One of the many guests of honour was Sir Timoti Kāretu, who perhaps more than anyone else has seen more of the ups and downs of te reo Māori as the first Māori Language Commissioner, a famed kapa haka ...

Thousands of te reo learners will take part in the festival which is described as a two-day "celebration, inspiration, ...

Toitū Te Reo, Aotearoa New Zealand’s national festival celebrating Māori language and culture, is to transition to a ...

Discover how the Maori language, once near extinction, is experiencing a remarkable revival and becoming a source of national ...

leading Māori advocate and Chair of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi, has been at the forefront of the fight for te reo Māori, ...

Pages from the 1972 Māori Language Petition. Ko tēnei te Wiki o te Reo Māori – it’s Māori Language Week. It’s been 52 years since the landmark moment on September 14 1972, when Hana Te Hemara and her ...

As a child Nat Hape's first tongue was Te Reo Maori. But as time passed so too did her grandmother who had taught and encouraged her to speak te reo and by the time she was 14 she had lost her native ...

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 ...

Te Petihana Reo Māori was delivered to Parliament on 14 September 1972. Credit – Stuff Ltd. Sir James Henare’s words, “Kua tawhiti kē to haerenga mai, kia kore e haere tonu. He nui rawa o mahi, kia ...

Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta works for Te Ipukarea Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She receives funding from Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Auckland University of Technology ...