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MATA | Season 3 | An interview with Taura Whiri i Te Reo Chair Professor Rawinia Higgins | RNZ

04 Sep 2025

Te Taura Whiri Māori Language Commission chair Professor Rawinia Higgins joins Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira to discuss the future of Aotearoa's first language.

RNZ

Ngahiwi Apanui-Barr on Mōteatea

15 Aug 2025

This series looks at traditional and modern Māori performance and storytelling traditions, and seeks to give listeners a deeper understanding of te ao Māori through the ancient art of mōteatea.

Investing in Teachers, Investing in Learners: Highlights from LoopEd

06 Jun 2025

Last Friday, we hosted LoopEd - a day of connection and collaboration for secondary school teachers across the Wellington region, organised and run by the participating schools. This annual conference invites educators to think big-picture, reflect on their practice, ...

Main Focus' for Te Taura Whiri 2025

17 May 2025

Ko tā Ngahiwi Apanui Barr he kōrero mō ngā whāinga matua a Te Taura Whiri i tēnei tau, pēnei i te kaupapa "Āke, āke, āke" mō te reo Māori. Anei āna kōrero.

Te Hiku Media

Everyone’s welcome at the whare of the ‘one language of Aotearoa

07 May 2025

Nominations have opened for Nga Tohu Reo Māori, The Māori Language Awards - an annual celebration of champions of te reo.

Stuff

Ngahiwi Apanui-Barr | Te Taura Whiri Chief Executive

06 May 2025

The karanga is out! Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission, is calling for nominations for Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2025 – a celebration of those who are championing the normalisation and revitalisation of te reo Māori.

Waatea News

Ahorangi Rawinia Higgins awarded King’s Medal for language and education

05 May 2025

Ahorangi Rawinia Higgins has received the King’s Medal for her contributions to Māori language, education, and governance. She is the Chair of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori and Deputy Māori Dean at Victoria University of Wellington.

Te Karere

Tama Potaka announces who will fill roles key to te reo Māori revitalisation in NZ

03 May 2025

The Minister of Māori Development Tama Potaka has announced a raft of appointments and reappointments at many of the organisations responsible for leading the revitalisation of te reo Māori.

It includes the reappointment of the chairs of the Māori Language Commission...

RNZ

Shrek: Kātahi Te Korokē!

23 Mar 2025

Since 2001, the movie Shrek has been wildly popular throughout the world. This rollicking yarn about a grumpy green ogre and his smart-ass donkey friend can now be enjoyed in te reo Māori. Here’s Tainui Stephens, who directed the Māoriland production, reflecting on a joyful...

E-Tangata

Professor Rawinia Higgins | Victoria University Deputy vice-chancellor Māori

11 Dec 2024

Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington has unveiled its Living Pā, a groundbreaking building that blends mātauranga Māori with cutting-edge sustainability. The Living Pā features a marae wharekai and aims for Living Building™ certification for environment...

Waatea News

NZDF performers celebrate 20 years of Te Kōnohete in Wellington

09 Dec 2024

NZDF rōpū performs at Te Kōnohete, honours Māori battalions with waiata and haka.

NZ Herald

Janet Taiatini: Supporting Māori to give birth their own way

09 Dec 2024

It's awesome that midwives now learn about indigenous practices but we need more Māori and Pacific trainees to meet the rising demand for culturally specific birthcare, says Taiatini.

RNZ

Bruce Jepsen: Let the experts do their job

08 Dec 2024

For Māori, a big component of identity is also a connection to our reo. There are so many of us who aren’t fluent in the reo. But just making a start and growing along that continuum is the path to having a good sense of self, a good sense of belonging, and knowing you’re impo...

E-Tangata

Young Te Tai Rāwhiti entrepreneurs win national award after being the first to pitch in Māori

07 Dec 2024

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Horouta Wānanga students are the first finalists of the Young Enterprise Scheme national competition to pitch their business product in te reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Arahi releases stirring waiata reo Māori 'Kupe' honouring the famed navigator

06 Dec 2024

“The waiata captures the spirit of exploring new horizons and embracing the uncertainty that comes with discovery,” Arahi says of the track, which is delivered in te reo Māori.

Music.Net.Nz

Tapuwae Tairāwhiti Trails: Data making cycleways and walkways more accessible

06 Dec 2024

“We want to contribute towards making te reo more visible and accessible for the community, and also use te reo ourselves as we each follow our own te reo learning journey.”

The Gisborne Herald

Moana 2 Reo Māori - Another step on the journey of te reo normalisation

03 Dec 2024

"We want [tamariki] to whakamāori the world. If it's not in Māori, then translate it. If it's not in Māori, reimagine it."

RNZ

AJA releases long awaited album

30 Nov 2024

After creating and collaborating musically for many years, award winning songwriter, producer and teacher, AJA (Ngati Raukawa, Ati Awa ki Whakarongotai, Ngati Toa Rangatira, Ngati Porou), has just released a long-awaited, much anticipated album Kawai.

RNZ

Manu-kau Noa Iho: reviving Māori names and stories

28 Nov 2024

Mana whenua and the Ōtara-Papatoetoe local board have gathered for a ceremony to mark the adoption of 21 Māori names within the Ōtara-Papatoetoe area.

Te Ao Māori News

DDB Aotearoa Sets Goal for 50% of Staff to Speak Basic Te Reo Māori Within Two Years

28 Nov 2024

Leading advertising agency DDB Aotearoa has locked in a second year of its Takitoru Uplift programme, following overwhelming support from staff to learning te reo and tikanga Māori throughout 2024.

Little Black Book

Te Puia Launches ‘A Place That Changes You’ Campaign In Te Reo Māori And English

28 Nov 2024

“When our tamariki see and hear themselves on the big screen it is hugely empowering and if we can support that through our media placement, that hopefully encourages more businesses and organisations to support this process.”

Scoop

Moana 2 champions te mana o te ao Māori at historic premiere

27 Nov 2024

The cast said the inclusion of te reo Māori in such a beloved Disney film was a powerful step towards preserving language and culture.

RNZ

Tweedie Waititi wins prestigious award ahead of Moana 2 reo Māori premiere

26 Nov 2024

Te Waka Toi Awards has announced that Waititi has received Te Tohu Aroha mō Ngoi Kumeroa Pewhairangi – supported by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori award for strengthening Te Reo Rangatira.

Te Ao Māori News

Departing veteran Perenara shows support for Treaty in All Blacks haka

24 Nov 2024

"Leading the haka is special in any moment and to be able to lead it tonight, especially with the unification of our people back home..." he said.

1News

Te Ao Hākinakina: What does it mean to be a Māori athlete?

24 Nov 2024

Former Silver Fern turned TV presenter Jenny-May Clarkson (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Kahu) was thrilled to be part of the kaupapa. “My story goes back over 30 years ago now - [things] were a bit different in terms of culture and how accepted the reo [was], things like haka, dare ...

Te Ao Māori News

Kaupapa Māori gift business opens ahead of Christmas holidays

23 Nov 2024

The gifts are to help promote te reo Māori and te ao Māori, by including books by Māori authors, or New Zealand authors who write on subjects relevant to Māori issues and interests.

Te Ao Māori News

'Big week for Māori': Taika Waititi praises hīkoi, challenges corporates

20 Nov 2024

“What a thing would it be for New Zealanders to support the Māori version,” Waititi told his followers.

NZ Herald

Māori philosophy: indigenous views on reality and interconnectedness

18 Nov 2024

“There is an argument that there’s something about the life force of te reo which resists, that there’s something inherent to the reo. If that’s the case, then one of our duties or responsibilities is to hear that call of the language and to honour the way we use it."

Te Ao Māori News

Te Anga Pāua Kapa Festival celebrates disabled whānau and Māoritanga

15 Nov 2024

The Te Anga Pāua Kapa Festival kicked off in Wellington today, providing a platform for disabled whānau to perform to the masses. Over the two-day event, teams from across the country will represent their iwi and embrace their Māoritanga.

Te Karere

Māori supergroup Te Tokotoru packs a punch on new waiata 'Ka Whiua Ngā Ringa'

15 Nov 2024

Ka Whiua Ngā Ringa means to ‘throw hands’ or ‘to fight’ and serves as a poignant and timely call to action for the preservation and revitalization of te reo Māori.

Music.Net.Nz

Students inspired at first te reo Māori immersion careers workshop

14 Nov 2024

About 8000 students have been through the Inspiring the Future programme.

NZ Herald

Tūranganui Schools’ Māori Cultural Festival: Promoting te reo Māori and kapa haka

12 Nov 2024

Ākonga from kura across Tairāwhiti will take the main stage at this year’s Tūranganui Schools’ Māori Cultural Festival (TSMCF) to celebrate and promote Māori culture, language and identity.

The Gisborne Herald

New Zealand poet Isla Huia to join Timaru open mic session

09 Nov 2024

Poet Isla Huia grew up surrounded by books and a love of words. The 27-year-old te reo Māori teacher, whose mother is a librarian and English teacher, has been surrounded by literature from a young age.

The Press

‘Wonderful experience’: Te Mahurehure marae shines on world stage

09 Nov 2024

Te Taumata o Kupe - a dedicated space at the Point Chevalier marae for revitalising mātauranga Māori, including the teachings associated with legendary Polynesian navigator Kupe - was shortlisted in both the best use of colour and civic and community categories.

Te Ao Māori News

Five rangatahi Māori attend space camp in the US

09 Nov 2024

Five young Māori have had the opportunity to attend a week-long space camp in the US, a first of its kind partnership aimed to boost the number of Māori working in science fields.

RNZ

Native Nations: Indigenous Tourism

09 Nov 2024

Nadine Toe Toe has recently returned from a cross-cultural exchange where she led a group of rangatahi to Australia and Canada to learn about indigenous tourism.

RNZ

Behind the mic: Why Aotearoa needs more Māori music managers

09 Nov 2024

The path to establishing more Māori music executives and managers is essential to the future of reo Māori music in Aotearoa.

The Spinoff

Young Māori singer to perform on international stage

08 Nov 2024

Singer-songwriter Reiki Ruawai (Ngāti Kahungunu) was chosen to be one of the Kiwi artists to showcase his talents to audiences across the world.

Te Ao Māori News

Māori-led research awarded highly competitive Marsden Fund grant

08 Nov 2024

Dr Reuben Collier and Dr Te Hauāuru Tahi-Rangihau will explore the nuances of Māori dialects and the therapeutic potential of mōteatea, chants, and songs in supporting Māori mental health and well-being.

Te Ao Māori News

Tamariki take center stage at Tainui Waka Primary Kapa Haka Festival

08 Nov 2024

Hundreds of tamariki across the Waikato region have been preparing for months for their turn in the spotlight at the Tainui Waka Primary Kapa Haka Festival.

Aukaha News

Journey for Māori PhD candidates is often different and here’s why

07 Nov 2024

There’s a 10-year gap between Māori scholars and the rest of Aotearoa when it comes to attempting the ultimate academic achievement - reporter Karanama Ruru investigates why.

Stuff

How a young wahine uses te reo Māori to inspire rangatahi to chase their dreams

06 Nov 2024

A young wahine Māori is using the power of her language to inspire rangatahi to chase their dreams and realise that "the world is better with them in it".

RNZ

Editing Māori-language text in English-language publications

06 Nov 2024

Pania Tahau-Hodges explored the challenges, issues, opportunities and considerations of editing te reo Māori, and discussed our role in protecting its value, quality, authenticity and integrity.

Institute of Professional Editors Limited

In national first, Far North hosting te reo Māori Inspiring the Future course

05 Nov 2024

Te reo Māori Inspiring the Future course held in Kaikohe for first time.

NZ Herald

Te Reo Māori Gains Ground In New Zealand Media

05 Nov 2024

Te reo Māori, the native language of New Zealand, is making significant strides within the country’s media, marking not just a cultural renaissance but also fostering broader conversations about identity, inclusivity, and representation.

The Pinnacle Gazette

Te reo to make up 30 percent of dialogue of new TV series Tangata Pai

04 Nov 2024

Iwi and producers are collaborating to "create something which tells our stories in a different way".

RNZ

New Exhibitions Celebrate Kapa Haka And The Influence Of Dalvanius Prime

04 Nov 2024

A look at the transformative power of kapa haka and a celebration of one Aotearoa’s most revered songwriters and champion for the revitalisation of Māori culture are the focus of two exhibitions at NPDC’s Puke Ariki Museum.

Scoop

How Rawinia Higgins went from tragedy to te reo champion

03 Nov 2024

Raised with English as her first language, young Rawinia would sit at the feet of her native-speaker mum, uncles and aunties with awe, and a deep desire to be included as they rapidly conversed in te reo.

Now To Love

Te Kāhui Raraunga releases first official census data on whānau Māori

01 Nov 2024

For the first time, Te Kāhui Raraunga has released official census data about Māori families and household information. These datasets provide iwi Māori with valuable insights to plan for future housing needs of their communities.

Te Karere

Alien Weaponry’s documentary hits screens next Waitangi weekend

01 Nov 2024

Director Kent Belcher and producer Nigel McCulloch said it’s an intimate film that deep dives behind the scenes of the chart-topping, award-winning thrash metal band who sing in te Reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Students praised for festival efforts

01 Nov 2024

The first Māori Language week festival in Balclutha was a success at South Otago High School this month.

Otago Daily Times

Jennifer Ward-Lealand on the terror and joy of championing te reo Māori

01 Nov 2024

It's never too late to learn te reo Māori, actor Jennifer Ward-Lealand tells Anika Moa in RNZ's It's Personal.

RNZ

Te Pukapuka a Moromona: Original reo Māori Book of Mormon found

01 Nov 2024

As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints marks its 170th anniversary, an original reo Māori manuscript of The Book of Mormon has been found.

Te Ao Māori News

Nanaia Mahuta: As we seek economic sovereignty, we must resist being marginalised

31 Oct 2024

If we consider te reo Māori and tikanga as integral to Māori identity, then those objectives must form the nucleus of our economic vision.

NZ Herald

Costumes of Ka Whawhai Tonu movie on display for the first time

31 Oct 2024

“Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou Ake Ake Ake facilitates ways in which rangatahi can see their future selves being the actors, producers, writers and crews for small and large films.

NZ Herald

Te Wiki Tākaro 2024: Promoting traditional Māori play

31 Oct 2024

Ihi Aotearoa Sport New Zealand leads the charge in promoting traditional Māori play with Te Wiki Tākaro 2024. This year's theme, He Kura Ka Hura, encourages whānau to discover the hidden treasures of tākaro for holistic child development.

Te Karere

Student becoming a teacher to improve Māori literacy and maths standards

31 Oct 2024

Once Hauraki finishes his teaching degree he plans to enrol in a te reo Māori programme.

Te Ao Māori News

Kura kaupapa students get active with Te Kura o Te Ahupoo programme

30 Oct 2024

'The direction of this kaupapa is firmly rooted in the voice and vision of the rangatahi.'

