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Breathing life into te reo Māori documents
21 Sep 2024The Detail: Auckland City Library takes visitors on a trip back in time with a display that includes the first efforts to write down the Māori language.
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Language advocate Hēmi Kelly on what Te Wiki o te Reo Māori means to him
20 Sep 2024The TAHI podcast spoke with Hēmi Kelly about his te reo Māori haerenga and aspirations for the next 50 years of the language in Aotearoa. Audio
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Te Matatini: An economic boom expected for New Plymouth
20 Sep 2024Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 Te Matatini festival.
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'If it gets here, it's too late': Alarm bell over invasive clam
24 Sep 2024Whanganui River iwi are banding together with councils, DOC and others to avert a potential biosecurity disaster.
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Death of an iwi radio stalwart: Cyril Chapman
24 Sep 2024Cyril Chapman came to national prominence in 1975, when he was tasked with the carrying of the pou whenua during the national hikoi led by Dame Whina Cooper.
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Bill changing customary title rules passes first reading
25 Sep 2024A bill unwinding changes that made it easier for iwi to be granted customary marine title has passed its first reading in Parliament.
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ACT concerned by university's travel funding guidelines
AUT's policy gives academics who identify as Māori and Pasifika preference when applying for travel.
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'Bold move': Auckland uni making course covering Treaty compulsory
19 Sep 2024Waipapa Taumata Rau will teach knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand history and skills such as methods of thinking. Audio
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Iwi buys the Wairoa Star newspaper
19 Sep 2024The Independent newspaper is set to return in October under the new ownership. Audio
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Cafe offers discounts for customers ordering in te reo
21 Sep 2024"We've had all kinds of people give it a go, we've had foreigners, we've had tourists, we've had people who only speak a little bit of English give it a go."
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Wā Pātai: Māori language week at Parliament
The House - Parliament was buzzing with te reo this week - but how common is this, really? Audio
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Supreme Court orders govt to pay in advance for Māori coastline appeal
In a rare decision, the country's top court has told the Crown it must give advance financial support to a group of hapū challenging it.
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Ngāi tahu country artist through to The Voice Australia
19 Sep 2024From Westport to the world stage: Shingleton says he's proud to be representing Ngāi Tahu and Māori. Video
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Aotearoa's best te reo speakers vie for $10k prize
18 Sep 2024Some of the nation's best speakers will descend on Te Whanganui a Tara this weekend to flex their te reo muscles. Audio
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Te reo Māori needs to go digital to survive - innovator
18 Sep 2024A Māori tech innovator and language revitalist wants to see te reo Māori thrive in-person and digitally.
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What goes on inside a te reo-only stand-up comedy show
18 Sep 2024Bringing te reo outside the classroom is the goal of the reo Māori stand-up comedy show Tainapu.
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Syphilis hitting Māori and Pasifika the hardest
17 Sep 2024Rates of the disease are on the rise and hitting Māori and Pasifika the hardest.
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The one word NZ experts aren't happy to see added to the Oxford English Dictionary
19 Sep 2024Waka jumper, mahi and chilly bin are among a list of common Kiwi phrases being added. Audio
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The teamwork that solved a life-and-death puzzle
19 Sep 2024It's been almost 30 years since a team joined forces to investigate a type of stomach cancer, and they have helped saved thousands of lives along the way.
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Funding cuts could see 'significant change' for Whakaata Māori
Its chief executive says the organisation is looking "at everything possible" to achieve cost savings and ensure the next 20 years for Whakaata Māori.
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Stacey Morrison: 'Please don't be embarrassed about using te reo Māori around me'
15 Sep 2024Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) has kicked off with the official theme of Ake Ake Ake - A Forever Language. Video, Audio
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Iwi believed first indigenous group to name a genome sequence
15 Sep 2024It's hoped the move will help to bring a critically endangered plant back from the brink of extinction.
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Iwi 'disgusted' by Kaipara District Council scrapping Māori ward
14 Sep 2024"I really don't believe that they give a hoot about Te Tiriti o Waitangi," one critic says.
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Kapa haka festival for Taranaki children celebrates 30 years
14 Sep 2024Te Huihuinga o Ngā Tātarakihi was established in 1994, and is now run by Rangimokai Knuckey and other volunteer kaiako.
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