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Stace, Mike & Anika Moa - Māori Language Week - Making Mistakes
Stace, Mike & Anika discuss why making mistakes is actually very beneficial for learning. Stace says that the mistakes she made with the language are the ones she will never forget. Video / The Hits
Editorial: Te reo Māori, alive among us
Editorial: Throughout the week, we have a sprinkling of Māori across our daily lives.
'You've done well for a Māori': Mike Puru on te reo, identity and stereotypes
"We are all on our own unique journeys... the key is to just start."
Stace, Mike & Anika Moa - Māori Language Week - Tauranga NOT Towlranga
Stace, Mike & Anika talk about the first steps to learning and respecting the Māori Language. For Mike, he took his first step when he began to pronounce 'Tauranga' correctly. Video / The Hits
Stace, Mike & Anika Moa - Māori Language Week - Marae
Stace, Mike & Anika discuss the relationship they have with their Marae and why it is so important to stay in touch with their roots. Video / The Hits
Stace, Mike & Anika Moa - Māori Language Week - Next Generation
Stace, Mike & Anika discuss why it is so important to pass on the language and culture to the next generation. They talk about how the next generation have more resources than anyone before us to learn and experience the native language. Video / The Hits
What does it mean to be a Māori man in 2020?
Flava radio host Astley Nathan and the Kōrero100 panel discuss how it feels to be a Māori man in 2020.
Watch: What does it mean to be a Māori man in 2020?
Live from 8pm: The Kōrero100 panel discuss how it feels to be a Māori man in 2020.
New web tool let's you translate your name into Māori
You can now put your name into the site to see how it translates to te reo Māori.
Alien Weaponry release concert video for Māori Language Week
Waipū-based internationally-successful band release concert video for Māori Language Week.
Arohanoa Artistry - combining te reo, culture and business
The cultural influence of Arohanoa Mathews' work is obvious at first glance.
Local Focus: Reo Māori a core subject, replace Pākehā place names among policies
Waiariki candidates' differing views on Reo policy. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Celebrating Aokautere the great Rangitāne chief
Oho and Aareta say Aokautere for us. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Whanganui Kōhanga Reo building language revitalisation
It is "ka pai" to learn te reo at Te Heti Kōhanga Reo.
One space really crying out for te reo Māori that few may think about
Te reo Māori in this sphere connects so many people.
Local Focus: The island that's up a hill - Te Motu o Poutua
Oho and Aareta track down more Māori place names. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Te reo Māori is ready to take centre stage
Te reo Māori: A rich, textured, and multi-layered expression of culture, people and art.
The importance of te mita - dialects - o te reo Māori
"It acknowledges tūpuna, whakapapa, whanaungatanga - it is our reo."
Māori Party wants school expulsions banned for anyone under 16
Half of kids expelled from schools are Māori, matching the Māori share of prisoners.
Local Focus: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori embraces Manawatū
Oho and Aareta go down to the river. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
'I feel infinitely more settled in my own skin for having climbed aboard this waka reo'
Te reo Māori is a pathway for Pākehā to connect to and express our 'Aotearoatanga'.
Teuila Fuatai: My reflections on Te Reo
COMMENT: A Sāmoan New Zealander reflects on place of Te Reo in her life.
NZ's most mispronounced places, and what to do about it
'If we don't pronounce them correctly we lose the whakapapa, the stories behind them.'
New words keep te reo Māori alive - Hēmi Kelly
Since Māori set foot in Aotearoa, they have been in the business of creating new words.
Local Focus: Te Wiki o te Reo Māori kicks off in Ahimate
Oho and Aareta will have you saying Ahimate in no time. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tauranga Primary School aims to normalise use of te reo Māori
Māori Language Week 2020: Kia kaha te reo Māori.
'Some urgency': Claims Otago University tried to push admissions caps
Their proposal to cap admissions for Māori has been labelled misleading by critics.
The Crown's legacy of beating Māori children for speaking their reo
'This is the power of assimilation, of colonisation.'
What's in a name? More than you can imagine
Many of those in my generation were denied the gift of te reo as their first language.
Rawinia Higgins: Kia kaha te reo Māori
Comment: Today at 12pm, we invite the nation to join in sharing te reo Māori.
Support for academics over allegations of racism at Waikato University
But two professors admit it is still frightening to be Māori at the institution.
Support, criticism, confusion around Matariki as public holiday
Labour announced it would make Matariki a public holiday if it is re-elected in October.
Te Ururoa Flavell: Te reo Māori is again a thriving language
Comment: Demand for Māori language lessons continues to be strong.