NZ Herald

‘A day for Wellington’: City Mission’s new home unveiled

30 Oct 2024

Te reo Māori names were gifted by Te Āti Awa, including for the Wellington City Mission, which was called Hei Whakamaru o te Korowai o te Panepane o te Ika a Maui.

The Post

Our linguistic diversity: 1 in 4 Kiwis speak more than one language

29 Oct 2024

While English dominates nationwide, te reo Māori is the second-most spoken across most regions.

The Press

Living our rangatiratanga

27 Oct 2024

Two prominent modern expressions of tino rangatiratanga are the establishment of the kōhanga reo movement and the organisation of roadside checkpoints in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

E-Tangata

Raukura Turei a finalist for NZ’s leading contemporary ceramic awards

27 Oct 2024

Her pieces Piere Nuku and Nau mai e hine will be showcased at Auckland’s Te Uru gallery in Titirangi alongside the other finalists’ “exceptional works”, from November through February.

Te Ao Māori News

Moana 2 in Te Reo

26 Oct 2024

A world first is about to be made with the simultaneous release of a Disney film in both english and an indigenous language.

RNZ

Te Rūnanga Nui awarded top international literacy award

25 Oct 2024

The national representative body for Kura Kaupapa Māori is one of 24 organisations honoured by the US Library of Congress.

1News

Hohepa Thompson on his biggest regret: 'It was just easier for me to get by living in a Pākehā world'

25 Oct 2024

Artist and activist Hohepa Thompson says his biggest regret is turning his back on his identity, but he's now finding success in spreading the word about te reo and te ao Māori.

RNZ

Online waiata songbook goes live

24 Oct 2024

Learning some of Aotearoa's best loved waiata has never been easier.

RNZ

Jordyn With a Why and Te Rauhiringa Brown's special bond

24 Oct 2024

It was only five years ago that Jordyn began reclaiming her language. She says learning with her family is the “secret sauce” and now Jordyn, her husband, her brother and his wife are all te reo teachers.

Now To Love

Canterbury school celebrates ‘beautiful’ new whare

23 Oct 2024

Principal Bruce Kearney paid tribute to former principal Peter Allen, who had the foresight to employ a te reo teacher and establish a whānau classroom for Māori students back in 1990.

The Press

OOHMAA announces the Q3 winners of The Speccies

23 Oct 2024

And the winners are... The OOHMAA team is excited to unveil the Q3 winners of ‘The Speccies’ – celebrating the best in Aotearoa’s out of home advertising.

Stop Press

Multiculturalism on display at Auckland’s Diwali celebrations

22 Oct 2024

Festival highlights include a live performance of a waiata titled "Whanaungatanga" that blended Tamil, English and te reo Māori.

RNZ

A wonderful tribute from New Zealand to their outgoing captain | WT20WC 2024

22 Oct 2024

A beautiful rendition of 'E te Iwi E' from the New Zealand side to their outgoing skipper Sophie Devine.

International Cricket Council

Kura Kaupapa students excel in NCEA, outperform mainstream peers

21 Oct 2024

A Qualifications Authority report reveals Kura Kaupapa Māori students outshine their mainstream peers in academics, earning more NCEA credits and higher merit and excellence endorsements.

Te Karere

Kupu Festival in Rotorua celebrates Māori voices and fresh ideas

21 Oct 2024

The Kupu festival took place in Rotorua, a festival that brings together Māori writers, thinkers, composers and orators to provide an exchange of fresh ideas, powerful stories and indigenous perspectives.

Te Karere

Te Kawau waka puts Māori culture centre stage at America's Cup

18 Oct 2024

“The international crowd is in awe of how we are here to support Emirates Team New Zealand in a very Māori way,” says Tipene, the waka’s coordinator.

NZ Herald

Working 'by Ōtaki for Ōtaki' brings GPs to community in need

18 Oct 2024

"In recent times, we've pivoted what we want for our people and the development of a new GP practice that is kaupapa-led with reo-speaking or Māori GPs to drive this initiative for us."

RNZ

Significant boost in Māori tourism prompts new resources

17 Oct 2024

...Indigenous Tourism Service AU and Native Nations United launched Indigenous Tourism Aotearoa, a groundbreaking digital learning series promoting cultural competency and authentic interactions.

Te Karere

Tauira KKM, whare wānanga experience cultural exchange in Canada

17 Oct 2024

Tauira from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Mana Tamariki and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa - Massey University have travelled to Canada in a cultural exchange with iwi taketake of Saskatchewan, as they acknowledge the Day of Truth and Reconciliation throughout Canada.

Te Karere

The power of te reo Māori in fitness

16 Oct 2024

In this gym, te reo Māori and tikanga are key to improving the well-being of gymgoers.

Aukaha News

Te Reo Māori Scrabble is a game-changer

15 Oct 2024

Reporter Miria is at an Auckland event recognizing World Homeless Day, where a special game aims to break down barriers for te reo Māori-speaking homeless.

Kea Kids News

SAE Auckland Launches Songwriting Courses in Te Reo Māori and Pacific Languages

14 Oct 2024

SAE Auckland is excited to announce the introduction of songwriting courses in Te Reo Māori and various Pacific languages, set to launch in 2025.

NZ Music Commission

Maya Angelou's poetry translated into te reo

13 Oct 2024

He kupu nā te māia is the 13th te reo book from Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, which aims to eventually translate 100 books into te reo.

RNZ

Māngere-Ōtāhuhu proudly receives 21 Māori place names and narratives

11 Oct 2024

With the presence and blessings of mana whenua, the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board is delighted that the area has been enriched with Māori names and narratives, celebrating and honouring the area’s cultural heritage.

OurAuckland

Award-winning broadcaster Moana Maniapoto returns to her musical roots with new album

11 Oct 2024

As with Maniapoto’s past work, te reo Māori features prominently as well, with Moahunter regular and te reo revolutionary Scotty Morrison returning to provide some of the album’s lyrics.

Stuff

'Kai connects people' - Putting Māori cuisine on the map using TikTok

10 Oct 2024

Huata said Aotearoa was "seeing the fruits of language revitalisation" and wanted the country to give "some attention to our kai".

RNZ

Dame Lisa Carrington reveals next big challenge: speaking fluent te reo

09 Oct 2024

“There will be a time when I can fully dive back in. I feel connected to it (te reo). It's more about me having the time to really start the fluent journey,” she said.

Stuff

Kaitito Kaiaka: Waiata Māori steal the show

09 Oct 2024

Musician Jordyn with a why received the Maioha Award, while Anna Coddington took home the Silver Scroll Award.

Te Ao Māori News

Te reo is not a Pākehā asset

06 Oct 2024

While I am still seeking fluency and am far from it, I’m deeply grateful for the privilege of learning to speak and understand te reo Māori me ōna tikanga.

E-Tangata

‘Kia tapatahi!’ - Songbook of classic waiata Māori launched

06 Oct 2024

The book is aimed at making waiata Māori easily accessible all across the world.

Te Ao Māori News

Sculpture series to tell iwi history on Forgotten World Highway

05 Oct 2024

A series of sculptures will soon be installed along SH43, the Forgotten World Highway, between Stratford and Taumarunui.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Reo Māori trauma: Barriers to language revival unveiled in new report

04 Oct 2024

A new report highlights the emotional and psychological trauma hindering Māori language learners, urging national strategies for healing and revitalisation.

Te Ao Māori News

‘We have our own stories, our own mana’ - new doco explores the world of turi Māori

04 Oct 2024

The five-episode trilingual series features all three official languages of Aotearoa.

Te Ao Māori News

Muriwai Album Review

02 Oct 2024

Both humbling and introspective, Muriwai is a subdued form of celebration. It acknowledges and celebrates the revival of Te Reo Maori, the revival of taonga puoro, and applies a twist of Kai Tahu lore.

Music.Net.Nz

Aotearoa Songbook: ‘Let it live to be Māori’

01 Oct 2024

The Aotearoa Songbook is a digital resource that aims to preserve and celebrate the rich legacy of waiata Māori in Aotearoa.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Kura Reo o Rotorua kicks off with Scotty Morrison

01 Oct 2024

Te Kura Reo o Rotorua is a key calendar event for reo Māori enthusiasts. Yesterday the annual kura reo kicked off, hosted by our very own Scotty Morrison.

Te Karere

Kaihiki maitai: Lifting the bar for future champions

01 Oct 2024

“Waiho te taniwha whakamā ki te taha. Haere ki te kimi i tētahi tangata e mōhio ana, tētahi whare hākinakina. Karawhiua”

Te Ao Māori News

Watch the moment Aotearoa reclaimed the world haka record

29 Sep 2024

Thousands have rocked the ground beneath Eden Park in Aotearoa’s attempt to reclaim the world record for the biggest haka performed.

Te Ao Māori News

Taku Mana is released today as part of the Waiata Anthem month of music

27 Sep 2024

Majic Paora is thrilled to part of the Waiata Anthems whānau.

NZ Herald

A festival full of stars

26 Sep 2024

On this day at a free event with no tickets you couldn’t put an entirely accurate count on the number of those proud whanau who came to watch – but 2500 wouldn’t be an unreasonable guess.

Te Awamutu News

Iwi population increases over last decade – 2023 Census

26 Sep 2024

Numbers have suggested a steady increase of iwi affiliated members who could hold a conversation in te reo, from 122,418 people in 2013 to 182,070 in 2023.

1News

Indigenous Languages Act: Revitalising and Protecting Indigenous Languages in Canada

26 Sep 2024

Dr. Ronald E. Ignace (Secwėpemc Nation), Commissioner of Indigenous Languages in Canada, shares insights from his own life journey and the commissions efforts to support Canada's 70+ Indigenous languages.

Reo Māori

Kapa Haka Festival held in Tararua since 2007

25 Sep 2024

The School’s kapa haka festival was followed by an evening event. This part of the festival was to realise Tamai’s vision of celebrating te reo Māori with more rangatahi and adult participation in kapa haka.

NZ Herald

Celebrating success and Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

25 Sep 2024

Waiopehu celebrates Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with whakairo unveiling.

NZ Herald

From rangatahi to rangatira - Mana Tū Training helps to empower Tāmaki’s youth

25 Sep 2024

Just six months since its’ establishment, Mana Tū Training has helped students - from primary to secondary school - to reconnect with the taiao as well as their Māori identity.

Te Ao Māori News

Toitū Te Māori shown as link to Taiwan indigenous people’s similar struggles

25 Sep 2024

Toitū Te Māori. He whakakitenga kiriata kua hangaia e ngā kaihanga kiriata Māori me ērā o Taiwana e hāpai ake ana i te tohe a ngā iwi taketake mō ōna mana tika tangata.

Te Ao Māori News

Mātauranga Māori drives youth climate action at Te Puhinui awa

24 Sep 2024

More than 100 students from 18 South Auckland schools gathered today to participate in a bilingual hikoi along the Puhinui Stream, guided by local iwi Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua.

Te Ao Māori News

Stan Walker releases new reo Māori waiata

24 Sep 2024

Acclaimed Māori artist Stan Walker has unveiled his latest reo Māori single ‘Ko Taku Awa,’ a moving composition steeped in themes of healing, reconciliation, and culture.

Te Karere

Central Otago District Council's journey to change its culture

23 Sep 2024

Francie and Louise fought to change that - by advocating for the revitalisation of te reo Māori and tikanga Māori.

The Hui

Calls for more reo Māori teachers in secondary schools as demand increases

23 Sep 2024

“Attracting people into teaching remains a priority, including for specialist subject areas, like te reo Māori, science and maths which the sector tells us are most difficult to recruit.”

The Post

More mums learning te reo to keep up with tamariki

23 Sep 2024

Keeping up with tamariki who are learning Māori at school is one of the key motivators for adults signing up for te reo classes, a Taranaki teacher says.

Stuff

Reo perspective on India to inspire

23 Sep 2024

An Auckland scholar says publishing a travel diary in te reo Māori of his journeys in India is a statement on the language here.

Waatea News

Reckoning with reo revival

22 Sep 2024

“Te reo can’t be revitalised to its fullest extent without addressing some of the fundamental constraints under which its revitalisation is taking place.”

E-Tangata

Stuck in the middle with reo

22 Sep 2024

“It’s filled from cover to cover with the version of te reo Māori that my cousins and I speak in the kitchen while we’re washing dishes.

E-Tangata

'Māori are not a garnish'

22 Sep 2024

When we finished our reo course Te Tohu Paetahi, our kaiako Ngairo Eruera said: “Okay, so this is the gift you’ve been given, to go on this journey to learn your reo. Now you need to think about what your koha will be back to te ao Māori.”

E-Tangata

Te reo Māori is centre court at the Men’s National Netball Tournament

21 Sep 2024

Throughout this week's Men's National Netball Tournament, te reo Māori has been widely spoken on and off the court.

Aukaha News

Wellington cafe offers discounts for customers ordering in te reo Māori

21 Sep 2024

"We've had all kinds of people give it a go, we've had foreigners, we've had tourists, we've had people who only speak a little bit of English give it a go."

RNZ

A new exhibition breathes life into te reo Māori documents

21 Sep 2024

Auckland City Library takes visitors on a trip back in time with a display that includes the first efforts to write down the Māori language.

RNZ

Waha Kōrero – Impromptu Speech Competition

21 Sep 2024

The first-ever Waha Kōrero competition took place this year, as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Big mihi to Ātiawa Toa FM who live streamed Waha Kōrero. Mātakitaki mai!

Āti Awa Toa

Ka rewa he rauemi reo Māori hou e te kāwanatanga

20 Sep 2024

Kei te tukua e te kāwanatanga tētahi rauemi hōu hei ako i ngā tamariki ki te panui, kia māhorahora atu ki ngā kura tuatahi o te motu, ā, mō te wā tuatahi, kei roto hoki taua rauemi i te reo Māori.

Te Karere

This research could help Google Maps say the Māori ‘R’ right

20 Sep 2024

The “r” sound in te reo Māori can be difficult for some people to pronounce - but even more so for Google Maps and Siri.

Re: News

Wā Pātai: Māori language week at Parliament

20 Sep 2024

The House - Parliament was buzzing with te reo this week - but how common is this, really?

RNZ

'The language is the gateway to our culture': Hēmi Kelly on what Te Wiki o te Reo Māori means to him

20 Sep 2024

The TAHI podcast spoke with Hēmi Kelly about his te reo Māori haerenga and aspirations for the next 50 years of the language in Aotearoa.

RNZ

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori Celebrates Board Chair’s Win at the 2024 Women in Governance Awards

20 Sep 2024

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 governance category.

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

Real Time Reo lights up Tāmaki Makaurau

19 Sep 2024

Real Time Reo is an interactive platform heralding a new era for te reo Māori.

NZ Herald

Ngāti Porou play Ruatepupuke captivates audiences during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

19 Sep 2024

Nearly 1000 attendees enjoyed performances showcasing art and Māori heritage.

