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  2. Maori Language Act 1987 - Wikipedia

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    The Māori Language Act 1987 was a piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of New Zealand [2] that gave official language status to the Māori language (te reo Māori), and gave speakers a right to use it in legal settings such as courts.

  3. 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.

  4. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori - Wikipedia

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    The Māori Language Commission (Māori: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori) is an autonomous Crown entity in New Zealand set up under the Māori Language Act 1987 with the following functions:

  5. Lost in translation: How New Zealand’s plan for bilingual ...

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    Unlike in New Zealand, where the Maori people reached an agreement with the New Zealand government to preserve te reo Maori under the Maori Language Act 2016, he says the movement in Hawaii is ...

  6. New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use

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    New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the ...

  7. Māori language - Wikipedia

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    Bilingual sign at a railway station in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand has two de jure official languages: Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, [21] whereas New Zealand English acts as a de facto official language. [22] [23] Te reo Māori gained its official status with the passing of the Māori Language Act 1987. [24]

  8. Languages of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual sign outside the National Library of New Zealand uses the contemporary Māori name for New Zealand, Aotearoa. The Māori language of the indigenous Māori people has been an official language by statute since 1987, with rights and obligations to use it defined by the Maori Language Act 1987. [24]

  9. FACT CHECK: Was A Vote In New Zealand Parliament ... - AOL

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    Members of Parliament in New Zealand representing the Maori people, labeled as Te Pāti Māori, interrupted a reading of the ‘Treaty Principles Bill’ on Thursday, November 14th.