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Posted by Waitohi Whare Pukapuka · September 13, 2023 4:37 PM
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The Māori Language in Russell, Ngaiotonga and Punaruku
Posted by · June 14, 2023 12:05 PM
Grandparents and some parents had unpleasant memories of their school days as far as the Maori language was concerned.
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The Māori Language in Waitara
Posted by · June 14, 2023 12:05 PM
Some parents were learning the language at night school or on local marae.
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The Māori Language in Whakatane
Posted by · June 14, 2023 12:04 PM
Some children from Whakatane are attending the bilingual school at Ruatoki at great inconvenience to themselves and their parents.
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Araraurangi | Air New Zealand ko te reo kia rere
Posted by Jahmaine Cummings-Hodge · May 11, 2023 10:43 AM
Araraurangi, Air New Zealand in collaboration with Kiwa Digital launch the Kia Rere app to encourage our staff and our customers to share te reo Māori as they travel. -
Araraurangi | Air New Zealand Tohu reo pin
Posted by Jahmaine Cummings-Hodge · May 11, 2023 10:43 AM
Araraurangi, Air New Zealand in partnership with Te Taura Whiri launches the tohu reo pin to acknowledge and champion te reo Māori speakers. -
Korihi te manu - Stories of whāngai and adoption
Posted by Jasmine Taankink · January 18, 2023 2:48 PM
Whāngai is a tikanga developed over 100s of years to grow strong, connected and safe whānau. -
The Wanganui Awa
Posted by george Edgar · January 13, 2023 2:01 PM
When I was around 14, my family and some family friends went on a waka tour down the Whanganui awa guided by local Māori. -
Araraurangi - Tohu Reo Whakanuia
Posted by Jahmaine Cummings-Hodge · November 22, 2022 9:20 AM
Araraurangi, Air New Zealand celebrates 12 staff who are fluent in te reo Māori with the tohu reo pin at Te Mānukanuka o Hoturoa marae. -
Tiaki & The Guardians
Posted by Jahmaine Cummings-Hodge · November 22, 2022 9:17 AM
Araraurangi, Air New Zealand release Tiaki & The Guardians safety video which celebrates the beauty of our language, culture and country. -
Learning te reo
Posted by Nadia Petersen · November 22, 2022 8:58 AM
We got newsletters from the school asking if Māori students would like to leave the mainstream section of the school and move into full immersion te reo Māori learning. -
A Kaiako who left an impression
Posted by Keely Kroening · November 21, 2022 7:15 PM
When I went to Parkland School in Motueka in the 1980's we had a teacher called Mr van de Plas. -
"Mainstream schools will teach you your ABC’s, sure, but kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori will teach you who you are"
Posted by · November 16, 2022 11:39 AM
Mainstream schools will teach you your ABC’s, sure, but kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori will teach you who you are. -
Never forget where you come from
Posted by Angus Te Puni · November 14, 2022 9:46 AM
Tēnā tātou e te whānau,
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Te Kōtuku Rerenga Tahi
Posted by Allan Brown · November 11, 2022 1:02 PM
I am a senior firefighter now stationed at the Hastings Fire Station before moving down to the Hawkes Bay I was stationed at the Gisborne Fire Station having joined the Fire Service in 1996. -
For my daughter
Posted by Elliot Stevens · November 08, 2022 8:59 PM
Growing up as a Pākehā New Zealander, I have always been proud of te reo Māori and had some limited vocabulary myself.
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Tamariki successful putting the Ō in Ōmokoroa
Posted by · November 08, 2022 3:52 PM
A class of Ōmokoroa school children have triumphed in their mahi to recognise the mana of a macron. -
“It's a kaupapa that is for, and will always be for, our kids.”
Posted by · November 08, 2022 3:49 PM
Fraser was familiar with te reo Māori but did not learn the language until her mid-20s. -
It's a Māori story entirely in te reo Māori from the beginning to the end
Posted by · November 08, 2022 3:46 PM
Kararaina Rangihau, one of the cast of Whānau Kūmara said “The language is spoken by most of those behind the cameras. -
It’s about whakamana i te reo Maori.