The Gisborne Herald

'Time' for Te Reo Māori to move into the digital era

19 Sep 2024

Māori tech innovator and language revivalist Peter-Lucas Jones wants to see te reo Māori thrive in-person and digitally.

NZ Herald

Every week is Māori Language Week in the Far Far North

19 Sep 2024

Every week is Māori Language Week for many in the Far Far North with almost half the population identifying as Māori - the district is a hot bed of Te Reo speakers.

Northern Advocate

More kupu Māori added to Oxford English dictionary

19 Sep 2024

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added a few kupu Māori into its pages in Septembers update, coincidentally lining up with te wiki o te Reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Whakaata Māori to broadcast world’s largest haka attempt at Eden Park

19 Sep 2024

The Eden Park event is expected to host up to 10,000 participants who will perform the world-famous haka Ka Mate, composed by Te Rauparaha, chief of Ngāti Toa Rangatira.

Te Ao Māori News

Keeping te reo alive within the next generation

19 Sep 2024

Te reo Māori revitalisation at the whānau level can be a healing experience, transforming people’s lives for the better. We have a duty to enable that for all whānau in Aotearoa.

The Post

Waiata Mai session hits the right notes for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

19 Sep 2024

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations included Te Arawa songs filling the Rotorua Library this week in a special Waiata Mai session.

Aukaha News

Dairy giant Fonterra today unveils its first bilingual milk tanker - with more to come

19 Sep 2024

The new bilingual milk tanker that Fonterra unveiled today to celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori is just one of many more to come. The dairy giant is taking te reo Māori on our roads around our nation.

Aukaha News

Five things I learnt from listening to rangatahi at Ngā Manu Kōrero

19 Sep 2024

Real talk from young Māori speechmakers was challenging and inspiring.

1News

9 sexy reo Māori phrases for when you're feeling spicy

19 Sep 2024

Mihi Keita Tibble (Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa, Te Whānau ā Apanui) is the founder of The Hina Collective, a community that empowers, reclaims, and celebrates wāhine Māori.

Re: News

Hīkoi honouring te reo Māori attracts hundreds in Masterton

19 Sep 2024

A chorus of children singing waiata filled the streets of Masterton this week to honour the indigenous language of Aotearoa.

The Post

Chinese New Zealanders embrace te reo Māori journey

19 Sep 2024

Learning a new language helps individuals to understand domestic perspectives while also reconnecting with their own cultural heritage.

RNZ

Getting a big head start in te reo

19 Sep 2024

Lyra Parata-Mercer is being exposed to te reo Māori at just 9 months old. The toddler was at Mosgiel Library’s bilingual story time, Wa Korero Reorua, yesterday, where children were read a combination of books in Māori, English and sign language.

Otago Daily Times

Far North council meeting heralds new te reo Māori dawn

19 Sep 2024

New Zealand’s likely first almost full te reo Māori council meeting held near Kaikohe in the Far North in early September is heralding ongoing growth in the language’s use.

Te Ao Māori News

Education Minister responds to reo Māori teacher shortage with workforce commitment

19 Sep 2024

The government had invested $53 million for the next four years to try to “attract, retain, and train our teachers”.

Te Ao Māori News

Te reo Māori as a lens for global storytelling

19 Sep 2024

The book offers a distinctive perspective on India, framed through the lens of Māori language, which Keegan says allows for a richer storytelling experience.

Te Ao Māori News

Kura brings Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori to Whangārei CBD

19 Sep 2024

Hora Hora Primary School bought an impromptu performance to Whangārei Central on Monday.

NZ Herald

Sand art 'a powerful statement of resilience and pride'

18 Sep 2024

"Just like the tides and sand, our language has endured, and with kotahitanga, it will continue to thrive. It’s a privilege to use our craft to tell this story."

Bay of Plenty Times

No quiet time for libraries during Māori Language Week

18 Sep 2024

Read and revel in activities for all ages at libraries throughout Tāmaki Makaurau. Here are 5 ways to learn and experience te reo Māori.

NZ Herald

Kia ora, G'day - Te reo Māori is soaring in Australia

18 Sep 2024

Māori in Australia embrace our native language while living abroad, whether it is a simple “Kia Ora” at Westfield shopping mall, to Whaikorero in more formal settings, Te reo Māori is thriving here.

NZ Herald

Kōhanga reo in Waitaha has new te ao Māori-centric playground

18 Sep 2024

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kotahitanga ki Waitaha has created a space for their tamariki to immerse them in te ao Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

He korokoro tūī, he ao pūoro tōiri

18 Sep 2024

He whakaari pūoro kaare anō kia kitea, kia rongohia rānei. Ka whai wāhi atu te kaiwaiata a Kawiti Waetford ki te Ahurei Kōanga ki Te Whare Tapere O Te Pou, me tana whakaari kotahi hāora te roa, a Tōiri. He whakmāoritanga o ētahi tino waiata o te āo pūoro tōiri.

Te Karere

Ka rewa te kōpae reo rua hou a Jordyn with a Why

18 Sep 2024

Ko ia tonu tētahi e reti ana i ngā ngaru pūoro o te wā, arā ko te kaiwaiata nei a Jordyn Rapana, (Jordyn with a Why).

Te Karere

Students celebrate the ‘forever language’ of Te Reo

18 Sep 2024

Māori language (te reo Māori) is being given a local boost by the growth in Te Ao Māori at Te Kura o Tititea Mt Aspiring College (MAC), as well as the increasingly visible presence of the school’s kapa haka group.

Wanaka App

85% growth in Cantabrians studying te reo Māori at university level

18 Sep 2024

Few Cantabrians may speak te reo Māori, but plenty are learning, according to fa study into the future trajectory of the Māori language.

The Press

Call to give learning te reo Māori a fair go

18 Sep 2024

Two Gore Health professionals are encouraging people to learn te reo Māori.

Otago Daily Times

Aotearoa's best te reo speakers set to compete in Waha Kōrero

18 Sep 2024

Some of the nation's best speakers will descend on Te Whanganui a Tara this weekend to flex their te reo muscles.

RNZ

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: Is Aotearoa on track for a million speakers by 2040?

18 Sep 2024

Researchers from Te Ara o te Reo Māori are analysing data to assess the trajectory of te reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Embrace te reo: Minister proud to continue his mother’s language legacy

18 Sep 2024

Rātana Minister Te Aorangi Harrington hopes more people will embrace te reo Māori for the betterment of themselves and others — as he has seen over his life as the a son of a kōhanga reo teacher.

The Gisborne Herald

ANZ is setting a silver standard when it comes to its staff talking up te reo Māori

17 Sep 2024

More than 1200 of ANZ’s 8000 staff have engaged with the bank’s Te Reo Māori programme.

NZ Herald

'Moved to tears': Bay tamariki share universal love of te reo

17 Sep 2024

The sounds of kapa haka and waiata erupting from Napier’s Pettigrew Green Arena proved that age and ethnicity don’t have to be barriers with regard to te reo Māori.

Hawkes Bay Today

Writer and academic Dr Hona Black on te reo Māori, slang, and the future of the language

17 Sep 2024

Dr Hona Black grew up speaking only te reo Māori and he completed his PhD in te reo. His speciality is the evolution of the Māori language.

The Hui

He tīmatanga hou mō Hato Tīpene

17 Sep 2024

Rua tekau mā whā tau kua pahure mai i te katinga o ngā kēti o Hato Tīpene. Heoti, i tēnei rā tonu pōhiritia te tini me te mano o ngā tauira-o-mua, me ngā kaimahi hou ki te kura, me te mea hoki i huaki ngā tatau o ngā rūma ako o te kura, katahi anō kua whakahouhia.

Te Karere

Southland Business Chamber building te ao Māori connections

17 Sep 2024

The Southland Business Chamber is working to bridge a gap between the Māori and Pākeha business communities in Murihiku, and the first step is for its own staff to begin on a te reo Māori journey themselves.

The Press

Tāngia te whānau Wright i te moko mataora

17 Sep 2024

Koinei te tīmatanga o tētahi huarahi hōu mō to mātou kairīpoata a Kereama Wright, tōna pāpā a Rawiri me tōna teina a Manawa, i te tāhanga o ō rātou kanohi ki te mataora ki to rātou kāinga o Ruamata Marae.

Te Karere

What goes on inside a te reo-only stand-up comedy show

17 Sep 2024

Bringing te reo outside the classroom is the goal of the reo Māori stand-up comedy show Tainapu.

RNZ

Shrek is going to get a te reo Māori makeover

17 Sep 2024

It is the first time a DreamWorks animation is being adapted into the language. The re-imagined version will be released in 2025.

RNZ

A Sikh scripture was recently translated into te reo, should more follow?

17 Sep 2024

For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Re: News asked different religious groups about the efforts they’re making to connect with Māori and translating their scriptures into te reo.

1News

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei blesses America’s Cup ahead of 37th games

17 Sep 2024

In this year’s race, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei will have a significant role at the Cup’s defence, they’re providing a waka escort for ETNZ and their AC75 ‘Taihoro’, ahead of the races.

Te Ao Māori News

Embracing te ao Māori: Breaking down bias and building unity in Aotearoa

17 Sep 2024

Learning te reo Māori with my whānau has allowed us to have a look into the Māori world, te ao Māori. We have learned a lot more than just the language.

The Press

‘Every day is like Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori for my whānau and I’

17 Sep 2024

When she was growing up, people questioned why she would keep speaking te reo Māori and told her she would never get a job with it.

The Gisborne Herald

Why normalising Māori language can be confronting for some of us

16 Sep 2024

As Māori, we had no self-esteem and struggled with a world that wasn’t ours – and inevitably failed miserably. But this new generation are unapologetically Māori and know who they are.

NZ Herald

A ‘forever language’ – te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress

16 Sep 2024

Despite today’s tensions over Treaty principles and Māori political representation, the language revitalisation movement has delivered the culturally confident generation its trailblazers dreamed of.

The Conversation

If Te Reo Māori were a person, what would you say?

16 Sep 2024

We went behind the scenes at the Toitū Te Reo Festival to ask a heartfelt pātai, if Te Reo Māori were a person, what would you say to them?

Ohinga

Bringing te reo Māori into the home

16 Sep 2024

Kahurangi shares the highs and lows of raising their sons in te reo on her social media, amassing a TikTok following of 50k+ followers.

The Hui

Sir Timoti Karetu - An interview with one of the Godfathers of the Māori language Movement

16 Sep 2024

For many students of te reo, Sir Tīmoti Karetū is the Godfather of the Māori Language movement. He may be 84 but he’s still on a roll - and not slow with an eye-roll either.

Te Ao with Moana

A ‘forever language’: te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress

16 Sep 2024

The decades-old vision of Maori activists has ensured the survival - and thriving - of the Maori language.

NITV

Perfecting the Māori ‘R’ in speech tech

16 Sep 2024

The Māori ‘r’ sound plays a critical role in both speech technology and language revitalisation, says electrical engineer researcher Isabella Shields.

University of Auckland

South Canterbury teacher’s love of te reo Māori

16 Sep 2024

“Little did I know that I would one day support the revitalisation of te reo Māori, both at home and in kura, teaching kids the correct version of the waiata, telling the story behind the waiata, and having a kete full of many more waiata and the stories behind each of them.’’

Stuff

The Warehouse ‘amazed’ by reaction to te wiki o te Reo Māori merch

16 Sep 2024

It’s part of an effort from the Warehouse group to add more reo Māori to New Zealanders’ lives, including on products and in-store signage.

Te Ao Māori News

How to start learning the Forever Language

16 Sep 2024

Here are some Wellington ways to start or strengthen your journey with te reo Māori.

Wellington City Council

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga Festival 2025 to launch on Friday

16 Sep 2024

Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga Festival 2025 will launch officially this Friday in New Plymouth, beginning the countdown to one of the largest cultural events in te ao Māori.

RNZ

Hāngī Master and Hell join forces to create new hāngī pizza

16 Sep 2024

Hell Pizza and Rewi Spraggon have unveiled a new peeta hāngī, or hāngī pizza, as Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori kicks off this week.

1News

‘Don’t be afraid to be Māori’

16 Sep 2024

After being judged by others who said she wasn’t Māori because of how she looked, Annalise Eruera has been studying the language and reclaiming her identity to show her son how to be unapologetically Māori.

The Gisborne Herald

Te Hāmua Nikora on te reo Māori, sharing knowledge and his inimitable rap name

15 Sep 2024

Nikora does exactly that each week for Sunday magazine in our column Toitū te Kupu – taking a word and breaking it down for readers to learn te reo Māori but also gain a greater understanding of the concepts and history behind the kupu.

The Press

Stacey Morrison: 'Please don't be embarrassed about using te reo Māori around me'

15 Sep 2024

"Everyone who is looking to embrace te reo Māori is so valued and is instantly a champion of te reo Māori. So please don't be embarrassed and just recognise that this is what we need to do."

RNZ

Rotorua’s Te Waimarie Ngatai-Callaghan makes Disney debut

15 Sep 2024

Te Waimarie Ngatai-Callaghan voices the lead character in Encanto Reo Māori.

Rotorua Daily Post

Common mistakes in reo Māori

15 Sep 2024

“If you get too caught up on mistakes all the time, you get into analysis paralysis, where you focus so much on not messing up that it stunts your ability to speak.”

E-Tangata

Potaka praises ‘champions of te reo’ as Te Wiki o te Reo Māori begins

15 Sep 2024

“Whether you have an ancestral connection to the language or not, te reo Māori connects us all to this place.

Te Ao Māori News

Waiata released for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024

14 Sep 2024

The waiata was written in 1984 by the late Te Pikikōtuku 'Piki' Kereama.

RNZ

It's Māori Language Week! Practice your te reo with these fun tips

14 Sep 2024

Dive into Māori Language Week and master some of the te reo basics with these fun and easy pointers to get you started.

Now To Love

Ko te reo kia rere

14 Sep 2024

The Weekend Mix’s new poetry editor, Jessica Hinerangi T.C., has taken on the role in the middle of Mahuru Māori, the annual celebration of the language.

Otago Daily Times

Whakarongo mai: Five Māori change-makers under 35

14 Sep 2024

They’re taking up the mantle, to continue the work of their kaumātua and leave a more hopeful, joyously Māori future for the next generations.

The Post

Māori Language Week: Italian opera translated to te reo Māori

13 Sep 2024

Kawiti Waetford, Te Ohorere Williams and pianist Juan Kim joined Breakfast this morning for a special performance.

1News

Rangatahi Māori launch 'musical assault on the plague of colonisation'

13 Sep 2024

"To speak Māori is political, to be Māori is political, to be indigenous is political. It just is.

RNZ

Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana's Ngā Reta brings reo-Māori theatre to Gisborne

13 Sep 2024

Artist Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana brings her solo reo-Māori show Ngā Reta to Gisborne’s Evolution Theatre this month as part of a North Island tour celebrating Mahuru Māori.

