Kua timata Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! Māori Language Week has begun!

September 12, 2022

Photo: Te Papa.

Māori Language Week has begun!

Māori Language Week celebrates the presentation of the Māori Language Petition to parliament on 14 September 1972. 

50 years ago rangatahi from Ngā Tamatoa, Te Reo Māori Society and Te Huinga Rangatahi collected 30,000 signatures calling for te reo Māori to be taught in all schools. 

A national commemorative event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition being presented will be held at Parliament on 14 September. 

Whakaahua: Te Papa.

Kua timata Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori! 

E whakatāiri ana Te Wiki o te Reo Māori i te tāpaenga o te Petihana Reo Māori ki te aroaro o te whare pāremata i te 14 o Mahuru 1972. 

Ka tū ake ngā taiohi mai i Ngā Tamatoa, mai i Te Rōpū Reo Māori me Te Huinga Rangatahi, i runga anō i te tautoko o ō rātou kaumātua, ki te whakatakoto i ngā ingoa o te hunga, e 30,000 te nui, e tono ana kia whakaakongia te reo Māori i roto i ngā kura katoa. 

Ā te 14 o Mahuru ka tū tētahi hui ā-motu ki te Whare Pāremata e whakanui ana i te huringa o te 50 tau mai i te whakatakotoranga o te petihana reo Māori.

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