Posted by · November 08, 2022 3:42 PM
Kōkiri pays tribute to those who delivered a Māori language petition withover 30,000 plus signatures to parliament in September 1972. -
"We don’t really like just translating the words. Otherwise, we may as well just make an audiobook."
Posted by · November 08, 2022 3:36 PM
There’s no such thing as ‘a simple translation’ from English to Te Reo Māori. -
Whānau - biggest tautoko, biggest critics
Posted by Stanley Waetford · November 04, 2022 12:21 AM
Holidays up north could be confusing. -
The thought of having to karanga scares the bejesus out of me
Posted by · September 27, 2022 11:59 AM
The thought of having to karanga scares the bejesus out of me -
Māori language was considered radical.
Posted by · September 27, 2022 11:59 AM
Me and my contemporaries missed kōhanga reo and kura. -
I was shit-scared about the pōwhiri.
Posted by · September 27, 2022 11:59 AM
I was shit-scared about the pōwhiri. -
"He kura kāmehameha te reo Māori, engari me ora hoki ngā mita ā-iwi."
Posted by · September 27, 2022 11:59 AM
"He kura kāmehameha te reo Māori, engari me ora hoki ngā mita ā-iwi." -
Sometimes it’s like the knot has travelled up through my wooden insides and lodged in my throat.
Posted by · September 27, 2022 11:56 AM
And every time I hear someone waxing lyrical about the reo skills of Pākehā like Guyon Espiner, it presses something sharp and vicious into that knot of guilt. -
My complicated relationship with te reo Māori
Posted by · September 27, 2022 11:53 AM
I think for Māori, taking back the taonga that is te reo — one that was systematically removed from us, or made so unappealing that we simply never recognised it for the taonga it is — comes with a lot of baggage. -
“If I had to visualise what I think learning te reo looks like, to me it’s a relay."
Posted by · September 21, 2022 8:39 AM
"If I had to visualise what I think learning te reo looks like, to me it’s a relay. It’s not that there is some finish line that I am striving for. It is actually just taking as many steps as I can so that my kids, and those after us, don’t have to take those steps."
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"It’s hard but the only way to get better is to keep trying"
Posted by · September 21, 2022 8:39 AM
It is a metaphorical, poetic, beautiful language, she says. -
First episode of Waka Huia 1987 is about the survival of te reo
Posted by · September 17, 2022 6:56 PM
The first episode of the iconic programme Waka Huia was broadcast in 1987 and was about the survival of te reo -
"Ko te reo te mea nui. Ko te reo e tūhonohono ai he tāngata."
Posted by · September 16, 2022 11:55 AM
I te tau 1947 i tau mai a Meng Foon i a Haina ki Aotearoa i te wā i a ia e tamariki ana ki te ako i Te Reo Māori. -
"It’s hard but the only way to get better is to keep trying"
Posted by · September 16, 2022 11:42 AM
"It’s hard but the only way to get better is to keep trying" -
“The only way our language will survive is by normalising it in everyday life."
Posted by · September 16, 2022 11:39 AM
“My sister used to get embarrassed by me speaking to her in Māori in supermarkets,” she says. -
Reo Māori Mai came from a passion to revitalise te reo Māori.
Posted by · September 16, 2022 11:26 AM
Reo Māori Mai came from a passion to revitalise te reo Māori. -
Selwyn Muru rāua ko Whina Cooper - Te Rōpū Matakite
Posted by · September 16, 2022 11:05 AM
"Nā reira rau rangatira mā, ngā pitopito kōrero mō tenei rā, ko tā mātou kuia mōrehu, kei a Whina Cooper, te tumuaki o te Ropu Matakite. -
Rua Cooper - kaumātua o Waikato
Posted by · September 16, 2022 10:54 AM
Ko Haare Williams e kōrero ana mo Rua Cooper, he kaumātua rongonui o Waikato. -
What is the role of Pākehā in supporting te reo Māori?
Posted by · September 16, 2022 10:41 AM
What is the role of Pākehā in supporting te reo Māori? -
"Kāore mātou i mātaki "Simpsons" i a mātou e tamariki ana. Ko te Karere te tino hōtaka!
