Maori+Language+Week

Hooked on Te Reo Maori


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 * Māori** **Language** **Week** is a **week** where New Zealanders are encouraged to recognize and practice the **Māori** **language - Te Reo**.

In 2018, Māori Language Week will be celebrated from **Monday 10 September – Sunday 16 September** with the theme: '//Kia Kaha te reo Māori//' – "The theme was chosen following on from the success of the 2017 theme ‘Kia Ora te Reo Māori’. ‘Kia Kaha’ is well known in New Zealand English with its correct Māori meaning of ‘be strong’. We often talk about languages as if they are people – talking about language health, strength and revitalisation. So when we say ‘Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’ we’re saying - ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong'.


 * Resources**:

Ngā ngohe ā-ākonga - Student Activities
Let's make a hangi ||=  ||= Hooked on te reo Maori ||=  ||= Maori Alphabet ||
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Ideas for Maori Language Week
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= 2017 Theme: =

In 2017, Māori Language Week will be celebrated from **Monday 11 September – Sunday 17 September** with the theme: '//Kia ora te reo Māori//' – "The theme was chosen to celebrate New Zealand’s indigenous greeting, and also as the words ‘Kia Ora’ are an exact description of the intent of the new partnerships for te reo Māori revitalisation between the Crown and Māori under the new Māori Language Act 2016." - [|TKI]

- [|Ngā rauemi] - [|Hei Waiata, Hei Whakakoakoa] - [|Māori Myths, Legends and Contemporary Stories]
 * Resources 2017**:
 * -** [|Learning te reo Māori resources]

= = = 2016 Theme: =

In 2016, Māori Language Week will be celebrated from **Monday 4 July – Sunday 10 July** with the theme: '**//ākina te reo//**' – behind you all the way which is about using te reo Māori to support people, to inspire and to cheer on


 * 2016 Phrases of the week:** Audio files and PDF posters with QR codes

= 2015 Theme: =

In 2015, Māori Language Week will be celebrated from **Monday 27 July – Sunday 2 August** with the theme: **Ngā Mātua ****/ Whāngaihia te reo Māori ki ngā Mātua ** This theme will support parents to whāngai the language to their tamariki. We’ll develop helpful guidance on the use of Māori language in the home and will increase awareness of the benefits of bilingualism.

= 2014 Theme: =

In 2014, Māori Language Week will be celebrated from **Monday 21 – Sunday 27 July** with the theme: ‘//Te Kupu o te Wiki', The Word of the Week’.// Under this theme, a new Māori word will be highlighted each week for fifty weeks.

The first kupu is **āpōpō. **

You can find all 50 kupu **here**

Ka rite! - Get ready



= 2013 Theme: = = = In 2013, Māori Language Week was celebrated from **Monday 1 – Sunday 7 July** with the theme: //Ngā Ingoa Māori - Māori names// = = //Arohatia te Reo// remains the tāhuhu, the base for MLW, however the ‘ingoa’ theme asks communities to consider important matters such as correct pronunciation, understanding the meaning of place-names, and using Māori names more often. = =

= 2012 Theme: = Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori (The Maori Language Commission) have chosen "A//rohatia te Reo"//, or cherish the language as the theme for Maori Language Week, which took place, **23 July - 29 July 2012**. Hopefully "A//rohatia te Reo"// will provide a means by which people from all walks of life can demonstrate their love and regard for the language.



= 2011 Theme: = “//Manaakitanga//”,or hospitality is respect for hosts or kindness to guests, to entertain, to look after. It is about how we make people feel welcome when they are in our company, and how we give regard to and care for others when hosting visitors. This is also the most appropriate Māori concept to articulate the nation’s role in hosting Rugby World Cup 2011.