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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
Te Māngai Pāho (the Māori Broadcast Funding Agency) is the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for the promotion of the Māori language and Māori culture by providing funding for Māori-language programming on radio and television. In 1989 the Broadcasting Act established the Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi.
Pānia Christine Papa ONZM (born 30 May 1970) is a former netball player who played on two occasions for the New Zealand national netball team.She is now an advocate for the preservation of te reo Māori, the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.
Tereora was born on the island of Manihiki. [3] She was sent to Rarotonga in 1944 for schooling, where she became involved in the Girl Guides. [4] In 1954 she travelled to New Zealand to train as a teacher, then returned to the Cook Islands, where she taught at Avarua School, Manihiki, Atiu, Nikao School and Tereora College. [5]
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").
In 1979, Te Hemara joined the Māori Affairs Department with the Māori Language Commission, a result of her work. [11] [2] She formed the first Māori Business and Professional Association in 1980 and organised Te Kopu Designers' Award for Māori designers in 1984. [3] [9] [2] Te Hemara married Syd Jackson in 1961. Together they raised two ...
Hato Petera College was established to support Maori Catholic children of modest backgrounds. A student's Māori-Catholic background, Māori socio-economic background, and " whanau connection through history to the kāinga " [ 23 ] were among the factors considered in accepting an enrolment.
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.