Posted by · September 15, 2022 10:54 AM
"Kāore mātou i mātaki "Simpsons" i a mātou e tamariki ana. -
"We’ve been a part of what we call the quiet revolution. And all because we were determined to have a reo Māori speaking family."
Posted by · September 15, 2022 10:45 AM
"We’ve been a part of what we call the quiet revolution. And all because we were determined to have a reo Māori speaking family."
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I feel like I am doing something, not just for myself but it's for the people.
Posted by · September 15, 2022 8:34 AM
I feel like I am doing something, not just for myself but it's for the people. -
Ko Mariam Arif tōku ingoa - nō te Rāwhiti Waenganui ahau, no te ao Aripi
Posted by · September 15, 2022 8:30 AM
Ko Mariam Arif tōku ingoa - nō te Rāwhiti Waenganui ahau, no te ao Aripi -
The former politician held the Te Tai Hauāuru Māori seat for 12 years and was co-leader of the Māori Party before retiring in 2014.
Posted by · September 15, 2022 8:26 AM
The pain of not speaking Māori -
Hammond believes that Rēkohu Wharekauri confront 10 times the problems of those in the North Island experience.
Posted by · September 15, 2022 8:20 AM
Hammond believes that Rēkohu Wharekauri confront 10 times the problems of those in the North Island experience. -
Ko te Whare Kaukau o Pukekohe kua tīmata ki te whakaako i ngā tamariki kōhungahunga ki te kauhoe i roto i te reo Māori
Posted by · September 15, 2022 8:14 AM
Ko te Whare Kaukau o Pukekohe kua tīmata ki te whakaako i ngā tamariki kōhungahunga ki te kauhoe i roto i te reo Māori. -
My pepeha is my world - Tainui Stephens
Posted by · September 14, 2022 10:21 AM
Colonisation triumphs when the colonised lose their language, and then their worldview. -
"She felt I was condemning myself to a second-rate life, because she knew the lash of racism."
Posted by · September 14, 2022 10:14 AM
"She felt I was condemning myself to a second-rate life, because she knew the lash of racism." -
I rangona te kerēme reo Māori (WAI11) ki te Herenga Waka Marae, me Waiwhetū Marae.
Posted by · September 14, 2022 9:55 AM
"Kia maumahara tonu ki ēnei kaupapa nā Te Rōpū Reo Māori i whakatū, mā tātou hei pīkau."
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Mōhio rānei koe ki te Te Rōpū Reo Māori?
Posted by · September 14, 2022 9:47 AM
Mōhio rānei koe ki te Te Rōpū Reo Māori? -
"I didn’t understand a single word of what we were singing. But it felt so good. I knew then, in the back row of the varsity kapa haka, that my life had changed forever."
Posted by · September 14, 2022 9:05 AM
"I didn’t understand a single word of what we were singing. But it felt so good. I knew then, in the back row of the varsity kapa haka, that my life had changed forever." -
Irish Embassy commissions play about colonisation in te reo
Posted by · September 13, 2022 1:56 PM
"Translations", a play by Irish playwright Brian Friel, has been translated into te reo by author, translator and te reo exponent Hēmi Kelly. -
It’s like watching a wondrous putiputi blooming right in front of my eyes.
Posted by · September 13, 2022 1:49 PM
"Learning these tiny bits of information took te reo out of the realms of the mysterious and eye-wateringly scary, and into the tantalising tingles of being understandable and learnable." -
When it comes to his use of te reo Māori, Ruha draws on the vernacular of his hometown of Te Tairāwhiti
Posted by · September 13, 2022 1:37 PM
When it comes to his use of te reo Māori, Ruha draws on the vernacular of his hometown of Te Tairāwhiti -
Sovereignty in streaming: A new forever home for Māori content
Posted by · September 13, 2022 1:07 PM
MāoriNow fills a niche Ross doesn’t think is being catered to, one focused on showcasing high quality fluent Māori content. -
Te Rūnanga Nui ō Ngā KKM file urgent claim to Tribunal
Posted by · September 13, 2022 1:07 PM
I tukuna e Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori tā rātau kerēme totoa, e whawhai tonu nei mō ngā kaupapa a te Māori mā te Māori, ā, e whakakanohi nei tēnei kerēme i ngā kura e 63 me ngā whānau o ngā tauira e 6500, ki te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, mō ngā hē ā-mātauranga a te Karauna i roto i ngā tau.
