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The English word Maori is a borrowing from the Māori language, where it is spelled Māori.In New Zealand, the Māori language is often referred to as te reo [tɛ ˈɾɛ.ɔ] ("the language"), short for te reo Māori ("the Māori language").
Around the time the Google in Your Language programme began, Craig Nevill-Manning, the New Zealand computer scientist who developed Froogle reached out to a former colleague at Waikato University, Dr. Te Taka Keegan, with the idea of translating Google into Māori. While working on his doctorate, Te Taka began the translation effort in his ...
To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Whittaker's released a special edition version of their milk chocolate, rebranded as Miraka Kirīmi (creamy milk) in te reo. [30] The rebranding caused widescale controversy due to racist backlash criticising the rebranding, and sparked a response to support the naming of the chocolate bar in te reo.
te reo the Māori language (literally, 'the language') tiki stylised representation of a male human, found in Māori artwork and carving tino rangatiratanga a political term, sometimes translated as "chieftainship," but most accurately rendered as "(complete) sovereign authority", a right promised to Māori in the Treaty of Waitangi tukutuku
Te akataka reo Rarotonga; or, Rarotongan and English grammar by the Rev Aaron Buzacott of the London Missionary Society, Rarotonga. 1854. Old grammar in english and Rarotongan "Tuatua mai!" Learn Cook Islands Maori; Te Reo Maori Act 2003; SBS Cook Islands Maori Radio Program. Archived 2017-11-26 at the Wayback Machine Updated each week
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.
The article te 'the' can be pronounced as in unstressed environments, sounding identical to its English translation. [8] Sometimes /k/ is voiced to [ɣ] in unstressed syllables. [8] The place of articulation of /h/ is affected by the following front vowel: hī ('to fish') is pronounced as [çiː], with the palatal .
Early claims included the "Te Reo Māori" claim. [14] As a result of the Tribunal's report into the claim, in 1987 the government made Te Reo Māori an official language of New Zealand, and established the Maori Language Commission to foster it. The pivotal issue considered by the Tribunal was whether a language could be considered a "treasure ...