Race Relations
Māori Language Week
He wāhanga nui Te Wiki o te Reo Māori ki roto i te wātaka o Aotearoa mai i te tau 1975. E mahi tahi ana te Kāhui Tika Tangata me Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Te Puni Kōkiri ki te whakatairanga i te wiki hei whai wāhitanga mō ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa ki te whakanui i te Reo Māori me Karawhiua, arā, kia ākona me te whakamahi i ngā rerenga kōrero maha i roto i ngā mahi o ia rā. E whakanuia te Reo Māori hei wāhanga ahurei mō tō tātau tuakiritanga hei tāngata o Aotearoa, tētahi āhuatanga e whakakotahi nei i a tātau me te whakanui i tō tātau ahurea tuku iho.
Ko ngā rā mō te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2012 ko te 23-29 o Hōngongoi. Ko Arohatia te Reo te kupu kua whakarewahia hei tāhuhu mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori i tēnei tau, e mea ana kia kaha tā tātou rauhī, tā tātou maimoa i te reo. Ko te wawata, kia kitea e tēnā, e tēnā he mahi, he ara e whakaatu ai ia i tōna aroha ki te reo. Ahakoa ko wai, ahakoa nō whea, ahakoa kei whea e noho ana, e mahi ana, tēnei Te Taura Whiri te whakatenatena nei i te motu whānui kia hāpai ake i te kaupapa nei. Kimihia he kaupapa hei poipoi, hei whakanui, hei kōrero i te reo, kia eke ai te kōrero, āe mārika, e arohatia ana tō tātou reo Māori.
Pēhia I konei here ka heria koe ki ngā paetukutuku mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori .
Mehemea ka hiahia koe ki te ārohi i te tāhuhu kōrero mo te reo Māori me tana whakaora, me te whakataunga take Tiriti e pā ana ki Te Reo, haere ki kōnei visit the New Zealand History Online website.
Māori Language Week has been a feature of the New Zealand calendar since 1975. The Human Rights Commission works with Te Taurawhiri i te Reo Māori and Te Puni Kokiri to promote the week as an opportunity for all New Zealanders to celebrate Te Reo Māori and to Give it a Go to learn and use more Māori phrases in everyday life. Te Reo Māori is celebrated as a unique feature of our identity as New Zealanders, something that brings us together and celebrates our heritage.
The dates for Māori Language Week 2012 are 23-29 July. Arohatia te Reo is the theme for Māori Language Week 2012. Arohatia te Reo, means to cherish the language and this year it is intended to encourage all people to demonstrate their love and regard for the language. No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you do, we encourage the whole nation to find a way to express how and in what ways they use, honour, speak and thereby show their love for the language.
Click here to go to the website for Māori Language Week.
If you want to find out more about the history of te reo Māori and its regeneration, as well as the landmark Treaty of Waitangi claim on te reo, you can visit the New Zealand History Online website.