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"I’d like to think that our generation, those of us of the te reo Māori Society… will be remembered as those who tried to do something about the state of the language to put in place programmes which have been helpful.”
Posted by · September 13, 2022 1:01 PM
"I’d like to think that our generation, those of us of the te reo Māori Society… will be remembered as those who tried to do something about the state of the language to put in place programmes which have been helpful.” -
In 1971, Dr Nicholson was an 18-year-old Victoria University student when he became the media publicist for the Māori Language Petition, which over 30,000 people signed in support of te reo Māori being taught in schools.
Posted by · September 13, 2022 12:57 PM
In 1971, Dr Nicholson was an 18-year-old Victoria University student when he became the media publicist for the Māori Language Petition, which over 30,000 people signed in support of te reo Māori being taught in schools. -
Tahu-Pōtiki: Reo Māori Journey
Posted by · September 13, 2022 12:40 PM
"I started reading in bed at night. I would read page after page of the Williams Dictionary" -
Ensuring access to Te Ao Māori
Posted by · September 13, 2022 11:26 AM
I tell them: “You can come in, too, and show your face, so that your kids can see us together.” Those little things mean a lot to a tamaiti. -
Ngahiwi Apanui: Don't tell me te reo is a waste of time
Posted by · September 13, 2022 11:13 AM
People would tell us: “He moumou taima te reo Māori, kāre koe e whiwhi mahi i te reo Māori.” -
Ngahiwi Apanui - Don't tell me te reo is a waste of time
Posted by · September 13, 2022 11:01 AM
Here I was, this little dark fulla from the East Coast and I’m hearing: "You can be a leader. You can do anything." -
Ngahiwi Apanui: Don't tell me te reo is a waste of time
Posted by · September 13, 2022 10:59 AM
"The Māori renaissance was peaking in the ’80s. ... There just didn’t seem to be anything that we couldn’t do." -
Two generations discuss their journeys with te reo Māori
Posted by · September 13, 2022 10:52 AM
"I felt angry when I started learning reo. I just felt angry at society." -
Te reo in Ōtaki: 'This whole place is Māori'
Posted by · September 13, 2022 10:46 AM
The "thriving" reo in Ōtaki is all thanks to the four kōhanga reo, two kura kaupapa and wānanga in the tāone. -
Learning te reo at 61
Posted by · September 13, 2022 10:39 AM
"Too long I’ve denied my own heritage." -
Moe Milne - He Mumu Reo
Posted by · September 13, 2022 10:32 AM
E hia nei ngā tau i whakaako ia i te reo, ā, nōna e mahi ana i te rāngai hauora i ēnei rā, e rangiwhāwhātia ana e ia ngā painga o te reo Māori e ora ai te wairua me te ora o te Māori. -
It's official - Rotorua is New Zealand's first bilingual city
Posted by · September 13, 2022 10:29 AM
The pin depicts a waha kōrero, an active voice and symbolises the growth, energy and vibrancy of te reo.
