Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Lunchtime Webinar Series

Our Te Wiki o te Reo Māori webinar series is coming back this September!  

Across four days, hear from inspiring guests who are helping to normalise and strengthen te reo Māori in everyday life. From grassroots sporting communities and intergenerational language revitalisation to business leadership and storytelling on screen, these conversations will explore the many ways communities are contributing to a vibrant future for te reo Māori. 

Join us online, bring your pātai, and be part of the conversation.

Tuesday 15 September, 12:00pm 

Te Reo Māori in Sport 

Sport and te reo Māori are powerful forces to strengthen identity and community. Meet Khlani Paenga and Tuteauru Maipi, who’ve helped to set up a reo Māori-first rugby league kaupapa in Auckland, where Māori is the normal, everyday language for over 150 tamariki. Host, Te Wehi Wright, will find out how they did it, why they did it and how others can learn to do the same. Register now to learn how sport, culture and communities can flourish - one game, one kōrero and one whānau at a time. 

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Wednesday 16 September, 12:00pm

Te Reo Māori in the Home

Twenty-five years ago, Ngāi Tahu had one of the lowest rates of Māori speakers of any iwi. Today, Kiringāua Cassidy is part of a Ngāi Tahu generation raised with Māori as a first language. Meet Kiringāua and his mother, Paulette Tamati-Elliffe, and discover how one whānau became part of a movement helping restore te reo Māori to Ngāi Tahu homes, through Kotahi Mano Kāika. Dr Vincent (Vini) Olsen-Reeder explores the role of whānau, communities, and language champions, and why the home remains the most important place for language revitalisation. 

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Thursday 17 September, 12:00pm 

Te Reo Māori in Business 

It started with a jar of peanut butter and a bit of mischief. Meet Pic Picot and Aimee McCammon from Pic's Peanut Butter, who discovered that embracing te reo Māori was about much more than producing a label in te reo. It was part of workplace culture, customer care and making Māori part of everyday business. Leigh-Marama McLachlan chats with lovable rogue Pic (with his guide dog Ollie) and Aimee to find out what worked, what surprised them, and how non-Māori can play an important role in normalising te reo Māori. Register now for a practical and inspiring conversation about business, language and ‘doing the right thing’. 

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Friday 18 September, 12:30pm 

Te Reo Māori in the Arts 

One helped carve the pathways. The other grew up walking them. Join 30-year screen industry champion Kay Ellmers and celebrated actor and director Te Kohe Tuhaka as they compare notes on arts careers spent helping the Māori language find its rightful place on screens and stages. As friends from different generations of film, TV and digital content sectors, Kay and Te Kohe reflect on the changes they've seen, the paths ahead, and how te reo Māori is increasingly being heard both in front and behind the camera. Part conversation, part reflection, and part pukukata. Register now for a digital-seat, it’s showtime!

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