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  2. John Moorfield - Wikipedia

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    John Cornelius Moorfield QSO (18 October 1943 – 19 May 2018), also known as Te Murumāra, was a New Zealand academic whose expertise was in the teaching of the Māori language. His work, including the publication of resources for learners of the language, contributed to the language's revitalisation.

  3. Māori language - Wikipedia

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    te DEF. SG tamariki child. PL te tamariki DEF.SG child.PL "children (in general)" as opposed to ngā DEF. PL tamariki child. PL ngā tamariki DEF.PL child.PL "the (specific group of) children" In other syntactic environments, the definite article may be used to introduce a noun-phrase which is pragmatically indefinite due to the restrictions on the use of he as discussed below. The indefinite ...

  4. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Wikipedia

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    At midday on 14 September 2021, te Wiki o te Reo Māori was celebrated with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Moment, where over 1.1 million people pledged to use te reo at the same time. [17] [18] On the same day, the Māori Party launched a petition to change the country's name to Aotearoa. [19]

  5. Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty ...

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    In a joint statement earlier, opposition parties Labour, Green and Te Pati Maori (the Maori Party) urged prime minister Christopher Luxon to block what they described as a “divisive” bill ...

  6. Māori language revival - Wikipedia

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    The Māori language revival is a movement to promote, reinforce and strengthen the use of the Māori language (te reo Māori).Primarily in New Zealand, but also in places with large numbers of expatriate New Zealanders (such as London and Melbourne), the movement aims to increase the use of Māori in the home, in education, government, and business.

  7. Maori Language Act 1987 - Wikipedia

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    The 1987 act was repealed on 30 April 2016 by section 48 of Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016 / Māori Language Act 2016, which updated the law. As a New Zealand first, there are two versions of the new act, one in Māori and the other in English, with section 12 stating that if there was any conflict in meaning between the two versions, the ...

  8. Maori Dialog Favored in Warner Bros’ New Zealand Series ...

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    Production has begun on “Tangata Pai,” a Warner Bros. Discovery-backed drama that claims to be the first primetime series in which 30% of the dialog will be in the Maori language. The eight ...

  9. List of English words of Māori origin - Wikipedia

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    kōhanga reo: Māori language preschool (literally 'language nest') kōrero: to talk; to speak Māori; story; Kura Kaupapa Māori: Māori language school; mana: influence, reputation — a combination of authority, integrity, power and prestige [10] Māoritanga: Māori culture, traditions, and way of life. Lit. Māoriness.