Pānui Pāpāho
Commission thanks students: Kia kaha Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito
Poutūterangi 2021The Māori Language Commission has paid tribute to students from Te Wharekura o te Rito who formally complained after they were abused for performing at the local council recently.
“We’re sorry our tamariki had to go through this but we are grateful they called these adults out: our children are refusing...Ngā rā e tū ai Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2021
Poutūterangi 2021I ia rā, e heke haere ake ana te hunga ātete i te reo Māori. Koinei te kī a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i te pānuitanga o ngā rā e tū ai Te Wiki o te Reo Māori i tēnei tau.
“Ahakoa e kirikawa tonu ana ētahi o...E mihia ana te pānui mō Matariki 2022 e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Huitanguru 2021E mihia ana e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori te pānui ka whakanuia te wā o Matariki hei rā whakatā mā te iwi whānui, ā te 24 Hune o te tau e tū mai nei.
“Wehe ana mātou i te rekareka e pēnei ana te āhua o te whakahōnore...Te kupu a te Toihau, a Ahorangi Rāwinia Higgins mō te Rā o Waitangi
Huitanguru 2021I a tātou o Aotearoa e whakamihi ana i Te Rā o Waitangi, me mahara tātou ki tō tātou ahunga mai, ki tō tātou noho ināianei, ā, ki tō tātou e manako nei kia ahu whakamua ki hea.
Nō te tau 1972 i kawea te Petihana o Te Reo Māori...Kua tohaina Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2020 ki te kotahi miriona tāngata neke atu
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2020Every person who took part in this year’s historic Māori Language Moment is a joint winner of the Supreme 2020 Māori Language Award.
“More than one million people joined us during Māori Language Week to take part in what is now the biggest Māori language event in history. Each of them...Betty Hauraki receives Lifetime Achievement Award for te reo Māori revitalisation efforts
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2020Betty Hauraki is one our longest serving employees and we were delighted when she received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, Te Tohu Oranga Angitū at the Spirit of Service Awards hosted by the Public Service Commission, Te Kawa Mataaho.
The citation read at the awards ceremony by Public Service Commissioner Peter...Kotahi miriona tāngata i whakanui i te reo Māori i te Wā Tuku Reo Māori
Mahuru 2020E whakamihi ake ana a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ki te hunga neke atu i te tahi miriona te rahi o Aotearoa, i whakakotahi mai rā ki te whakanui i te reo Māori i te wā kotahi.
“Koinei te whakanuitanga nui katoa mō te reo Māori. Kāore anō...Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori: Whāia kia kīia ai ko koe tētahi o te miriona
Hereturikōkā 2020Honour the past, keep ourselves safe now and prepare for the future together!
The Maori Language Commission has redesigned Māori Language Week so that this year, whether we are in lockdown or not: New Zealanders can come together to celebrate te reo Māori.
The Commission wants to get 1 million people speaking,...Te Tohu Manukura i te Reo: Race Unity Speech Awards
Haratua 2020Hei tuatahitanga, kua whakaurua ki Ngā Tohu Kōrero mō te Kotahitanga o ngā Iwi o tēnei tau tētahi wāhanga hou mō te kairangi o te reo: te Tohu Manukura i te Reo.
"E koa ana mātou ki te pānui ko te toa tuatahi ka whakawhiwhia ki te Tohu Manukura i te...He rārangi kupu mō te Mate Korona
Paengawhāwhā 2020The Māori Language Commission has released a list of words to support translators and others who are fighting COVID-19 and communicating in te reo Māori.
“Across the country translators are working hard to ensure our communities who speak te reo are informed and able to stay home, save lives and fight...He reta ki te motu nā Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Poutūterangi 2020Our tikanga changed forever this week.
Manaakitanga means to extend aroha, love and compassion.
Manaakitanga now means staying at home and staying away.
This is the best way we can manaaki other people.
