Te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress

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The theme for 2024’s Māori Language Week is “Ake Ake Ake – a forever language” [Image: NAZAR AB ON ISTOCK]

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Māori Language Week ran from 14 to 21 September. University of Canterbury Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies professor Jeanette King writes about the revitalisation of te reo over the past five decades

Ko tēnei te Wiki o te Reo Māori – it’s Māori Language Week. It’s been 52 years since the landmark moment on 14 September 1972, when Hana Te Hemara and