Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori: Māori Language Moment

Te Wā Tuku Reo Māori: Whāia kia kīia ai ko koe tētahi o te miriona.

Te reo Māori is the language of New Zealand. And it still needs New Zealanders to keep it safe.

Honour the past, keep ourselves safe now and prepare for the future together!

The Maori Language Commission has redesigned Māori Language Week so that this year, whether we are in lockdown or not: New Zealanders can come together to celebrate te reo Māori.

The Commission wants to get 1 million people speaking, singing and celebrating te reo at the same time in an unprecedented Māori Language Moment for Māori Language Week 2020. 

Sign up here:  https://tuku.reomaori.co.nz/

We want to grow 1 million speakers by 2040 and we want to start in 2020: even if just for a moment.

Join us at 12pm on Monday the 14th September 2020: Be 1 in a million.

Our Māori Language Moment will take place at 12pm on Monday the 14th September 2020. This marks the day and the hour in 1972 when a group of Māori language champions presented a petition on the steps of parliament calling for te reo to be taught in our schools. They had gathered the signatures of 30,000 New Zealanders. We will always remember those who championed te reo when it was socially and politically unacceptable to do so. We want people to sign up for the Māori Language Moment so in years to come, just as people look back at the Māori Language Petition now: people can look back and see who joined the Māori Language Moment in 2020.

Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Kia kaha Aotearoa!