Manaakitanga means buying what you need at the supermarket: it doesn’t mean buying so much kai that there is nothing left...He whakamāori i te kupu a te mōrehu o te parekura i Ōtautahi
Poutūterangi 2020Hei whakanui i te tau tuatahi mai i te kōhurutanga o te rima tekau mā tahi tāngata i te whare karakia a Al Noor, i te Pokapū Ihirama o Linwood anō hoki i Ōtautahi, i whakamāori Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i te whaikōrero a te mōrehu, te...Kua tuwhera Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2019
Whiringa-ā-nuku 2019Nominations are open for Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the annual Māori Language Awards. They recognise and celebrate people and groups contributing to the revitalisation of te reo Māori.
Anyone can nominate, or be nominated until midnight on Sunday 10 November 2019.
The awards will be held at a gala dinner in Auckland...E whitu ngā kaupae ki te angitū reo Māori
Whiringa-ā-nuku 2019A year-long research project has identified seven key success indicators for a range of private sector companies, schools and local authorities using Māori language to support their work.
The study, led by Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan and funded by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, looked at the success...Kāore koe i te mōhio he aha te tikanga o te ‘kia’ me te ‘ora’?
Hereturikōkā 2019E āhei ana hoki koe ki te whakanui i Te Wiki o te Reo Māori!
Te āhua nei ka muia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, te 9-15 Mahuru 2019 e te mahi a te tangata huri noa, huri noa i te motu.
Ko tētahi o ngā tohu, kua rēhita kē...Kua whakaterea Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019 e te Kāwana Tianara
Hereturikōkā 2019With just 40 days to go, Māori Language Week 2019 was formally launched today by the Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy. Dame Patsy, who is a Māori Language Week ambassador, launched the week’s preparations with the words of the waiata by Ngoi Pewhairangi: Whakarongo.
Whiua ki te ao!
Get it out...Kātahi te pai o te whakaako reo Māori e haere nei: kia kaha ake rā!
Hōngongoi 2019There’s a whole lot of great teaching going on: we need more! That’s the principal finding of an evaluation of te reo Māori in English-medium schools for the Māori Language Commission by research firm Haemata. It says English-medium schools are making a critical contribution to the revitalisation of Māori language,...Wāhiki! Kōrero mai ki a mātou! – Te Toihau reo Māori
Pipiri 2019E ai ki te Toihau o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, a Ahonuku Rāwinia Higgins, ki te raru te tangata ki ngā kaitākaro poitarawhiti e kōrero Māori ana, kia kaua rawa e aupēhi i ngā kaitākaro.
“I matekiri au i taku rāngona kua whakahēngia ngā kaitākaro nō Te Wharekura...Kua 90 noa ngā moe kia tae mai ki Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2019
Pipiri 2019here are just 90 days to go until Māori Language Week 2019, 9-15 September.
The week celebrates the Māori language and its revitalisation.
Māori Language Commission Chief Executive Ngahiwi Apanui says now is the time to start planning.
“The theme for 2019 is being maintained as ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’. ‘Kia Kaha’...He tahua pūtea rautaki mō te whakarauoratanga Reo Māori
Haratua 2019Kua mihia e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ngā nekehanga pūtea ki te whakarite i te pūtea tautoko haere tonu, haere tonu mō ngā mahi whakatakoto mahere reo, whakapiki hoki i te tokomaha o te hunga kaiwhakamāori whai tohu kaiwhakamāori ā-tuhi, ā-waha.
I roto i Te Pūtea 2019, kua...100 ngā moe tae noa ki Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2019
Haratua 2019Kōtahi rau anake ngā rā e toe ana i mua i Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019, 9-15 Mahuru.
E whakanui ana te wiki nei i te reo me tōna whakarauoratanga.
E kī ana te Tumaki o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, a Ngahiwi Apanui, he kōwhiringa tēnei mō...Kua whakanuia ngā toa reo Māori ki ngā tohu o te motu
Kohitātea 2019Kua riro i a Kora Aotearoa (Spark) me te Papakupu Te Aka te Tohu Huia te Reo i Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2018.
