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‘Decisions made with no logic’ Māori Language Commissioner responds to decisions not to restore Māori place names

“Frustrated is an understatement – kua eke ki te kakī” is the response of the Māori Language Commissioner to recent decisions rejecting the restoration of some Māori place names proposed by Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (New Zealand Geographic Board).

December 2024

Māori Language Commissioner Concerned Over Funding Cuts to Te Ahu o Te Reo Programme

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission) is deeply concerned by the recent government announcements regarding cuts to funding for Te Ahu o Te Reo, a programme dedicated to supporting the revitalisation and teaching of the Māori language.

September 2024

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Celebrates Board Chair’s Win at the 2024 Women in Governance Awards

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is thrilled to announce that its Board Chair, Professor Rawinia Higgins (Ngāi Tūhoe), has been awarded the prestigious Women in Governance Award 2024 in the Māori governance category.

September 2024

New Māori resource for Olympic Games launched: Cheer on our Olympians in te reo Māori!

Te reo Māori is going all the way to Paris as the first-ever bilingual sporting resource for an Olympic Games is launched today.

July 2024

Ngā Tohu Reo Māori: Lifetime achievement awarded to three prominent wāhine

A health advocate for Māori, a veteran broadcaster, and a Kōhanga Reo champion walked away from Ngā Tohu Reo Māori with the highest honour of the awards night.

April 2024

Dates confirmed for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori will take place from the 14th – 21st of September 2024.

April 2024

Ngā Tohu Reo Māori returns

Ngā Tohu Reo Māori | The Māori Language Awards is an annual event that celebrates the achievements of individuals and organisations that have made a notable contribution to the revitalisation and normalisation of te reo Māori.

October 2023

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori mourns former commissioner Tā Patu Hohepa

He maimai aroha ki a Tā Patrick Patu Wahanga Hohepa KNZM (1936 - 2023). We are devastated to hear of the passing of one of the most prominent stalwarts of te reo Māori and a former commissioner of this tari. Our deepest condolences go to the whānau of Tā Patu Hohepa (Ngāpuhi, ...

September 2023

An Open Letter to Aotearoa ahead of Māori Language Week 2023

I thought long and hard about how to respond to the cries from some to limit our language. Their cries aren’t new, they’re as old as New Zealand. But how we respond to them has changed.