NZ Herald

Revitalising traditional Māori games: Māui Hīanga event underway

13 Sep 2024

A national event is being held at Hoani Waititi Marae today called, Māui Hīanga: Te Hui Taonga Tākaro is about the revitalisation of traditional Māori games and activities.

Te Karere

Māori Development Minister encourages govt agencies to be bilingual

13 Sep 2024

“I encourage all agencies to be bilingual.. and be able to communicate in te Reo Māori.”

Stuff

Council’s use of te reo to air on TV

13 Sep 2024

Efforts to normalise the use of te reo Māori by Central Otago’s mayor and district council is the subject of a story on a Māori current affairs show.

Otago Daily Times

Panguru students exhibit art at Te Papa; an ode to their karani, Ralph Hotere

13 Sep 2024

The Ringatoi exhibition, presented by NZQA is now on at the National Museum Te Papa Tongarewa and features works from students across Aotearoa.

Te Ao Māori News

Ngā Manu Kōrero - Nga Taiatea Wharekura legacy continues

12 Sep 2024

Te Kanawa Wilson was crowned the overall winner of the Pei Te Hurinui (senior Māori) category.

Te Ao Māori News

Shorty St: Jade Daniels’ new character sparks te reo Māori debate

12 Sep 2024

And when it comes to recognising weeks like Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori on local shows, Daniels – who didn’t grow up knowing te reo and learned it in later years – says, “the more the better”.

The Press

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2024

12 Sep 2024

There’s plenty of opportunities to get involved in Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024, including events and activities across the Christchurch City Libraries network.

Newsline

Bound together by te reo

12 Sep 2024

Waihōpai Rūnaka is making sure te reo Maori continues as "a forever language" by celebrating it during Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week).

Otago Daily Times

Compulsory te reo classes a simple solution to greater understanding

12 Sep 2024

When the All Blacks perform the haka on their travels throughout the world and our national anthem is sung using two languages, we would all understand the words being used...

The Gisborne Herald

Resurgence of moko kauae subject of masters degree

11 Sep 2024

“If you whakapapa Māori and meet certain expectations, such as speaking fluent te reo Māori or contribute to your community in specific ways, it’s your birthright.”

NZ Herald

Learning for life – kaupapa Māori training at Red Cross

11 Sep 2024

Growing our understanding and confidence in Te Ao Māori helps us develop the tools we need to navigate our work alongside iwi Māori. It better connects us to the histories, cultural heritage, locations, and language of Aotearoa.

Red Cross New Zealand

‘Tāne vs wahine’: Couple among finalists in Waha Kōrero contest

11 Sep 2024

“It’s fantastic to see a mix of people in our top 12 – we’ve got a good range of iwi representation, age and gender.”

Te Ao Māori News

Mātauranga Māori in modern health

11 Sep 2024

The project called Te unaunahi i whakapiripiri ki te ika nui a Maui, will explore the transformative power of community-led hauora wānanga.

Te Ao Māori News

‘The world is yours’: Encanto Reo Māori hits cinemas this week

11 Sep 2024

The fifth installment of Disney’s Māori language films is set for release in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Pacific Media Network

Waiata Anthems Turns Five: Celebrating A Movement in Music & Culture

10 Sep 2024

Waiata Anthems marks its fifth anniversary this September, celebrating a milestone in Aotearoa's cultural renaissance.

Music.Net.Nz

Celebrating Te Wiki o te reo Māori in New Plymouth

09 Sep 2024

“Our team has developed a fantastic programme again this year which seeks to offer many opportunities to learn and use te reo in a safe and welcoming space.”

NZ Herald

Fourth time lucky for te reo speech finalist

09 Sep 2024

Te reo Māori may be Xanthe Banks’ first language, but using it to address an audience of peers, whānau and judges was still nerve-racking, the Nayland College student said.

Stuff

The Warehouse to launch Kia Kaha te Reo Maori hoodies, kakahu

09 Sep 2024

“The Warehouse has been a ‘friend of’ te reo Maori for a long time and you see this on their in-store signage and bilingual branding on many of their product lines.”

Inside Retail New Zealand

Rangatahi polish their speeches; ready to shine at Ngā Manu Kōrero Nationals

09 Sep 2024

Students taking part in this year’s Ngā Manu Kōrero Nationals, the 59th year of Te Whakataetae ā-Motu o Ngā Manu Kōrero, offered some wise advice for their fellow students competing.

Te Ao Māori News

A celebration of te reo Māori in Ngāmotu

09 Sep 2024

Stanhope said this year’s programme offered a number of opportunities to learn and use te reo, in a safe and welcoming space.

Stuff

Māori media company head Peter-Lucas Jones named on TIME magazine list for preserving te reo through AI

08 Sep 2024

Te Hiku Media, which is based in Kaitāia, has reached a 92 percent accuracy rate with its speech to text model - the best in the world.

RNZ

Te Māori exhibition 40 years on

07 Sep 2024

It's 40 years since a revolutionary Te Māori exhibition put te ao Māori on the global stage, displaying Māori taonga in New York.

RNZ

“Ngā rangatira ō āpōpō” Rangatahi prepare to take reigns in the future

06 Sep 2024

Rangatahi are key drivers in keeping things going here at Tuurangawaewae Marae and it's in Kimiora Wharekai where you'll find Waikato rangatahi carrying out duties as they prepare to take reigns in the future.

Te Karere

Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō ascends the throne in front of thousands

05 Sep 2024

Watch the new ariki, Nga Wai Hono i te Po Paki, ascend the throne to become the new Māori kuini.

Te Ao Māori News

Capital celebrates Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with free Māori Language Festival

04 Sep 2024

Wellington City Council welcomes Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, the Māori Language Festival of Wellington, as part of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori celebrations in the city. 

Wellington City Council

Manuhiri Huatahi: finding the words

02 Sep 2024

On the path to reclaiming her language, Manuhiri Huatahi says she’s faced many hurdles and triumphs.

University of Auckland

Ko Te Wā o te Reo | Time to Tackle te Reo

02 Sep 2024

Pipiwharauroa is a native and fluent speaker of te reo Māori and uses every opportunity to promote and normalise the use of te reo Māori within the Army.

SALT Magazine

‘Let’s celebrate being Māori’: playwright Hone Kouka

01 Sep 2024

“Be who we are, live our values, speak our reo, care for our mokopuna, our awa, our maunga, just be Māori,” Kiingi Tuheitia said. “Māori all day, every day.”

Te Ao Māori News

'I’ve been soaking-in everything': Indigenous youth on learning journey

31 Aug 2024

Aboriginal and First Nation youth are inspired by Māori leaders during a Rotorua exchange.

NZ Herald

Building Māori and Pacific versions of Minecraft with AI

29 Aug 2024

Whetu’s Piki Studios developed a groundbreaking te ao Māori version of Microsoft’s global megahit game Minecraft, called Ngā Motu, in 2019.

Microsoft

Correcting common errors in te reo Māori for all levels of speakers

29 Aug 2024

From choosing between awhi and āwhina, to the importance of tohutō (macrons), to whether to address a friend as ‘Hēmi’ or ‘e Hēmi’ — the new book deals with word choice, grammar, interference from English and more.

Oratia Media

Te Puke beauty queen's latest overseas odyssey

29 Aug 2024

“I was also speaking to them in te reo, so I got to share my Māori culture, but also Kiwi culture in general.”

Te Puke Times

Te Maharatanga o Ngā Wai / Remembering our waters

29 Aug 2024

Te Maharatanga o Nga Wai, is the name of a recently completed public space situated on the corner of Sale Street and Wellesley Street.

OurAuckland

Watch Mokotron's Animated Video For New Single 'Ōhākī'

29 Aug 2024

...the breaks-driven 'ŌHĀKĪ' ("a deathbed speech") opens with haunting taonga pūoro playing (pūrerehua and kōauau) and cavernous, growling throat singing by the artist entirely in te reo Māori.

UnderTheRadarNZ

City centre turns a new page for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and Mahuru Māori

29 Aug 2024

Celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and Mahuru Māori in Auckland’s city centre.

OurAuckland

Olympian inspiration

28 Aug 2024

Fresh off winning her eighth Olympic gold in Paris, next month 'Lisa Carrington Chases a Champion' will hit shelves. It will also be released as 'Ko Lisa Carrington me te Toa Whakaihuwaka', a version of the story told in te reo.

RNZ

Te reo Māori in news and current affairs at Te Reo Tātaki TVNZ 

26 Aug 2024

Te reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand and Te Reo Tātaki is a workplace where te reo Māori use is normal.

1News

Dame Hinewehi Mohi and Tāme Iti celebrated in two-part special on Whakaata Māori

25 Aug 2024

Whakanuia celebrates “the life and times of two very different New Zealanders who have both left indelible marks on the cultural fabric of Aotearoa”.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2024: Te Taura Whiri's dream for nationwide show of love for Māori language

25 Aug 2024

Ahead of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Aotearoa is being urged to embrace the language 'Ake Ake Ake' (forever).

RNZ

Ariana Estoras: Mātauranga Māori is the first science of these lands

25 Aug 2024

The naming process allowed important information to be captured and passed on for future generations — it would inform what you can plant or not plant there, and when to plant it or harvest it.

E-Tangata

Voices in the Shadows: Musical unites Māori, Pacific and Palestinian cultures

24 Aug 2024

The production weaves the different cultures together through new sounds, lighting and poetry in their reo taketake (Indigenous languages).

Te Ao Māori News

KOMMI: On 'WitchHop' & working with Marlon Williams

24 Aug 2024

KOMMI (Kai Tahu, Te-Ati-Awa) is a Lyttelton-based rapper who performs in Kai Tahu dialect - the principal Maori iwi of the South Island.

RNZ

New reo Māori resource supporting people with eating disorders

23 Aug 2024

It’s been created in the hopes of tackling eating disorders among Māori - a new resource in te reo Māori helping to support those struggling with eating disorders.

Te Karere

Māori agribusiness programme launched

22 Aug 2024

“We now have an avenue to grow our rural professionals, to introduce te reo Māori to the experience. The more we put in, the more we will get back.”

Farmers Weekly

Stellar Line-Up Of New Zealand Artists To Perform At Haka World Record

22 Aug 2024

To make sure everyone participating performs Ka Mate authentically and accurately all participants will have access to a series of training videos to learn how to perform Ka Mate, including the differences for tāne (men) and wāhine (women).

Scoop

Autaia: 400 tauira to take the theatre stage

22 Aug 2024

Kura Kaupapa student, Korus Korihi Tawha reports for Te Karere, captures the excitement of his schoolmates' talents in Autaia and shining on stage at Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in a vibrant celebration of Te Ao Māori.

Te Karere

Māoritanga - the secret to success for Aussie Olympic bronze medallist

21 Aug 2024

She is the first Australian woman and wahine Māori to win an Olympic medal in boxing.

Te Ao Māori News

Connecting Christianity and Māoritanga: Te Hira Paenga graduates with PhD in theology

21 Aug 2024

Rev. Dr Te Hira Paenga's thesis is the first theology PhD to be written in te reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Manu kōrero, kapa haka, waka ama worlds: Elite Reti showing kids at home different paths to follow

20 Aug 2024

Te Taitokerau descendant Elite Reti is competing at the Waka Ama World Sprints Competition where he placed among the top seven paddlers in the world for his age.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori calls out unauthorised use of trademark

19 Aug 2024

A warning about fake merchandise from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori - the Māori Language Commission has been issued in the lead up to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

Surfer Kehu Butler returns to his kōhanga reo with gifts

19 Aug 2024

Pro surfer Kehu Butler made a heartfelt visit to his childhood kōhanga reo in Whareroa, presenting them with gifts from his own clothing line.

Te Ao Māori News

Mahuru Māori at Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero

19 Aug 2024

Join us for an exciting calendar of workshops, activations exhibitions throughout the month of Mahuru to Celebrate Te Wiki O Te Reo!

OurAuckland

Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga. It's Tongan Language Week

18 Aug 2024

It's Tongan Language Week with this year's theme, 'E tu'uloa 'a e lea faka-Tongá 'o ka lea'aki 'i 'api, siasí (lotú), mo e nofo-'a-kāingá - the Tongan Language will be sustainable when used at home, church and in the wider community.

University of Auckland

'Success is the work of many': Dance company show promises to be transformative

17 Aug 2024

Acclaimed choreographers and long-time collaborators, Bianca Hyslop and Eddie Elliott are showcasing their work through Ka Mua Ka Muri which reflects the te ao Māori (the Māori world) perspectives of time being cyclic rather than linear, with the past, present and future influ...

NZ Herald

Are we there yet? Is New Zealand ready for bilingual road signs?

17 Aug 2024

A 'tiki tour' testing the community’s appetite for proposed bilingual road signs has revealed strong support for making reo Māori part of our everyday journeys.

Te Ao Māori News

Revitalising te reo: How TikTok is empowering a new generation of Māori content creators

15 Aug 2024

Māori content creators are using TikTok to share and celebrate te reo, and hope platforms can be flooded with the language.

RNZ

We checked out the world’s first Te Reo Māori Festival

15 Aug 2024

Our correspondent Souljah Niania (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Pikiao) takes us behind the scenes to reveal what a world-first te reo Māori festival looks like and why we’ll be eagerly counting down to next year.

Ohinga

Aotearoa Olympians receive warm welcome from whānau, friends

15 Aug 2024

The talented athletes have made the nation proud, by setting the best Olympic record for Aotearoa with 20 medals, 10 of them gold.

Te Karere

Because I’m Māori

15 Aug 2024

Nicolla Hemi-Morehouse says sharing te reo songs with her children was the beginning of her musical journey.

Stuff

Deloitte - Māori language and culture set Auckland apart from other world cities

14 Aug 2024

The second part to a three part report has been released by Deloitte's, recommending that Auckland implement more Māori culture and heritage against other cities around the world.

Te Ao Māori News

Māori and Pasifika Olympians return home, inspiring the next generation

14 Aug 2024

“Having the likes of Oriini (Kaipara) and Dave (Jones), it was really special just carrying that culture. You can feel it when you’re there.”

Te Ao Māori News

Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod: Why we needed Toitū Te Reo right now

13 Aug 2024

Last week’s Toitū Te Reo, hosted in Heretaunga, was a celebration of te reo and Māori culture of a sort never seen anywhere in the world before, writes Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod.

Te Ao Māori News

Ka tauākītia te kaupapa o Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2024

13 Aug 2024

Ko Ake Ake Ake – Mō Ake Tonu Te Reo te kaupapa o te Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2024.

Stuff

Tūtahi Tonu wharenui reopens, marking new era for Māori education

13 Aug 2024

After 40 years at Epsom campus, the wharenui has undergone a stunning transformation blending tradition with modernity.

Te Karere

Cook Islands Language Week: South Auckland local boards help sustain traditional arts and culture

11 Aug 2024

“Language is a central part of our identities as people of the Pacific diaspora. Of course, some are more fluent than others but we are all on a journey."