Mō ā rātou mahi whanake i te taupānga kore utu ‘Kupu’ te tohu nei i āhei ai te tangata ki te tuhi i ā rātou waea ki te...Ka whakanuia ngā toa reo Māori ki ngā tohu o te motu
Kohitātea 2019Finalists in the Māori Language Commission’s 15th Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards, have been announced.
36 finalists have been selected from more than 150 nominations, the highest number received since the awards began in 2004. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by the Commission and will be...Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2018: Mīharo kē!
Mahuru 2018Māori Language Week 2018 has been astonishing!
New Zealanders from all cultures stepped out, literally, in hīkoi whakanui – parades – around the country to celebrate our nation’s language – te reo o tō tātou whenua – and our shared Aotearoatanga – national pride.
We said ‘ahakoa iti, ākona, kōrerotia – learn...Māori Language Week Ambassadors
Mahuru 2018Three te reo Māori ambassadors lead promotion of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.
Look out for cultural leader Professor Derek Lardelli, broadcaster Kanoa Lloyd and actor Ngahuia Piripi.
Derek Lardelli (Ngāti Porou (Ngāti Konohi) and Rongowhakaata (Ngai Te Aweawe) is an exponent and teacher of te reo Māori, a composer and..."Kia Kaha te Reo Taiao", he rauemi hou me Te Papa Atawhai
Mahuru 2018E hui tahi ana a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Te Papa Atawhai ki te whakaputa i tētahi rauemi ako hou, tino whakahirahira nei ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Taiao’, hei whakanui i Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2018.
He tuatahitanga tēnei i waenga i ēnei tari Karauna...Kua hono tahi a Vodafone me Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori kia whakakaha Te Reo
Mahuru 2018Kua hono tahi a Vodafone New Zealand me Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i tētahi whakaaetanga mahi tahi kia whakanui, kia whakarauora anō hoki i te reo Māori.
Ko Vodafone NZ te pakihi tuatahi i te ao whānui ki te hono ā-rautaki ki Te Taura Whiri i te Reo...Six parades! September 10-16
Hereturikōkā 2018Māori Language Week parades and similar events next month will bring thousands of New Zealanders out to celebrate the nation’s indigenous language under the theme of ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori!”
After successful parades in the past two years in Wellington this year six parades or related events are planned –...A working partnership for Māori Language Revitalisation
Hereturikōkā 2018The Māori Language Commission has welcomed the release, for consultation, of the first Crown Māori Language Strategy(external link) under the Māori Language Act 2016.
The Chair of the Commission, Professor Rawinia Higgins, says this is the Crown’s first step in giving effect to the requirements of the new legislation to establish...Hōnore Koro Wētere
Pipiri 2018E kore e warewaretia a Koro Wētere Minita Māori o mua, i mate i tēnei wiki, mō tana kōkiri i ngā kaupapa nui whakaharahara i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori.
Nā te Hōnore Koro Wētere Te Pire mō te Reo Māori(external link) i whakatakoto ki mua ki te aroaro o te pāremata...He mahi tahi me tō tātou Taonga Tuku Iho te reo Māori
Pipiri 2018Kua paihere a Te Pouhere Taonga me Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i runga i tētahi whakaaetanga Mahi Tahi ki te whakatairanga me te whakarauora i te reo Māori, ā, mā te reo Māori, ka whakanuia ngā kōrero tuku iho o Aotearoa.
Ko tā Te Pouhere Taonga he whakatakoto...Kōwhiria ko te reo Māori i tēnei tau
Huitanguru 2018Start now – or keep at it! That’s the message from the Māori Language Commission to young people and parents making education choices at the start of a school year.
The Commission’s Chief Executive Ngahiwi Apanui says “not only in kōhanga reo but in most pre-schools children now get at least...Kua whakanuia anō ngā mahi whakaora ake i te reo Māori
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2017Corporate and business supporters of the revitalisation of te reo Māori have dominated the 14th Māori Language awards attended by more than 400 people at Te Papa this evening.
