Māori Language Week 2009 makes a mark

3 August 2009

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Māori Language Week 2009 makes a mark

It was hard to miss that last week was Māori Language Week. Māori Language Week was celebrated at an unprecedented level this year. “Māori Language Week was on all television channels, radio stations and print media throughout the country. More than 300 media hits have been recorded so far on Māori language media coverage this month”, says Huhana Rokx, Chief Executive of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission).

“Our office has been overwhelmed with positive and encouraging feedback about the coverage of Māori Language Week this year, with many saying it would be great to have this every week of the year. That is our next challenge to have this level of Māori language broadcasting as the norm for Aotearoa,” says Huhana. Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.

Māori Language Week 2009 saw the announcement of Katerina Te Heikōkō Mataira as the recipient of the 2009 Linguapax Award and He Pātaka Kupu the monolingual Māori language dictionary published by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori winning the Māori Language category of the Montana Book Awards.

“These are important achievements and help increase the profile and status of te reo Māori in wider New Zealand. Māori Language Week has drawn to another successful conclusion”, says Huhana Rokx.

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Te 3 o Hereturikōkā 2009

He Pānui Papaho

Kei runga noa atu ngā mahi mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2009

Kāore e kore i mōhio katoa te motu ko te Wiki o te Reo Māori te wiki ka taha ake nei. Kātahi anō hoki ka eke ngā mahi whakanui i te Wiki o te Reo Māori ki tēnei taumata. Hei tā Huhana Rokx, te Tumuaki o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, “Me pēhea hoki e mahue? I runga hoki i ngā hongere pouaka whakaata katoa, ngā reo irirangi katoa me ngā mahi tānga, huri noa i te motu. Neke atu i te 300 ngā whakapānga atu ki ngā pāpāhotanga reo Maori i tēnei marama

Kāore i ārikarika te nui o ngā kōrero papai i hoki mai e pā ana ki ngā mahi pāpāho i te Wiki o te Reo Māori i tēnei tau, me te kī ake a te tokomaha, ka tino pai rawa atu mēnā ka tu ēnei mahi i ngā wiki katoa o te tau. Hei tā Huhana o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, “Koinei rā, te mānuka hei kawe ake mā mātou, ko te whai kia noho tonu tēnei taumata pāpāhotanga reo Maori hei mea tūturu ki Aotearoa nei.”

I puta he pānui i te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2009 mō te whiwhinga o Katerina Te Heikōkō Mataira i te tohu a Linguapax 2009 me te toa anō o He Pātaka Kupu, te papakupu kei te reo Māori anahe a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, i te wāhanga reo Māori o ngā Whakawhiwhinga Tohu Pukapuka a Montana.

E ai anō kī a Huhana Rokx, “He nui whakaharahara ēnei mea hei hiki ake i te āhua me te mana o te reo Māori i te motu whānui. Kua tutuki pai anō tētahi Wiki o te Reo Māori.”

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