Te Ao Māori News

Reo Māori learning journeys discussed at Toitū te Reo fest

09 Aug 2024

Thousands have gathered for the second day of the world's first Te Reo Māori festival, Toitū Te Reo. The festival aims to celebrate fluent speakers whilst embracing new learners.

Te Karere

Tangata Tiriti celebrate te ao Māori with waiata at reo Māori festival

09 Aug 2024

Tangata Tiriti were loud and proud to be with Māori at the Toitū Te Reo festival, the first-ever Māori language symposium, with an amazing rendition of Mauria Mai Te Aroha.

Aukaha News

Ngāti Kahungunu celebrates promoting Māori language to thousands

09 Aug 2024

Aotearoa's first-ever festival dedicated to celebrating te mana o te reo Māori in Heretaunga/Hastings has seen massive success, drawing over 7000 supporters.

RNZ

‘Bilingual brains are best’: Students celebrate cultural diversity

07 Aug 2024

“We really reassure our whanau that bilingual brains are best. What they do, all that processing in their brains working in two or more languages is really effective for them.

Pacific Media Network

NZ Olympian Eliza McCartney wows with impressive Te Reo welcome to fellow Kiwi athletes

06 Aug 2024

The NZ Athletics team came ready to compete at the Olympic games last night. Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney shared her thanks for the warm welcome in te reo Māori'.

Mai FM

Encanto: Disney announces reo Māori cast

05 Aug 2024

Encanto Reo Māori is a collaboration between Colombian and Māori culture which both celebrate community, intergenerational knowledge and respect for elders.

Te Ao Māori News

Waka ama programme 'a space for the long-haul'

04 Aug 2024

Brad Huntly and Simon Howard have created Te Hapai Hoe, a non-competitive, not-for-profit waka ama programme. The programme includes three wānanga that focus on tikanga, te reo Māori, karakia, and whakapapa, taught in a full immersion te reo environment.

RNZ

Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti stuns the world with haka at Olympics and Eiffel Tower

04 Aug 2024

In an awe-inspiring display of Māori culture, the haka group Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti captured global attention with their powerful performances at two of the world’s most iconic venues in Paris: the Olympics and the Eiffel Tower.

Te Ao Māori News

Māori duo advocates for indigenous data sovereignty in prestigious science journal

03 Aug 2024

A Māori research duo was commissioned to write a commentary on Indigenous data sovereignty for a prestigious scientific journal.

Te Ao Māori News

Rōpū haka Whāngāra Mai Tāwhiti accompany athletes at Olympics

31 Jul 2024

Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti are in Paris, as the haka team accompany the country’s 195 atheletes at the Olympics. On a fine hot summer's day abroad, you'll find members teaching non-Māori how to haka and how to poi.

Te Karere

GOLDEN MOMENT | New Zealand Sevens Gold | Women's Rugby Sevens | Paris Olympics 2024

31 Jul 2024

See the Black Ferns Sevens' haka as they celebrate winning New Zealand's first Gold Medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Sky Sport NZ

The Journey: Te Reo Taiao

29 Jul 2024

Te Reo Taiao is a kaupapa led by Te Ingo Ngaia which is nurturing and growing te reo Māori and tikanga within our kaimahi who work on Taranaki Maunga and the broader community that support this work.

Taranaki Mounga

‘Meaningful’ experience at Kura Reo

29 Jul 2024

Kura Reo are designed to challenge you, push your limits and demolish any concept of the comfort zone. But it’s done in a manageable way for you, and with so much aroha.

Tararua News

Māniatoto residents weave culture and community

27 Jul 2024

This week marked the start of the latest harakeke weaving and te reo courses, led by tutor Marcanui at Māniatoto Arts Centre in Ranfurly.

The Central App

Māori theatre company at centre of new documentary

26 Jul 2024

A theatre production company that gave birth to leading actors within te ao Māori has now been captured in a new documentary. Taki Rua Theatre: Breaking Barriers follows the Māori theatre company’s humble beginnings 30 years ago.

Te Karere

Te ao Māori in full force at Paris Olympics 2024

26 Jul 2024

Aotearoa’s female flag bearer at the Paris Olympics Jo Aleh says to expect more haka from athletes, Māori and non-Māori in all codes. Adorned in the korowai cloak – Mahutonga, she intends to embrace te ao Māori throughout the event.

Te Karere

Te Ai o Te Rā: New reo Māori album released

25 Jul 2024

A new reo Māori album is out for us to listen to, showcasing an infusion of timeless classics, as well as more contemporary music from Te Tairāwhiti.

Te Karere

Māori experts bring home comfort to NZ Olympic Teams in Paris

25 Jul 2024

A small team of Māori experts are the go-to gurus for the Olympic teams, leading the whakatau and gifting taonga to the team so they a have piece of home with them while in Paris.

Te Karere

Ka Whawhai Tonu #1 film in Aotearoa for 2024

25 Jul 2024

Ka Whawhai Tonu is the highest-grossing Aotearoa film this year after four weeks in cinema.

Te Ao Māori News

Haka theatre show ‘Autaia’ is back

25 Jul 2024

Kura from around the motu gather to perform an original piece of haka theatre.

Te Ao Māori News

Taura Whiri CEO Ngahiwi Apanui discusses Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2024

24 Jul 2024

This year, Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori is bringing a new kaupapa to Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori called Waha Kōrero.

Te Karere

Mere Boynton: Bringing Te Ao Māori centre stage

24 Jul 2024

Mere Boynton is one of the artists featured in a new series from SOUNZ: Inspiring Journeys Through Music. The series looks at what it takes to be a Māori musician in 2024.

RNZ

Nau Mai Town - Season Three

24 Jul 2024

Nau Mai Town is back with another haerenga around Aotearoa to find out more about Māori place names.

RNZ

'Open to the world': Sellout crowds expected at world-first te reo festival in Hastings

24 Jul 2024

The first-of-its-kind festival is set to champion Māori language and industry.

Hawkes Bay Today

Oriini Kaipara takes 1200 poi all the way to the Paris Olympics

24 Jul 2024

Award-winning former journalist and news presenter, Oriini Kaipara (Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Rangitihi), is in Paris with the New Zealand Olympic team in her new role as pouwhiringa assisting the NZOC in their Ao Māori journey.

Te Ao Māori News

Te reo advocate leads move to reclaim world haka record

23 Jul 2024

The world haka attempt aims to draw 10,000 people to Eden Park on September 29, with registrations to take part opening on Tuesday. “This is going to be something that really unites us and stands us together in pride for our cultural heritage and cultural identity,” Mohi said.

Stuff

Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Kahungunu hosts CrossFit fundraiser

22 Jul 2024

Haka Oranga is the focus of a functional fitness competition, Kahumaiwhiti, which is about encouraging kaihaka and their whānau to improve their health and wellness ahead of Te Matatini.

Te Karere

Whakataukī of the Week with Elle Archer

22 Jul 2024

'Taku ahi tūtata, taku mata kikoha' - A metaphor for when a cause (fire) is close to ones heart, passion and commitment will always be great.

RNZ

Second Te Kura Reo o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua

22 Jul 2024

Nō ngā tōpito katoa o te motu i haere mai ai ngā kaipānga - he kanohi hou ētahi, he kanohi ētahi nō tauhouanga.

Tararua News

Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara

22 Jul 2024

Even if you’re not a fan of heavy metal, you can’t help but admire Alien Weaponry. If not for their rise to fame on an international scale, then for being the first band of the genre to sing in te reo Māori.

WIFT NZ

Iwi and Singapore game creator partner to promote Māori heritage

22 Jul 2024

Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua has partnered with Singapore social enterprise Hidden to help visitors discover Māori heritage through an immersive outdoor adventure game.

Te Ao Māori News

Our Chinese grandmother made us speak Te Reo

21 Jul 2024

Suie Jung Thompson moved to Aotearoa from China as a young child. She now has mokopuna who are fluent speakers of te reo Māori and stand strong in their culture.

Ohinga

'Please don't talk to me in te reo'

21 Jul 2024

The opening chapter from the powerful new bestselling novel All That We Know by Shilo Kino.

Newsroom

Rangatahi go head-to-head for spot in new Wheturangihia play

18 Jul 2024

Te Whare Tapere o Te Arawa held auditions for their play Wheturangihia, the play which looks at Matariki and the healing powers of it brings together Māori students from across Te Arawa to give them an opportunity to showcase their abilities.

Te Karere

Kahu Collection brings whānau aspirations to life

17 Jul 2024

“As a tamaiti of kōhanga reo and now kura kaupapa Māori, she also wanted to reflect her strong commitment to advancing te reo Māori and striving for excellence. And the Poraka Poutama is the living embodiment of that.

Sun Live

Auckland University dedicates library space to speaking te reo

17 Jul 2024

The university has launched ReoSpace - a space in its main library where students can kōrero in an immersive environment.

1News

Kōanga Festival: The ‘beating heart’ of Māori storytelling turns 10

17 Jul 2024

This year, Kōanga is partnering with New Zealand Opera for Tōiri, hosted by opera star Kawiti Waetford with four kaiwaiata who will sing opera in te reo Māori. The special event is during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Ako Ararau expo focused on whānau relearning their reo

16 Jul 2024

Ako Ararau Māori Expo 2024 has attracted over eight hundred reo Māori language experts, learners and practitioners from across Aotearoa.

Te Karere

‘Matariki He Kāhui Reo’ wows audience in debut show

16 Jul 2024

Hundreds packed out the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell last night to witness the debut performance of Matariki He Kāhui Reo (Matariki, a constellation of voices).

Te Ao Māori News

Waikato's IA Make Us a Te Reo Māori Playlist

15 Jul 2024

To celebrate their new song 'Kura Huna', Reti Hedley, frontman of Waikato band IA, shares the te reo Māori songs he's got on repeat.

Rolling Stone Australia

Programme aims to marry traditional koha concept and today’s tech

15 Jul 2024

“Our app’s not there to replace the envelope that does down - that’s always going to do down, that’s always going to be our tohu aroha (token of love).”

Te Puke Times

‘Ka mua, ka muri’ - new theatre show set to tour Aotearoa

15 Jul 2024

The show is inspired by the whakataukī, Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua (I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past).

Te Ao Māori News

We're a people who need to pray

14 Jul 2024

To find your own quiet space, and to send out your vibrations to the world beyond — even if it’s just with Te Inoi a te Ariki — is to participate fully in the Māori world by simply being in sync with the gods of our understanding.

E-Tangata

Iwi-inspired wāhi tākaro opened at Kaipātiki Reserve

13 Jul 2024

A new Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara inspired wāhi tākaro, play space and community recreational area, has been opened at the reserve well-known for the Parakai Springs hot pool complex.

Te Ao Māori News

How Māori media has contributed to the revival of te reo

13 Jul 2024

Te Māngai Pāho was created in 1994 and is responsible for promoting te reo Māori and te ao Māori through funding Māori-language radio and TV programmes.

Re: News

Huia Releases 'Tīaho Aho'

12 Jul 2024

This is the second waiata from Huia's Kawakawa album project, where she will drop a new waiata Māori every 6 weeks.

Music.Net.Nz

‘You just have to put yourself out there’, winner says

12 Jul 2024

One award-winning student hopes to pave the way for her junior peers, reminding them not to "be afraid to be Māori".

Otago Daily Times

From the haka stage to the basketball court - Waikimihia Douglas-Karauna is taking te ao Māori to the world

11 Jul 2024

Douglas-Karauna says she’s had a packed schedule as she was also in Nelson last month, representing Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu on the national kapa haka stage.

Te Ao Māori News

The future of Te Ao Haka: How to watch and join the Wānanga ā-Motu

11 Jul 2024

Te Ao Māori News partners with Te Reo o Te Uru, Aukaha News, Tahu News and Te Karere to bring you live updates from Tūrangawaewae.

Te Ao Māori News

Ōtautahi Christchurch legends Dillastrate release special new waiata, ‘Māwherangi’

11 Jul 2024

Christchurch duo Dillastrate has released a new waiata Māwherangi.

Te Ao Māori News

Mabel Wharekawa discusses Taikura kapa haka 2024

10 Jul 2024

Guardians of kapa haka and kaumātua from across the motu gathered in the capital city to share the Matariki spirit with what we do best, kapa haka.

Te Karere

New Māori resource for Olympic Games launched: Cheer on our Olympians in te reo Māori!

10 Jul 2024

Te reo Māori is going all the way to Paris as the first-ever bilingual sporting resource for an Olympic Games is launched today.

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

$10k up for grabs as Waha Kōrero celebrates reo Māori excellence

10 Jul 2024

Waha Kōrero, a new kaupapa from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, welcomes competitors to “prepare their voices and minds to soar”.

Stuff

Waha Kōrero: New speech competition for proficient reo Māori speakers

10 Jul 2024

Te Taura Whiri is bringing a new kaupapa to Te Wiki o te reo Māori - Waha Kōrero - an opportunity for native and highly proficient speakers of te reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Wahine Māori named UN EMRIP chair to further indigenous rights

10 Jul 2024

Dr Valmaine Toki has been appointed chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Te Ao Māori News

Mana whenua gift Māori names for Auckland Transport busway

10 Jul 2024

Auckland Transport says they’re honoured to have been gifted te reo Māori names for the Eastern Busway by Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Ngāti Whanaunga.

Te Ao Māori News

Tainapu: Normalising te reo in standup comedy

08 Jul 2024

The first ever reo Māori standup comedy show took place over the weekend. The entire event is about normalising the language in an informal setting.

Te Karere

Aotearoa-NZ's first trilingual interpreter Stephanie Awheto dies

08 Jul 2024

A long-serving advocate for the Māori deaf community whose work spanned three decades, Awheto helped bridge the gap for turi Māori to reconnect with te ao Māori.

1News

Mihingarangi Forbes: I’ve still got heaps of gas in the tank

07 Jul 2024

"I'm certainly gonna be around in the next 15 to 20 years. I want to be part of something incredible that really makes a shift for us in broadcasting in terms of rangatiratanga and motuhake. We need to be in charge of our own platforms. And that's my goal."

E-Tangata

How a phone greeting helped revitalise te reo Māori

06 Jul 2024

The simple act of answering the phone with the now widely-used Māori greeting "kia ora" nearly lost Dame Naida Glavish her job 40 years ago.

1News

Kohanga Reo-raised Mataia Keepa says Matariki is reclaiming women’s place in ceremony

05 Jul 2024

“When it comes to propelling our aspirations or our incantations heavenly towards Matariki, it is important to think about that duality."

Rotorua Daily Post

Māori and Pasifika names have a long history of being butchered by sports commentators: academics

05 Jul 2024

We need more Māori and Pasifika people to become sport commentators and ensure our languages are more heard in sports media.

