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

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