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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

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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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Recognising legacy contributions to the revival of te reo Māori

Pioneering te reo Māori movements and milestones were celebrated at this year’s Māori language honours event held last night in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.
Read more Recognising legacy contributions to the revival of te reo Māori

Putunga rongo hou

News

New Zealand’s Battle for te reo: Call for stories

As the nation prepares to mark 50-years since the Māori Language Petition was presented to parliament, New Zealanders are being asked to share their stories that tell of the battle for te reo Māori.

September 2022

Reo Māori Pins released for supporters of te reo

The Māori Language Commission has launched a #reomāori pin for learners and supporters of te reo Māori.

August 2022

We are not just woke: we are wide awake - Māori Language Commissioner, Professor Rawinia Higgins

I saw a cartoon this morning that would have you believe speaking more than one language makes you less intelligent. 

August 2022

Commission welcomes te reo chocolate wrappers

The Māori Language Commission welcomed the release of a block of chocolate translated into te reo Māori, Miraka Kirīmi (Creamy Milk).

August 2022

35 years since te reo became an official language of New Zealand

Te reo Māori became an official language in its own country 35-years-ago today and the battle for its survival has yet to be won says the Māori Language Commission. 

August 2022

Early birthday present for Māori 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. 

July 2022

Māori Language Commission pays tribute to the late Anaru Robb

The Māori Language Commission has paid tribute to Māori language champion Anaru Robb who passed away suddenly this week. 

May 2022

Koha for Kōhanga as whānau invited to share their reo stories

The Māori Language Commission has marked the kōhanga reo movement’s 40th birthday by sending koha and toolkete to language nests across the country and inviting former and present staff, children and whānau to collect stories for the Aotearoatanga: Stories of te Reo Māori camp...

May 2022

About all the Māori nonsense - a response from Māori Language Commissioner, Professor Rawinia Higgins

An article published yesterday that labelled te reo on Radio NZ as Māori nonsense is responded to by the chair of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, Professor Rawinia Higgins

April 2022

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

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