Te Ao Māori News

APRA Silver Scroll and Maioha finalists announced

05 Jul 2024

Additionally, five songs have been shortlisted for the APRA Maioha Award, which celebrates waiata reo Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Pūtahi o Manurewa ready to welcome their new students

05 Jul 2024

Te Pūtahi o Manurewa is a dream that has taken 20 years to achieve and will see the combining of both TKKM o Manurewa and Te Wharekura o Manurewa at the same campus.

Te Ao Māori News

Haere rā Newshub - A look back at the Māori journalists who shone

05 Jul 2024

Tonight marks the final Newshub bulletin, and with its closure, we spoke to reporter Leighton Heikell about how Māori journalists were represented at the network over the last 34 years.

Te Ao Māori News

Marlborough Ngā Manu Kōrero finalist is ‘something special’

05 Jul 2024

The college already had many second language learners within their cohort, but Kendal hoped Manaia’s Ngā Manu Kōrero success would inspire more to take up te reo as a subject option.

The Press

A kapa haka champion's welcome for Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Puku o Te Ika

03 Jul 2024

Te Arawa welcomes national champions of kapahaka kuratuarua Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Puku o Te Ika ā Māui home onto Ruamatā Marae.

Aukaha News

Te Rau o Te Huia: Using AI to connect rangatahi with heritage

03 Jul 2024

Dan Te Whenua Walker has created a custom AI to preserve mātauranga about his home in Taranaki.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Awe Kōtuku protected mātauranga Māori at height of pandemic - report

03 Jul 2024

An independent kaupapa Māori assessment documents early impacts and benefits of the Te Awe Kōtuku programme in supporting mātauranga Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

Tōnui Collab wins big at Matihiko awards for STEMM education in Tairāwhiti

03 Jul 2024

Tōnui Collab, a Tairawhiti-based innovator in bilingual STEMM education, achieved a triple whammy at this year’s Matihiko awards.

Te Ao Māori News

From Gizzy to the Olympics: Ishtar Mackey-Huriwai to rep Aotearoa in Paris

03 Jul 2024

I know when I enter the ring, I have my tīpuna and my whānau behind me. Ahakoa he kotahi he manomano.”

Te Ao Māori News

Ngāi Tahu reflects on a successful Matariki

02 Jul 2024

Members of Ngāi Tahu are reflecting on the revival of karakia and te reo - which was on full display at the national Matariki commemorations.

Te Ao Māori News

Mātātoa: The CrossFit competition that blends fitness and te reo

02 Jul 2024

"This is one of many kaupapa that we run and as a wider whānau growing up we've always been very kaupapa and all paddling the same waka no matter what the kaupapa is."

RNZ

Celebrating 30 Years of Te Reo Māori Broadcasting: Te Māngai Pāho Marks Milestone Anniversary

01 Jul 2024

This month, Te Māngai Pāho are excited to celebrate 30 years of funding te reo Māori content for Aotearoa.

NZ Music Commission

Temuera Morrison: Walking in my tupuna's shoes

30 Jun 2024

“It was scary stuff to walk in those shoes. I just don't think we have anywhere near the gifts and the special powers that our tūpuna had.”

E-Tangata

Japan tamariki haka for Māori All Blacks

30 Jun 2024

Local children expressed a 'heartfelt welcome' to the Māori All Blacks this week.

Te Ao Māori News

Anna Coddington releases a bilingual album for the dancefloor

29 Jun 2024

Anna Coddington has released a brand new, bilingual album called Te Whakamiha, released for Matariki and created with her longtime collaborators and band, The Appreciations.

RNZ

Pride and progress take centre stage in Te Tauihu

29 Jun 2024

What may not be obvious is that events like Te Huinga Whetū are not just moments in time; they leave an indelible mark on communities like ours and generate more momentum for revitalisation.

Stuff

‘My grandchildren will hear the Ojibwe language into the future’

29 Jun 2024

North American First Nation speakers of the indigenous Ojibwe language are celebrating a blockbuster opportunity to use “the Force” to help preserve their language.

Te Ao Māori News

Mānawatia a Matariki: National hautapu held in Wānaka

28 Jun 2024

E te iwi, Mānawatia a Matariki! The national hautapu ceremony has gone South, hosted by Ngāi Tahu iwi in Wānaka.

Te Karere

Matariki: Rereata Makiha

28 Jun 2024

All iwi celebrate the Maori New Year in June or July, but not all refer to it as Matariki. Instead, this time of year is called 'Puanga'.

RNZ

Matariki ideal time to learn about autism from a Māori world view

28 Jun 2024

The origins of Matariki mean it can have a special significance for tāngata whaikaha, people with disabilities.

Te Ao Māori News

Professor Rangi Matamua and the rising Matariki movement

28 Jun 2024

Since it became a public holiday in 2022, Matamua says support for the celebration continues to grow. Many iwi across the country have tailored their own approaches and traditional knowledge related to the maramataka and Matariki.

Stuff

Māori and Tamil waiata brings communities together

28 Jun 2024

Canada-based musician Wilbur Sargunaraj has collaborated with Māori artists to create a unique cross-cultural song about kinship and connections.

RNZ

New whakairo, poupou unveiled in Kaitaia

27 Jun 2024

New carvings and poupou have been unveiled to accompany buildings that will help uplift whānau in need in Kaitaia.

Te Karere

New digital artwork unveiled at Waipapa Taumata Rau

27 Jun 2024

Māramatanga showcases six performers embodying ātua and ancestral figures that draw inspiration from the carvings in the nearby whare whakairo of Waipapa Marae, Tāne-nui-a-rangi.

NZ Herald

Aroha ki te tangata: Inside the lives of Māori wardens

27 Jun 2024

This series of six video stories gives viewers an intimate look at the day-to-day dedication of six Māori wardens working in various North Island communities.

NZ Herald

Taikura Kapa Haka: Living legends return to stage at Te Papa

27 Jun 2024

The term “taikura” refers to the aged rings at the heart of the tōtara tree, symbolising kaumātua as the heart and soul of the people.

Te Ao Māori News

Tohunga toi awarded for contribution to Māori weaving and culture

27 Jun 2024

Māori weaver and educator Christina Hurihia Wirihana was recognised last night for her contribution and dedication to Te ao Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

How AI is helping Māori recover their own voices

27 Jun 2024

Using around 10,000 written or printed sentences, along with 500 spoken phrases, the group is training Microsoft Azure AI tools to not only translate but speak the local Nāti dialect.

Stuff

Kids become myrtle rust busters with new game

27 Jun 2024

‘E heke e Heka!’, available in both English and Te Reo Māori, takes the user on an interactive hīkoi (walk) through the ngahere (forest) with Tiki the native stick insect as a guide.

The Spinoff

Corporate change award recognises indigenous impact at Microsoft

27 Jun 2024

Isaac Morunga has been named one of the latest recipients of the Matihiko Awards, which celebrate excellence and contributions across various kaupapa in the digital space.

Te Ao Māori News

Māori celebrate Matariki in Australia

27 Jun 2024

Ohinga visited the first Matariki festival on the Gold Coast to see how it’s being celebrated.

Re: News

Science symposium takes place, inspiring rangatahi in Te Taitokerau

26 Jun 2024

A science symposium, incorporating Mātauranga Māori is on show at Te Ahu, Kaitaia to inspire local high school students and members of the Far North community.

Te Karere

Celebrate Matariki with a hautapu ceremony at home

26 Jun 2024

'Hosting a hautapu at home can be simple,' says Leroy de Thierry. Here's how.

NZ Herald

Harmonic Resonators are on song for Matariki

26 Jun 2024

The harmonisers have recorded a song for children to learn the Matariki cluster.

NZ Herald

‘Matariki baby’ Stacey Morrison heads home for special broadcast

25 Jun 2024

Morrison spoke to Stuff ahead of the official Mānawatia a Matariki 2024 broadcast from Treble Cone in Wānaka, a significant event for home iwi Ngāi Tahu.

Te Ao Māori News

The meaning and stories behind Māori place names in Otago

25 Jun 2024

Ōtepoti, Taieri and Kaikorai are well known names to people in Dunedin and Otago - but where did they come from and what do they mean?

RNZ

Margaret Raggett - Profile

25 Jun 2024

“Just ordinary everyday pop” is how she described her songs to a Playdate interviewer in 1961, but those songs covered a wide range of styles and moods: country, rockabilly, ballads, and waiata in te reo Māori.

Audioculture

Te Aupōuri Iwi Wānanga Bring Kaumātua And Rangatahi Together

25 Jun 2024

Kōrero tuku iho and waiata are important modes of learning history of Te Aupōuri.

Te Hiku Media

Matariki, Māori New Year in Te Ao Māori

25 Jun 2024

Some of the educational touchpoints this year include Marshall Park, where Te Reo Māori speakers will be to help guide guests through pronunciation of words relating to Matariki and their meanings – the trees will have these key words hanging in them, too.

Lakes Weekly Bulletin

Thousands sing Nei Rā Te Kaupapa at kura tuarua kapa haka nats

24 Jun 2024

Before they compete tomorrow, thousands sang Nei Rā Te Kaupapa in unison to close out the pōwhiri for Te Huinga Whetū Kapa Haka Kura Tuarua o Aotearoa.

Aukaha News

South Taranaki church hosting bilingual service for Matariki

24 Jun 2024

A church in Eltham will once again be filled with songs of praise in te reo Māori and English during a special bilingual service for Matariki.

Te Ao Māori News

‘We’ve weathered the storm’: Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei launch new waka after almost 25-year wait

24 Jun 2024

“If you know our legends, Tāne Mahuta and Tangaroa, two brothers who’ve been mortal enemies with each other. To take a child (tree) from one and give it to the other, you need to sort that out... sort all your issues on the land then we give that canoe to the ocean.”

Te Ao Māori News

Māori Spirituality, Life and Death with Rereata Makiha

23 Jun 2024

Rereata Makiha grew up immersed in the Maramataka or Māori calendar. He was taught an intricate system of beliefs and observations that existed long before Christianity arrived.

Te Ao with Moana

He's 80 years old and discovering the power of te reo

23 Jun 2024

“When I first started coaching in the 1980s, I didn’t have the right language to express the values that have always guided me. They were expressed in European terms.”

E-Tangata

Being Māori: ‘Some of us are still finding our way back’

23 Jun 2024

“Growing up, my connection to ao Māori was non-existent. My dad taught us that learning Māori and being Māori wouldn't get us far in life.”

E-Tangata

Real soul food: The Hāngi Master reveals top tips to eating well this Matariki

23 Jun 2024

Two Northland cousins with a passion for food, whānau and whenua are sharing their secrets to the best traditional Māori kai this Matariki.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Mata o te Tini - Sir Selwyn Tanetoa Parata knighted in Ruatorea

23 Jun 2024

Thousands gather to honour Sir Selwyn Parata for his services to te iwi Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

The iwi artist ‘dazzling’ downtown Tāmaki Makaurau

23 Jun 2024

A dazzling Matariki light display by Pāora Puru is lighting up downtown Tāmaki Makaurau. Soon, another of his creations will tell a second 'beautiful Māori story' in lights.

Te Ao Māori News

Matariki recipes: Uncle Pare’s kai and kōrero

22 Jun 2024

The theme for Matariki 2024 is Matariki Heri Kai: the feast of Matariki. It comes from the Māori proverb, Matariki whetū heri kai, meaning Matariki, the bringer of food.

Te Ao Māori News

'Clever' puppy goes viral for being able to count in te reo Māori

21 Jun 2024

User @dartagnanlewis on TikTok shared a video of their clever pup understanding the reo.

Mai FM

Te Manawa launches: unites artists across Tāmaki Makaurau

21 Jun 2024

Te Manawa has a kāhui of senior Māori artists across Tāmaki Makaurau, including Māori theatre, dancers, rāranga, Te Whare Pora, Māori comedy, visual arts, poetry and spoken word.

Te Ao Māori News

Place name changes: From Whanganui to Kororāreka, what you need to know

21 Jun 2024

The changes - which affect suburbs, towns, parks, rivers, maunga and streets - are often made to restore te reo Māori names, but there are other reasons, too.

Te Ao Māori News

‘Heart of campus’ AUT strengthen ties with Ngāti Paoa over new building

21 Jun 2024

“We were pondering about our chiefly ancestor Tukutuku, the second wife of the ancestor Paoa. There is also a connection in the works of the tukutuku panels and whatu raranga, which binds this tribe and that tribe, no matter where they’re from.”

Te Ao Māori News

Te Māngai Pāho celebrates 30 years in July

20 Jun 2024

In July, Te Māngai Pāho will be celebrating 30 years since its doors opened in 1994. Today they are planning this significant milestone with the Māori media sector.

Te Karere

Tāmihana; 'A legacy of servant leadership in Aotearoa' exhibition opens

20 Jun 2024

Ōtorohanga Museum opened its doors to "Ki te Kapu o Taku Ringa – In the Palm of My Hand", an exhibition and photo book launch inspired by King Tāwhiao's 'Maioha mō Waikato'.

Te Karere

Growing Great Facilitators

20 Jun 2024

Arihia Latham, Kaikōkiri Māori Advisor for Enviroschools, ran a series of rich sessions exploring aspects of Te Ao Māori, unpacking the differences between karakia, pepeha and mihi, exploring whakapapa and facilitating kōrero about the importance of connecting with local hapū.

Enviroschools

He Reo Tawhito: Conversations About Mōteatea

20 Jun 2024

Rich and poetic, He Reo Tawhito: Conversations about Mōteatea offers further understanding about this ancient art form, with host Crystal Edwards.

NZ Music Commission

Rising star: Actor Hinerangi Harawira Nicholas

20 Jun 2024

Last week the Tūhoe teenager made her big screen debut in new Māori-led film Ka Whawhai Tonu, alongside Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis and Miriama Smith.

RNZ

Kōkōrangi: Māori astronomer guiding crowds into the New Year

20 Jun 2024

“We all descend from Ngā Whetū (the stars), we all descend from our tūpuna who were navigators. We built our culture around our understanding of te taiao (the environment) and that was built upon kōkōrangi.”

Te Ao Māori News

Whakaata Māori and Sky Sport to simulcast Matariki rugby matches

20 Jun 2024

Commentary will be provided by Te Ao Māori News’ Tūmamao Harawira (Ngāpuhi) and Whakaata Māori’s Te Aorere Pēwhairangi (Ngāti Porou) in te reo Māori, with Tony Johnson and Bryn Hall calling the matches in English.

Te Ao Māori News

Ceremonial kūwaha renewed in time for Prime Minister's visit to Tokyo

19 Jun 2024

I always say that our Māori culture transcends boundaries and brings people together ahakoa te kaupapa it seems to cut through."

RNZ

Overseas musicians thirsty for te reo Māori music

19 Jun 2024

Jordyn Rapana notes the irony that, while at home the use of Māori is being slammed, overseas the appetite for te reo Māori and Māori music remains huge.

Te Ao Māori News

Wānanga waiata held in Hokianga

18 Jun 2024

Hokianga kura were part of a wānanga at Motukaraka to compose waiata and ensure the legacy of Wai262 thrives.

