Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

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

Te reo Māori game gets native trees in the ground this lockdown

September 2021

An Open Letter to Aotearoa

In our hardest times, New Zealanders turn to our first language for comfort and solidarity.