The Conversation

Language is a ‘central element in being Māori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point

Since the start of this year, all New Zealand schools have been required to use structured literacy to teach reading and writing – including the country’s 310 primary and intermediate Māori-medium ...
The Conversation

Making te reo Māori cool: what language revitalisation could learn from the Korean Wave

Editor’s note: this article marks Māori Language Week/Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. You can read the full article in Māori here. Earlier this year, I met an Aucklander whose teenage passion for K-pop ...
Associated Press

Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On the eve of New Zealand’s Māori language celebration week, the country’s right-wing political leaders ordered public agencies to stop affirmative action policies for ...
Scoop

Cook Islands Community Turns To Full Immersion Education To Save Māori Language

The Cook Islands community celebrated the launch of the first full immersion Te Reo Māori Kuki Airani primary school in Rarotonga. Te Papa Apii Rutaki (new name of the school) is now teaching entirely ...