Te Karere

Piripi's adventures continue across the ditch

18 Jun 2024

The wider whānau love the show because nobody is acting and there's no script, Kupenga-Keefe says. That extends to the use of te reo in the show.

RNZ

Four young Māori earn scholarships for ivy league education

17 Jun 2024

“I am fortunate to have attended a kura where I see the unapologetic acceptance and integration of culture into our daily education. Teachers and students alike learn and understand the significance of pepeha, mihi, haka and waiata as well as proper tikanga.

Te Ao Māori News

Eat my stories: The futures of Māori theatre

16 Jun 2024

Whakapaupakihi was created with three intentions: “To remind everyone of how epic our ancestors and their stories are; to create the Māori Marvel for our children; to write and perform a musical work in our First Language, te reo Māori.” Forget Hamilton!

E-Tangata

Please don't ask me to prove that I'm Māori enough

15 Jun 2024

I did not grow up speaking te reo. I can’t go back in time and attend Kohanga or convince my parents to give me a Māori name. Nor can I play the guitar well enough to support a waiata tautoko...

1News

Earliest known oil painting of a haka on display in Auckland

15 Jun 2024

“The Taranaki iwi connected to this painting have been kind and generous in sharing their knowledge and mātauranga to provide a more fulsome historical context."

Te Ao Māori News

‘Blew them away’: Rangatahi in awe of te reo Māori virtual reality game

15 Jun 2024

Wiremu Grace’s 'Atuatanga’ VR game is free to play in Christchurch and Wellington during the Doc Edge festival. Later, it’s hoped it can be taken to kura and marae to experience.

Te Ao Māori News

Indigenous method used for freshwater fish conservation efforts

14 Jun 2024

This initiative is one of many that will contribute to an ambitious 500-year restoration plan by Zealandia Te Māra a Tane.

Te Ao Māori News

New World’s closing store call in Māori caught on video goes viral

14 Jun 2024

A video of a New World Ōpōtiki staff member announcing the closing of their store in Māori has received praise from the public.

Te Ao Māori News

World-first Māori language festival welcomes all to Heretaunga

13 Jun 2024

Heretaunga Hastings will host a world-first Māori language and culture festival, Toitū Te Reo, on August 8 and 9 this year.

Heretaunga District Council

‘Hold onto the dream’: Ka Whawhai Tonu theme song released today

13 Jun 2024

The composers for the film, Tiki Taane (Ngāti Maniapoto) and Arli Liberman, were challenged by the filmmakers to write a theme and closing song for the film that would emotionally, spiritually, and sonically lift the audience from the gravity of the historical kaupapa portraye...

Te Ao Māori News

Te reo Māori in public sector: More work to be done for normalisation of te reo

13 Jun 2024

"Kotahi te reo ake o tēnei whenua, katoa ngā reo i haria mai, i haria mai i rāwahi, i whenua kē. Koinei mātau e mea nei me kōrero Māori a Aotearoa whānui."

RNZ

Special Kuapola Hautapu for Makali'i-Matariki in Hawai’i

12 Jun 2024

Kānaka Maoli of Hawai'i and Māori hold special Kuapola Hautapu ceremony to celebrate the rise of Makali'i or Matariki.

1News

From Aoraki to Whanganui: 25 of Aotearoa’s best new (old) placenames

11 Jun 2024

Petone to Pito One is the latest in a long line of placename corrections in Aotearoa. Here are 25 of our favourites.

The Spinoff

Puaka in the spotlight this Matariki

11 Jun 2024

Puaka is one of the small ways the beginning of the maramataka (Māori lunar calendar) has different significance to southern Māori who, historically, built their livelihoods off harvesting wild foods, rather than crops as was done up north.

Stuff

Life as a Māori translator

10 Jun 2024

“Translators can continue to uplift and promote the language for our children.”

Re: News

The future of Aotearoa is entwined with the future of Māori

10 Jun 2024

With a large population of rangatahi and the widespread presence of kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa Māori and wharekura, there is also a chance for the continued revitalisation and preservation of Māori culture, language and traditions.

The Spinoff

Returning musician Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan & tohunga puoro back home

09 Jun 2024

Kotahi tau nō muri mai i tana rironga, kua whakamānawahia te tohunga puoro, a Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan. Whakaekea ai tōna whare e ana pia i runga i te reo kar...

Aukaha News

Naming the animals of Auckland Zoo in Te Reo!

09 Jun 2024

Kea Kids reporter talks to Auckland Zoo visitors about the te reo Māori names for some of the animals.

Kea Kids News

Brand new campus for pioneering preschool-to-tertiary Māori immersion school in Hastings

08 Jun 2024

The Māori language immersion institution is the first of its kind in Aotearoa. Many of its staff attended as children and have returned as part of a self-sustaining life-long learning model.

NZ Herald

Names in the land

08 Jun 2024

Across generations, Māori place names have whispered stories of the past, guiding us to retrace the steps of those who came before us.

Otago Daily Times

Auckland kura takes te ao Māori approach to discussing menstruation

08 Jun 2024

“He kaupapa ka kawea ki waenga i ngā tamariki. He kaupapa e hora nei i nga kōrero, ngā pūrākau, ngā kōrero mō ngā atua e hāngai ana ki tēnei kaupapa te ikura”.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Whaitua o Uenuku Ngā Manu Kōrero regionals kicks off

07 Jun 2024

Te Whaitua o Uenuku regional manu kōrero competition is underway with a clear focus on Māori sovereignty, with the current political climate affecting all Māori it is now being used as inspiration for these young orators.

Te Karere

Landmark agreement reached with Whakaata Māori and TG4 Ireland

07 Jun 2024

“The parallels are evident to me between te reo Māori and an Ghaeilge, their communities of speakers and their revitalisation efforts."

Whakaata Māori

Stars align for magical Matariki in Tauranga

06 Jun 2024

"This year we encourage our community to embrace saying ‘happy Matariki’ in Te Reo Māori, which translates as ‘Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori’.”

Sun Live

Toward Māori Tino Rangatiratanga: Aspirations and Pathways to 2040

06 Jun 2024

Support for language immersion programs, cultural institutions, and land repatriation initiatives can ensure the preservation and transmission of cultural knowledge across generations.

Stuff

Preserving traditions and history for future generations of Te Rarawa

06 Jun 2024

This repository is protecting the knowledge, history, and stories of all the subtribes of Te Rarawa and, according to Te Whata findings in 2018, the population that belonged to Te Rarawa was more than 23,000, so there was no doubt that there is a lot of work to be done.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Matatini champions arrive in Hawaii for Pacfest

05 Jun 2024

Kua ū Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau a Apanui ki Hawaii i te kainamutanga o te ahurei toi o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.

Aukaha News

Rei Announced as Guest Judge for Play It Strange’s New Te Reo Māori Songwriting Competition

05 Jun 2024

Play It Strange is proud to unveil the addition of a new Te Reo Māori Songwriting Competition to its umbrella of songwriting competitions this year.

Rockshop

Talking and eating at Matariki Heri Kai 2024

05 Jun 2024

The theme for Matariki 2024, Matariki Heri Kai, talks about more than just the physical bearing of food.

Te Ao Māori News

How non-Māori learning te reo helps revitalise the language

05 Jun 2024

I'm very optimistic moving forward that my moko will grow up in a world which validates their identity and their tikanga and embraces it. A world that learns it and loves it as much as we do.

Re: News

Duncan Cotterill partner on moonlighting as a student of te reo Māori

04 Jun 2024

In the wake of a recent call to include te ao Māori in legal education curriculums, Nick Laing is getting a head start. The Duncan Cotterill partner is presently spending his nights in the study of te reo Māori – an experience he describes as “eye-opening”.

NZ Lawyer

Humble Waitomo kuia a ‘little embarrassed’ by honour

03 Jun 2024

Despite devoting more than 40 years of her life in service to Māori, Josephine Anderson felt anxious about receiving the King’s Birthday Honour, worried she did not deserve it.

Te Ao Māori News

Mike Hollings’ passion for education and te reo Māori

03 Jun 2024

Of all his career achievements, Hollings points to the revitalisation of te reo Māori as his greatest passion and proudest mahi.

Te Ao Māori News

Aotearoa delegations arrive in Hawai'i ahead of Festival of Pacific Arts

03 Jun 2024

Tata ki te 100 ngā ringa toi Māori ka tau ki Honolulu, Hawaii i tēnei wiki mō Te Ahurei Toi o Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.

Aukaha News

Qiane Matata-Sipu: Our stories have the answers

02 Jun 2024

Writing in te reo first was an exciting challenge to myself: to use our reo and pair it with my talents and creativity, because I didn’t go and do a year of full-immersion learning for nothing.

E-Tangata

Jenny Lee-Morgan: Diversity is a slippery word

02 Jun 2024

But, being in Aotearoa, my commitment has been to my Māori side and to supporting the revitalisation of te reo and tikanga Māori — and that includes bringing up all our children in Māori immersion education and staying connected to our marae.

E-Tangata

Māori artists win big at Aotearoa Music Awards

01 Jun 2024

Māori music artists collected many awards at the Aotearoa Music Awards last night in Auckland, with that was Dame Hinewehi Mohi inducted into the music hall of fame.

Te Karere

The history of Moteatea

01 Jun 2024

Julian Wilcox hosts a korero about moteatea - chanted song poetry - which will feature in a new podcast series.

RNZ

Musician and te reo advocate Codi Wehi-Ngatai launches EP for tamariki

31 May 2024

Driven by a mission to support the growth of te reo Māori for future generations, Wehi-Ngatai believes in the power of music to embed the language into daily life.

Te Ao Māori News

He pūtea hōu ki Te Matatini

30 May 2024

"Ehara mō ēnei rā noa iho, engari, ka ora hoki tēnei taonga tuku iho mō ngā reanga haere ake nei.”

Te Ao Māori News

Te Reo Māori literature flying off the shelves

30 May 2024

Auckland Council’s Acting Head of Library and Learning Services, Stacey Smith, says that both children’s bilingual books, learning tikanga and Te Reo books alike are popular amongst Aotearoa, particularly in Tamaki Makaurau.

Te Waha Nui

Celebrating Māori success through collaborative partnerships: Korowai Mokopuna

29 May 2024

Korowai Mokopuna upskills experienced teachers to become resource teachers, enhancing their capability with whānau, children, youth, teachers and other practitioners in Kōhanga Reo.

Massey University

Children's author sparks elemental shift in Cook Islands Māori

29 May 2024

A children’s book author is working to introduce new words into the Cook Islands Māori language, which if successful will make the Cook Islands the first Pasifika nation to expand their language into sciences such as physics, chemistry and biology.

Te Waha Nui

Google & PB Tech launch reo Māori Chromebook in NZ schools

28 May 2024

Google New Zealand, in partnership with PB Tech and the Māori Language Commission, has delivered 5,000 Chromebooks with a te reo Māori keyboard to students, promoting digital use of the language.

ChannelLife New Zealand

Revitalising te reo Māori on the West Coast

25 May 2024

“My offering, my koha for my grandchildren and my great-great-grandchildren... [is] for them to go to Te Tai Poutini, the West Coast, and see and hear both of their languages flourishing.“

The Press

Professor Rangi Mātāmua awarded NZ Order of Merit for services to Māori astronomy

24 May 2024

Sir Pou Temara, alongside an array of tohunga, led a hautapu ceremony at Te Papa to mark Matariki becoming an official holiday for the first time in 2022.

RNZ

Wellington City Council corrects Epuni Street to Hōniana Te Puni Street

24 May 2024

A new street sign was unveiled by Wellington City Council, Wellington Central MP Tamatha Paul, and direct descendants of chief Hōniana Te Puni on Thursday morning.

RNZ

Telling pūrākau through taonga pūoro

24 May 2024

Tōiriiri ai a oro rau i te wānanga Taonga Pūoro Māreikura ki Kirikiriroa Marae i ngā rangi tata nei. He tuatahitanga te kaupapa e whai nei kia whakaora, kia whakaū anō i te taonga pūoro mā roto mai i ngā kōrero tuku iho mō ngā atua wāhine.

Aukaha News

Ako I Te Reo: New app designed to contribute to revitalise te reo

23 May 2024

‘Ako I Te Reo' is a new app designed by Manurewa High School students, aimed at contributing towards the revitalisation of te reo Māori.

Te Karere

Music as a vessel for Maori and Welsh language revitalisation

22 May 2024

“Ki au nei i māmā i ētahi wā ki te rāranga i nga reo e rua ki te takapou o ngā waiata, i waihangatia i auahatia. Nā reira, i runga i tērā, i tino kitea i te ataahuatanga, i te āhua reka o te mahi tahitanga.

Te Ao Māori News

World-first Māori reading books pave the way for other indigenous languages

22 May 2024

Auckland Libraries has released six picture books with a VOX reader that uses Māori.

Te Ao Māori News

'Pretty emotional': Bay-born sparkie and teacher team up for kids' book

20 May 2024

What started as a drive to learn te reo Māori has led to a bilingual journal for kids.

NZ Herald

Wahine Māori set to lead global public health body

20 May 2024

The inauguration will for the first time include indigenous processes and protocols, including an acknowledgement of the past president, a tikanga Māori process in te reo Māori to formally deliver Rawson-Te Patu into the presidency, and haka and waiata.

New Zealand Doctor

Dedicated Māori #rangatahi, emerges as a beacon of cultural revitalization.

19 May 2024

Te Kanawa Wilson, showcasing unwavering commitment to excellence in Te Ao Māori.

Aukaha News

Reason to feel hopeful about Aotearoa

19 May 2024

What an uplifting weekend. Believe in a bicultural, bilingual, collaborative Aotearoa.

E-Tangata

Fanning the flames beyond Matariki

19 May 2024

Fundamentally, Matariki is about three things: Remembering the people who have died since the last rising of Matariki, coming together to feast, connect and celebrate who we are, and planning for the year ahead in the hopes of a bright and prosperous future.

E-Tangata

Isla Huia: Sometimes writing is all you can do

19 May 2024

I teach te reo and then I’m a dean the rest of the time. But I haven’t really had a way to share my writing because I’m in a te reo space more than a writing space.

E-Tangata

Te Rauhiringa Brown: How Dame Hinewehi Mohi found her voice

18 May 2024

Many mentors helped Dame Hinewehi on her journey but two people in particular fired her passion for music and te reo Māori, reports Te Rauhiringa Brown.

1News

Teaching te reo growing confidence in children

18 May 2024

A Palmerston North school is seeing an improvement in children’s results in its new bilingual Māori language classroom.

Stuff

Special artwork of Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi created for Kindercare ki Paraparaumu

17 May 2024

The centre’s tamariki have written a song about Kahe’s swim and translated their waiata into te reo Māori which they are learning.

