Ngā Kākā Kura o te Reo 2022

Pioneering te reo Māori movements and milestones were celebrated at the Māori language honours event held in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.

Ngā Kākā Kura o te Reo acknowledged the outstanding contributions and hard-fought wins to revive the Māori language, dating back more than 50 years when te reo Māori was in danger of dying out.

The special honours night was co-hosted by the Māori Language Commission – Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and Te Mātāwai.

Honourees

Māori language activism
Ngā Tamatoa, Te Reo Māori Society, the Māori Students' Association
Māori performing arts
Te Matatini Inc
Māori language in early childhood education
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust, Pukeatua Kōhanga Reo
Māori language research
Te Wāhanga - New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Dr Richard Benton
Māori language radio
Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori, Te Reo Irirangi o Te Upoko o Te Ika
Māori language in tertiary education
Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi
Māori language acquisition in communities
Te Ataarangi
Māori language in compulsory education
Te Rūnanga nui o ngā kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi
The official recognition of Māori language
Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo, New Zealand Māori Council
Māori language television
Māori Programmes - TVNZ, Whakaata Māori

Special honour

A special, one-off honour to celebrate the work of a particular individual who has been relentless in her promotion of te reo Māori in Europe since the 1950s.

Presented to the Honorary Tumuaki and founding member of Ngāti Rānana, Esther Jessop.

Kāinga, Hapori, Iwi, Whānau

Honouring the eight Kāhui of Te Mātāwai and the contributions they’ve made to te reo Māori in their communities, iwi, hapū all over Aotearoa.

  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Te Tai Tokerau
  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Tainui
  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Mātaatua
  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Te Arawa
  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Te Tai Rāwhiti
  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Te Tai Hau-ā-Uru
  • Te Kāhui ā-Rohe o Ngā Iwi o Te Waipounamu
  • Te Kāhui āo te Reo Tukutuku - Mātauranga, Pāpāho, Hapori me te Hunga Noho Tāone