recognised at Australasian Reporting Awards

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) is proud to announce it has received a Bronze Award in the 2025 Australasian Reporting Awards (ARA) for its 2023/2024 Annual report.
Read more Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Recognised at Australasian Reporting Awards

Putunga rongo hou

News

Tai timu, tai pari – TAIHOA e HAERE!

“This isn’t about whether a road sign says “stop” or “taihoa.” It’s about whether our country is willing to move forward on the tide of revitalisation — or retreat into tired, old patterns of resistance and fear.” 

May 2025

Nominations Open for Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2025 

The karanga is out! Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission, is calling for nominations for Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2025 – a celebration of those who are championing the normalisation and revitalisation of te reo Māori.

May 2025

Woolworths​ New Zealand​ - supporting rangatahi to succeed

Woolworths is one of the leading ​retailers ​in Aotearoa​ New Zealand​, serving more than 3 million customers every week. Woolworths ​is ​focused on giving customers the very best in choice, value and convenience, while keeping social and environmental responsibilities top of ...

March 2025

Whakaata Māori – making Māori language vibrant and accessible to all

Whakaata Māori is Aotearoa New Zealand’s national indigenous media organisation, dedicated to revitalising and empowering te reo Māori, culture and identity through storytelling.  Guided by the vision, kia mauriora te reo - a future where te reo Māori is spoken everywhere, eve...

March 2025

Taking te reo to the stage!

Te Matatini Society Incorporated is the national organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand responsible for fostering, developing and protecting traditional Māori performing arts. 

February 2025

Uplifting and celebrating te reo Māori for learners across Aotearoa

Centering learners and their whānau, creating great education opportunities, supporting learning that is relevant to the lives of New Zealanders today and into the future. Those are some of the goals of Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga - the Ministry of Education. 

February 2025

In our hearts and on our minds

Creative New Zealand is one of the most significant institutions within the Aotearoa arts scene. They encourage, promote and support the arts in Aotearoa for the benefit of all New Zealanders through funding, capability building, an international programme and advocacy. 

February 2025

Te reo Māori in the pockets of New Zealanders every day

Google is one of the most influential technology companies in the world, known for its search engine, digital products and innovations in AI, cloud computing, and more. As part of their innovative work, Google has moved towards increased support for indigenous languages, inclu...

February 2025

Ensuring te reo Māori is a healthy, vibrant and thriving everyday language

Te Puni Kōkiri is the Government’s principal policy advisor on Māori wellbeing and development. 

February 2025

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