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Karanga - A call from the heart
Posted by · September 12, 2022 2:30 PM
In Invercargill, Peggy Peek (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha), 76, is concerned that karanga – “one of the last rituals steeped in tikanga we have left” – is being altered, almost to the point of being abused. -
Karanga – A call from the heart
Posted by · September 12, 2022 2:25 PM
For Maruhaeremuri (Kui) Stirling, (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Maruhaeremuri/Apanui, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāi Tahu), of Tuahiwi Marae, the role of kaikaranga was traditionally about status according to whakapapa. -
"It's never too late to learn"
Posted by · September 12, 2022 2:16 PM
My sister and I were raised bilingually and biculturally between Ruatoria and Wellington. -
The Māori Language in Hikurangi, Whananaki and the Mangakahia Valley
Posted by · September 12, 2022 2:04 PM
Three people reported being strapped or hit with supplejack. -
The Māori Language in Wellington and the Hutt Valley
Posted by · September 12, 2022 2:04 PM
It's no wonder parents don't teach their kids Maori when they were strapped at school for speaking it. -
The Māori Language in Eastern Hokianga
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
Many of the older people we spoke to the country districts did not have very happy memories of their school days, especially where the Maori language was concerned. -
The Māori Language from Herewini to Pawarenga
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
One of the Whangape people said that "we were punished severely for speaking Maori, that's the reason why none of us can speak Maori" -
The Māori Language in Kaitaia and neighbouring communities
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
A third to a half of the parents and grandparents we spoke to had been caned, strapped, or had experienced some other kind of physical punishment for speaking Maori at primary school. -
The Māori Language in rural Whangaroa
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
One of the punishments was digging blackberries, and one person told us that as a boy he had established a thriving business -
The Māori Language Kaeo and Oamaunu
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
Several people spoke only English, children of parents who had been punished for speaking Maori at school. -
The Māori Language in Panguru and Rangi Point
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
Although more than three-quarters of the informants had been punished for speaking Maori as children at school, many people in the area still speak Maori as they go about their everyday affairs. -
The Māori Language in Te Hapua, Te Kao and Ngataki
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:09 PM
Over half the people in the survey had been punished for speaking Maori as school children. -
The Māori Language in North West Bay of Islands
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
Spies used to go to the teacher with tales. -
The Māori Language in South West Bay of Islands
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
You couldn't say one word of Maori without getting the strap" -
The Māori Language in Pipiwai
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
Over half the people interviewed had been strapped or beaten for speaking Maori as children. This does not seem to have stopped anyone from speaking Maori, but it may have led some people to believe that it was better to speak English. -
The Māori Language in Kawakawa
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
Nearly half the people in the survey said they had been beaten for speaking Maori at school. -
The Māori Language in Karetu
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
A third of the adults had been punished for speaking Maori as school children. -
The Māori Language in Waitangi
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
The Maori language was much better off in Waitangi than in many other parts of the Bay of Islands, but even here children were beginning to use English more and more. -
The Māori Language in Moerewa and districts
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
When local elders started dying, many people were so worried that a lot of tribal history would be lost with them that they decided to teach themselves as well as their own children. -
The Māori Language in Waiomio
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
Most people that we spoke to during the survey believed that the Maori language was dying. -
The Māori Language in Kaikohe
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:08 PM
Some people were whakama for not being able to speak or understand Maori very well, or to teach it to their children. -
The Māori Language in Waihaha
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
At the time of the survey, there were no school-age children in Waihaha who could speak Maori well or understand it easily. -
The Māori Language Te Tii, Wharengaere and Kerikeri
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
Much of the blame was placed upon the local playcentre, because, in its early stages, it had encouraged mothers to speak English rather than Maori to their children. -
The Māori Language Motatau, Opahi and Taikirau
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
Nearly three-quarters of the adults stated that they had been punished as children at school for speaking Maori. -
The Māori Language in Whangarei and district
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
Some of them had spoken the language as children in country areas, but in the city English had become their everyday language. -
The Māori Language in Matawaia
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
Matawaia is very much a Maori-speaking community. -
The Māori Language from Bombay to Mercer
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
7 of the 13 household heads we interviewed in these communities had either been punished for speaking Maori at school or had been discouraged. -
The Māori Language in the Central Auckland area
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
Younger parents in various suburbs told us that they felt "inadequate", "shy", or "ashamed" (using these English words to express the Maori concept of whakama) that they could not speak Maori well. -
The Māori Language in Manurewa
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
30 people had been physically assaulted for speaking Maori at school. -
The Maori Language in Pakuranga, Howick and Umupuia
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
One man told us he blamed the Education Department for the decline of the Maori language because of the punishment children received in schools. -
The Māori Language Henderson, New Lynn and Districts
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:07 PM
A number of our informants who had spoken Maori as young children had gradually lost their knowledge of Maori. -
The Māori Language Henderson, New Lynn and Districts
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:06 PM
Some people had decided never to teach their children Maori because of the punishment they themselves received at school for speaking Maori. -
The Māori Language in Mangere, Papatoetoe and Otahuhu
Posted by · September 12, 2022 1:06 PM
Some people said that the schools had a specific responsibility to help revive the Maori language as it was because of the punishment previous generations of children received that people stopped using it.