Big names like Disney (working with the Matewa Trust for the Māori language Moana); Fletcher Construction (for Kāpiti roading signage); Vodafone and...Ka whakanuia ngā toa reo Māori ki ngā tohu o te motu
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2017Ko te kaitirikohu waehere ki te reo Māori, ko te tangata whakatū wānanga mō ngā ritenga ture reorua i roto i ngā tau, ko te tangata kua whakapau tautini i ōna kaha ki te whakaora i te reo Māori, koia nei ētahi o ngā whakahirahira kua eke ki ngā whiringa...Māori Language Parade
Hereturikōkā 2017Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Commission is organising an exciting event on Monday 11 September in Wellington City – a parade even bigger than last year’s hugely successful celebration of te reo Māori.
We are encouraging all groups from the public and private sectors as...Tūwhera ana ngā tatau ki te whakanui i te reo hei reo mana ā-ture
Hereturikōkā 2017
I tae atu te tokomaha o te tangata ki te whare o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i te rā nei,
i Te Whanganui-a-Tara ki te whakanui i te toru ngahurutanga o te reo hei reo mana ā-ture.
Kua 30 tau mai i te whakatūnga o Te Taura Whiri i...Whakanuia te toru ngahurutanga o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
Hōngongoi 2017Te Poari o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (1987) Tākuta Ray Harlow, Ahorangi Tīmoti Kāretu, Tā Kingi Matutaera Īhaka, Hon Koro Wetere, Kāterina Te Heikōkō, Mataira, Ānita Moke. Māori Language Commission with Koro Wetere. Dominion post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers....Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2016 Ko Ngā Whiringa Toa
Pipiri 2017Finalists in 13 contestable categories of the Māori Language Commission’s annual Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards, have been announced.
Thirty eight finalists have been selected from more than 88 entries, the highest number received since the awards began in 2004. This year’s ceremony to be hosted by...Kua piki te pakari o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori nā tōna kawenga hou me te kopounga o ētahi mema hou
Whiringa-ā-rangi 2016
Ngā mema o te Poari o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Whiringa-a-nuku 2016
Charisma Rangipunga (Toihau Tuarua), Wayne Panapa, Wayne Ngata (Toihau), Charlie Tepana, Hinerangi Edwards
Kua tū pakari anō te Poari o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori nā runga i te kopounga o ngā mema hou e...Māori language champions to be celebrated at national awards.
Whiringa-ā-nuku 2016Finalists in 13 contestable categories of the Māori Language Commission’s annual Ngā Tohu Reo Māori, the National Māori Language Awards, have been announced.
Thirty eight finalists have been selected from more than 88 entries, the highest number received since the awards began in 2004. This year’s ceremony to be hosted by...Search begins for Māori language champions
Hereturikōkā 2016Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is calling for entries for the 2016 Ngā Tohu Reo Māori – New Zealand’s most prestigious Māori language awards.
In its 11th year, Ngā Tohu Reo Māori recognises and celebrates people and groups making a difference for te reo Māori so the landscape of...Kua rāhiritia e te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori he mema hou ki te poari
Hereturikōkā 2016E tono ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i ngā tono mō te Pūtea Mā Te Reo.
He pūtea whakataetae $3.2 miriona a Mā Te Reo e whakahaeretia ana e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ki te tautoko i ngā whānau, hapū, iwi me ngā whakahaere hapori...Ka Tuwhera te Tono Pūtea Mā Te Reo mō ngā tau 2016
Hōngongoi 2016E tono ana Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i ngā tono mō te Pūtea Mā Te Reo.
He pūtea whakataetae $3.2 miriona a Mā Te Reo e whakahaeretia ana e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ki te tautoko i ngā whānau, hapū, iwi me ngā whakahaere hapori...