te reo Maori
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Industry Voices
Growing future Māori leaders the focus of new programme
“Students will realise an in-depth level of mātauranga Māori, a high level of te reo Māori and strong leadership skills.…
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Activities
New app brings history and te reo alive
Intended as a resource for primary school classrooms, Ko Wiriwiri rāua ko Kina draws on the history of the first…
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Education
Progress on integrating te reo Māori into education
“Our Government has set an ambitious goal to integrate te reo Māori into education in early learning and schools by…
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News
Op-Ed: Out of the mouths of babes
How can we create a more level educational playing field for children in Aotearoa New Zealand whose home language is…
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Administration
Op-Ed: Te Reo Māori and Aotearoa history should be taught in all New Zealand schools
"In the heart of Te Urewera forest, I am surrounded by my elders, speaking an ancient language passed down from…
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Administration
53% of us want te reo Māori taught in primary schools
More than half of New Zealanders say te reo Māori should be a core subject in primary schools, Stats NZ…
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Administration
Please become a teacher; gov’t launches new ad campaign
A new TV campaign to grow the number of teachers and te reo Māori teachers has been launched, sharing real stories…
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Administration
From te reo Māori Fortnite games to a shortage of reo Māori teachers, sector responds to #MāoriLanguageWeek
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa will be part of a Fortnite event on Wednesday at 7pm, where top players will be…
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Administration
Mispronunciation, poor grammar and difficulties with tikanga: Arguments against compulsory learning
Continuing to discuss compulsory te reo Māori through the framework of de Bono’s hats, Alice Patrick delves into the failure of…
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Administration
Torbay School pilots student-led Te Reo Māori
The student-led te Reo Māori pilot is the brainwave of teacher Sam Boriboun, whose wife Roimata Smail created Wai Ako, “I…
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Teaching Resources
Affirming Māori students as Māori: Kapa haka in mainstream schools
Creating opportunities for kapa haka is one way that schools can increase their cultural responsiveness to Māori students – so…
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News
Educators welcome proposal to put Te Reo on core curriculum
Teachers' union NZEI Te Riu Roa has welcomed a new report that outlines a plan for Te Reo Māori to become a…
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Education
Starting with kia ora, the journey to correct pronunciation
Worried about your pronunciation of te reo Māori? Don’t let fear hold you back from giving it a go. As…
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Teaching Resources
The benefits of learning te reo Māori
Learning te reo Māori creates a sense of belonging (tūrangawaewae) and a sense of pride in coming from Aotearoa. It…
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Teaching Resources
Supporting Māori language revitalisation in English medium schools
English medium teachers have an important role to play in the revitalisation of te reo Māori, says reo Māori advisor…
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Education
Teachers’ unions want te reo Māori taught in all schools
Teachers' unions NZEI Te Riu Roa and PPTA Te Huarahi are backing the the Green Party's goal for te reo…
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News
Māori language revitalisation model being used in Brazil
Indigenous children in southern Brazil have been twirling poi while learning how to nurture their own indigenous language with the…
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News
Science in te reo Māori – Akoranga pūtaiao i roto i te reo
In a day of science held primarily in te reo Māori, students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna…
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News
Nominations open for Māori Language Awards
Educators have until September 14 to nominate colleagues who are raising the status of te reo Maori for a Māori…
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