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ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Māori Language Commission

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We exist to revitalise te reo Māori

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Ngā raraunga

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

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1
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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

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

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
Kia toitū ko Toi Reo

Kite tonu atu he ao anō te ao whakawhiti reo i tuwhera ai ngā karu ki te rerekē o te whakawhitinga ōpaki tērā i te whakawhitinga ōkawa, ki ngā kārawarawa, ki te punakupu, ki ngā nuka reo me te huhua noa atu.

Āperira 2022
Ka maranga ake au

Ka hoki a mahara ki te wā e takoto ana ahau me te rangimārie rawa o taku noho, me taku wairua.  Ko te pātai e nui ana te pātaitia mai “He mamae rānei te mahi kauae? Te mahi ngutu purua rānei?  Ko tāku, āe he mamae, engari te momo o te mamae, he rangimārie rawa atu.

Āperira 2022
Kei whea te korimako e kō?

Ka kī atu ko aku wheako kau ēnei o te whakataetae ā-motu o Ngā Manu Kōrero i te 2021.

Tīhema 2021
Kupu hou - Ngā mahi whakapakari tinana

He āta tirotiro i te horopaki o ngā mahi whakapakari tinana.

Tīhema 2021
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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).
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Putunga rongo hou

News

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

Coming soon: te reo Māori courses for the public sector

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is launching pilot te reo Māori courses for the public sector! 

April 2022

The Māori Language Commission paid tribute to the late leader, Tā Wira Gardiner

Tā Wira was exceptional because he led from the front in all he did. Te reo Māori was no exception.

March 2022

New Zealand’s Battle for te reo Māori: Call for Stories

The Māori Language Commission is calling for help collecting stories, images and memories that trace the ongoing battle to save the Māori language.   

February 2022

Māori language campaign wins global communications prize

Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori has taken out the supreme award at the International Public Relations Association’s Golden World Awards for Excellence.

November 2021

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

12-18 September 2022

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Rauemi reo Māori

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Our popular online resources have moved to www.reomaori.co.nz.

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