Te Ao Māori News

Name change likely for Riverton park

17 May 2024

“The previous name had no alignment with anything, it was just that it was a misspelling of the term (Kohikohi) which was one of the chief’s daughter’s names.”

Otago Daily Times

Māui Barbers in Rotorua open for fades and safe space for men’s health

17 May 2024

Tikanga Māori is an important part of the business’s DNA, opening each morning with karakia and encouraging each other to kōrero in their native tongue and boast in their own cultures as each haircutting station proudly flies their home flags.

Te Ao Māori News

Iwi pledges to use only te reo Māori to communicate with Govt

17 May 2024

“It really encouraged us to look at our use of te reo Māori on an everyday basis. It made us look at how we communicate with others, including the Government, and this seemed like a natural progression,” she said.

Newsroom

Tā Pou Temara wins first Māori language book honour at Ockham Book Awards

16 May 2024

Judge Paraone Gloyne (Raukawa ki Wharepūhunga, Ngāti Maniapoto) says the book is a valuable account exploring the big questions about the Tūhoe men and women who went to fight with Ngāti Maniapoto in the battle of Ōrākau during the New Zealand Wars.

Te Ao Māori News

Navy staff haka out the old rear admiral and welcome in the new commodore

16 May 2024

Navy staff performed a rousing haka to farewell their chief David Proctor and welcome in the new acting boss, Andrew Brown.

Te Ao Māori News

Hi Tech Awards to recognise Māori achievement

16 May 2024

“We’ve got Māori in NASA doing some amazing mahi, we’ve got Māori who are doing the digitisation of their pūrākau for their hapū and iwi.”

Te Ao Māori News

E topa ana a Ngāti Whakaue ki Monte Cassino, Itāria

15 May 2024

Kua topa te kapa haka o Ngāti Whakaue me ōna koeke ki Itāria, ki reira whakamaharatia ai te parekuratanga o te tini, i te pakanga nui o Monte Cassino, e waru tekau tau ki muri.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Poho o Hinekahukura off to Te Matatini

15 May 2024

Community leader, education stalwart and former sportswoman Dame June Mariu is the centrepiece of Te Poho o Hinekahukura and it is she who was celebrated this year.

Te Ao Māori News

Poi boy learns viral poi in a day!

15 May 2024

The 15 year-old has mastered the regional poi of Tāmaki Makaurau senior kapa, Angitū, and released his version on Tik Tok the following day.

Te Ao Māori News

Tauira of tomorrow showcase their oratory skills at Te Arawa Manu Kōrero regionals

15 May 2024

Te reo Māori is her first language, but, for Atareta Milne-Maxwell, she took on the challenge of competing in the Te Arawa Manu Kōrero regionals speaking in her second language - English.

Aukaha News

Demand for te reo Māori met with large development in Karangahake

15 May 2024

A new Māori language sanctuary is being built in the middle of the Karangahake gorge to cater to the growing demand for te reo Māori amongst both Māori and non-Māori.

Aukaha News

8 Memorable te reo Māori Songs

15 May 2024

To celebrate it being NZ Music Month, check out a selection of top tracks sung in te reo Māori by Stan Walker, Lorde and more.

Rolling Stone Australia

SOUNZ Launching Hōtaka Māori Online June 5th!

15 May 2024

Get ready for the exciting online reveal of three series from SOUNZ Hōtaka Māori from June 5 2024! June 5th 2024 will be an unforgettable celebration of the release of our highly anticipated Hōtaka Māori.

NZ Music Commission

The cage fighter who became a teacher who became a writer

14 May 2024

In August, it will take him to the release of his second book Pātea Boys, a collection of short stories in English and te reo Maori.

The Post

Grace foundation haka rōpū capture hearts of audiences at regionals

13 May 2024

One group that shot to fame over the weekend at the Auckland kapa haka regionals was none other than Aroha Noa from the Grace Foundation.

Te Karere

Who's the wannabe Māori now, Mum?

12 May 2024

From that point on, Mum started watching Hōmai Te Pakipaki. It became her favourite programme. She also watched Te Karere and Matatini. She struggled to understand any of it, but it helped her familiarise herself with Māori culture and language.

E-Tangata

Fires burning in their throats

12 May 2024

“We’re committed to opening the stage to exciting and confronting kōrero from Māori creators, thinkers and change-makers with fires burning in their throats. Fires that burn even more urgently today.”

E-Tangata

Piki te Ora: Hira Nathan and Jessie Eyre’s new hauora journal for tamariki

12 May 2024

Hira Nathan's bilingual gratitude journal is a best-seller, now he's co-authored a new hauora book especially for tamariki with teacher friend Jessie Eyre from reo Māori classes.

Te Ao Māori News

40 years ago, Poi E topped NZ’s charts for a month straight

12 May 2024

When Pātea Māori Club’s Poi E hit number one on the NZ charts in March 1984, a position it would end up holding for a month, producer Dalvanius Prime wept.

Te Ao Māori News

Ngāpuhi descendant flying off to NASA

11 May 2024

Axl Rogers grew up in West Auckland and spent his childhood on the porch with his Nana observing the stars. Now he's off to NASA.

Te Ao Māori News

Students learn to sign pepeha for New Zealand Sign Language Week

10 May 2024

It’s New Zealand Sign Language Week and students from Kelston Intermediate have been learning to sign their pepeha. “An Aotearoa where anyone can sign anywhere” is this year’s theme emphasising inclusivity and accessibility in communication.

Stuff

Mike McRoberts calls new job ‘an opportunity to shape the narrative’

10 May 2024

Born to a Ngāti Kahungunu father and a Pākehā mother, McRoberts was raised with little connection to Māori culture and once said he experienced anxiety just saying “kia ora” at the top of the news.

Te Ao Māori News

Kōhanga reo stalwart honoured

10 May 2024

Letty Brown dedicates her MNZM to all Māori children that champion the Māori language, customs and Māoridom.

Te Ao Māori News

Tahitian relatives meet with wharekura on how to bring their culture to life back home

10 May 2024

A Nui Taputaputaea met with Te Wharekura o te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere in search of 'How - How can we bring our culture to life on our henua for our tamari’i?'

Aukaha News

Kea Kids: Māori Minecraft competition builds community through creativity

09 May 2024

We’re at Te Ahi Orokohanga, where over 140 kids are competing in a Minecraft speed-building competition entirely in Te Reo Māori!

NZ Herald

Kura Kaupapa Māori, where Rangatira are made

09 May 2024

After being immersed in te āo Māori throughout his life, Hikawai Te Nahu reflects on how his kura kaupapa Māori roots have held stong as he navigated the world of mainstream tertiary education.

University of Auckland

Matariki drone light show at Rotorua Lakefront as part of Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival

09 May 2024

“Learning the story of Matariki and collaborating as artists, the oldest and youngest indigenous peoples of the world, has been the beating heart of this project - a beautiful opportunity for cross-cultural connectivity”.

Te Ao Māori News

University Associate Professor committed to reo Māori journey

08 May 2024

She has seen her tamariki involved in Māori kaupapa through their schooling and sees the relevance in establishing a better understanding of te ao Māori as a parent and resident in Aotearoa, as well as with her mahi as an Associate Professor.

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

Wharekura students take out rangatahi award at Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2024

08 May 2024

Wharekura students in Wellington are combining te reo and mātauranga Māori to help protect sites of significance and educate visiting manuhiri in their rohe.

RNZ

Māori lecturers say mispronunciation of te reo remains a significant issue in New Zealand

08 May 2024

“Practice makes perfect. If you learn a language as an adult, it is very, very difficult to pronounce things as perfectly as a native speaker, but you can get up to a very, very good standard,” says Keegan.

Te Waha Nui

Palmerston North student’s race unity speech makes impact

07 May 2024

The words of a Rangitāne rangatira rang out across the crowd as Palmerston North Boys’ High School Race Unity Speech Awards finalist Leo Mwape shared his kōrero for how Aotearoa can unite.

Stuff

Rotorua real estate agent offers te reo signs in bid to encourage Māori homeowners

06 May 2024

The 27-year-old real estate agent with First National Rotorua has decided to use te reo on some of her marketing signs, and says her policy is to empower indigenous homeowners by working within a kanohi-ki-te-kanohi (face-to-face) model.

Te Ao Māori News

Tikanga Māori and the rights and obligations of free speech

05 May 2024

The whakataukī, “He tao rākau e taea te karo; he tao kōrero, e kore e taea te karo. The taiaha can be parried, but words go straight to the heart,” is a reminder to take care with how we speak to each other and what we say.

E-Tangata

Ngāhuia Murphy: The mana and mātauranga of wāhine Māori

05 May 2024

I discovered, through examining karakia, mōteatea iwi, navigational and cosmological stories and histories, that our tīpuna celebrated the arrival of te awa atua...

E-Tangata

Anna Coddington – ‘Kātuarehe’

04 May 2024

The track and album both move effortlessly from te reo Māori to English, bringing a sound which Coddington herself dubbed “Māori funk”.

NZ Music Commission

‘Promise, I’m on the right show’: Reo Māori speaking comedian excited for NZ Comedy Festival debut

04 May 2024

Wellington comedian Hoani Hotene says he might look like an 'angry marshmallow' but Māori audiences have been 'unreal' to him and Pākehā have been 'down' with his reo Māori jokes.

Te Ao Māori News

What’s in an ingoa?

04 May 2024

We have a long way to go to get close to parity with honourable te reo Māori naming practices relating to public and public-facing buildings and locations. But he mihi nui ki Kāi Tahu for sharing their knowledge and allowing it to lead us into the future.

Otago Daily Times

Culinary queen Raukura Huata shows off kai Māori one TikTok at a time

04 May 2024

From dining in fine restraunts to smoking pig brains in her back yard, Raukura Huata is using her social media platforms to encourage more whānau to be more adventurous.

Te Ao Māori News

Jordyn With A Why nominated at Aotearoa Music Awards

03 May 2024

The soulful singing from the Whāingaroa artist has been moving up in the charts and her nomination for "Te Manu Taki Māori o te tau" award at this year's Aotearoa Music Awards just proves how far she has come.

Te Karere

Kura Reo held in East Coast, Tokomaru

03 May 2024

Over the weekend a Kura Reo Taiao was held at Pākirikiri Marae In the East Coast, Tokomaru Bay.

Te Karere

New programme encouraging prison inmates to turn their lives around

03 May 2024

Ama Training Group is working together with inmates from Pāremoremo Prison, with the intent of helping them find employment upon their release. However, it's not only about upskilling but also about changing their lives in a positive way.

Te Karere

Mōtai Tangata Rau rule

03 May 2024

Ao Māori presenter Peata Melbourne said the Ngāti Raukawa group told stories of their ancestors in te reo Māori with excellence.

Te Awamutu News

Māori music artist Stan Walker talks singing in his native tongue

02 May 2024

"When I first started out in Australia, my culture was kind of banned in terms of like the industry, because it wasn't seen as sellable, and they didn't understand it, so I wasn't allowed to be myself," Walker told HPR. "To be able to sing in my native tongue has been a journe...

Hawai'i Public Radio

Kōrero podcast celebrates Māori culture

01 May 2024

"Whether you’re a fluent te reo Māori speaker or just starting your journey, Kōrero welcomes everyone to join the conversation and learn more about our beautiful language and heritage.”

Radio Info

Otago’s rebrand includes aim to be a Tiriti-led university by 2040

01 May 2024

This morning the University of Otago held a ceremony to launch a new reo Māori name and tohu that was made in collaboration with mana whenua Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou.

Te Ao Māori News

Song You Need to Know: Geneva AM, 'Pikipiki'

01 May 2024

Geneva AM’s latest waiata, “Pikipiki”, kicks off with the deep, oceanic sound of a conch, summoning ancestral strength. With guest harmonies, it sets a lively tone for NZ Music Month / Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa, celebrating local innovation and the power of te reo Māori.

Rolling Stone Australia

Petone name change to Pito One under consideration by NZ Geographic Board

30 Apr 2024

The area was once a pā of Te Āti Awa but the traditional name was misspelt during colonial settlement.

RNZ

Learning te reo 'good for mind and soul'

29 Apr 2024

It connects us with people for whom that language is important. If we have Māori ancestory it connects us with our family identity; if we have Pākehā ancestors, it connects us with those settlers way back who often needed to speak some Māori.”

NZ Herald

Ariana Stevens wants te reo Māori to thrive

29 Apr 2024

Ariana Stevens founded Reo Māori Mai in 2018 to help people connect with te ao Māori through the reo. On Friday she was awarded Tū Rangatira, the supreme award at the Ngā Tohu Reo Māori awards.

The Spinoff

Three prominent wāhine awarded lifetime achievement awards at Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2024

27 Apr 2024

Kahurangi Rangimarie Naida Glavish DNZM. JP (Ngāti Whātua), Tini Molyneux (Ngāi Tūhoe) and Kuini Moehau Reedy (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Mate) won lifetime achievement awards.

Te Ao Māori News

‘Kanikani music with a kaupapa’: Māori artist Rei just dropped his new 'haka rap' song ‘Toitū’

26 Apr 2024

Tāmaki Makarau based singer/rapper Rei (Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Pākeha) premiered his new track ‘Toitū’ last night. It’s a reo rap/dance music song that’s about upholding the treaty and keeping the mana during times when the Māori culture seems at risk.

Mai FM

Cyber skills programme for tamariki recognised at Māori Language Awards

26 Apr 2024

A not-for-profit that is helping tamariki to be safe online is among those recognised at this year's Ngā Tohu Reo Māori (Māori Language Awards).

RNZ

Kura students navigate path to entrepreneurship

23 Apr 2024

Approximately 50 students are participating in the Young Navigators seminar, aimed at nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit among Māori and Pasifika youth.

Te Ao Māori News

Stories of te taiao inspire Aro

23 Apr 2024

Bilingual folk duo Charles and Emily Looker have released their fourth album as Aro.

Te Ao Māori News

Digital projection replaces Te Papa’s defaced Treaty of Waitangi panel

23 Apr 2024

“Now what we’ve got is a five minute moving version, it walks people through first Governor Hobson’s draft, then the te reo Māori Treaty, and then Sir Hugh Kawharu’s 1988 version,” said museum co-leader Courtney Johnston.

The Post

My grandad told me not to learn te reo Māori – and who could blame him?

21 Apr 2024

Shamed and punished for speaking his native language, Grandad wanted to show Pākehā that he could succeed in their world.

1News

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei names Emirates Team New Zealand’s new boat

19 Apr 2024

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei presented the name ‘Taihoro’ to the boat Emirates Team New Zealand will use in the 37th America’s Cup defense.

Te Ao Māori News

Te Matau a Māui waka hourua: Rangatahi carry the mantle after epic South Island voyage

19 Apr 2024

Coupled with a roaring haka from the shore, it was undoubtedly an emotional return to Ahuriri Napier for those on board the Te Matau a Māui waka hourua, the double-hulled voyaging canoe, with many young people having completed their first voyage.

Te Ao Māori News