News & Inspiration
Your eyes and ears for reo Māori news and media. We share new stories daily so tune in to stay up-to-date with what's happening in the reo Māori space.
Frozen, The Lion King to be dubbed in te reo Māori
A Māori Siri: Voice apps that recognise te reo Māori a possible future
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Masters study for te reo to launch in July, following national demand - NZ Herald
"The programme is about providing Māori language excellence for highly competent Māori language tauira." says kaiako, Pania Papa. The course is said to be very similar to Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, a top Māori language academy which closed its doors two years ago.
Calling in on The Godfather
"I’m good with anybody who makes the effort. I’ve learned other languages and they’ve been quite tolerant, too. So I believe that if the effort is sincere, then give them all the help they want." - Tā Tīmoti Karetū
Album of songs will celebrate 50 years of Te Matatini
Pop-up cafe helps students gain barista and te reo Māori skills
Veteran Māori broadcaster stunned by pilot's perfect announcements in te reo
Matariki: A lot can change in a year - Shilo Kino
Trade training in Te Reo Māori launched in Waikato
Pop chart launches for te reo Māori songs
Artist calls out racism after te reo Māori sticker gets graffiti complaint
Christchurch teen elevating te reo Māori usage - one floor at a time
How learning te reo Māori helped me heal my mental health
Mind your language: the backlash against the te reo revival
Ngākau titikaha means to be confident. Ngākau is heart, titi means to pierce and kaha means strength. Every time I speak reo I feel my heart is pierced with power and strength.
New Zealand’s first language is endangered. We can’t afford to normalise misspelling and mispronunciation any more than it already is.
Kāore ōku toto Māori, engari ko Aotearoa te whenua i whakatipu mai i a au. I don’t have any Māori blood, but Aotearoa is the land that raised me.
When we were dreaming of a world for our daughter, we wanted her whole world to have te reo Māori in it, not just her parents in the house that she lived in. So, when she goes to play, there are things that reflect her reality. When she watches TV, there are shows that reflect her reality. When she’s in the shops, there are things on the shelf that reflect her reality. And so that was the catalyst for Pipi Mā.
I learned the reo out of joy for the world finally making sense. And I learned the law out of optimism that if it was the agent for the destruction of my koroua’s mana then it equally could be the agent for the reconstruction of the mana of his mokopuna and great mokopuna, and that is how I get here, really.
