Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Tariana Turia, Governor-General Patsy Reddy and Nanaia Mahuta celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019
Native name Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
English nameMāori Language Week
Duration1 week annually
LocationNew Zealand
MotiveLanguage awareness

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (English: Māori Language Week) is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage

Māori Language Commission, with many organisations including schools, libraries, and government departments participating.[citation needed
]

History

In the early 1970s as a part of the Māori protest movement, activist group Ngā Tamatoa, the Te Reo Māori Society of Victoria University, and Te Huinga Rangatahi (the New Zealand Māori Students’ Association) presented a petition to Parliament, petitioned the government to teach te reo in schools. On 14 September 1972, this petition, signed by over 30,000 people was delivered to Parliament, and became a major event in the revitalisation of te reo in New Zealand.[1][2][3] 14 September quickly began to be celebrated as Māori Language Day, and by 1975, this had grown to become the first Māori Language Week.[3]

2008

The week in 2008 saw the release of

Māori Language Commission and Google. The process took over a year and involved more than 40 people on the project, due to the difficulty of translating the technical terminology.[4]

2014

For te Wiki o te Reo Māori in 2014, musicians Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika collaborated on the song "Aotearoa", as a challenge to get a second song in te reo to reach number one in New Zealand (after "Poi E" in 1984).[5][6]

2015

On 2 August 2015 the Black Caps (the New Zealand national cricket team) played under the name of Aotearoa for their first match against Zimbabwe to celebrate Māori Language Week.[7]

2016

Māori Television show Pūkana celebrated te Wiki o te Reo Māori by releasing the single "Maimoatia", written with Te Haumihiata Mason.[8] The song topped the iTunes downloads chart in New Zealand,[8] reaching number 4 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart's subchart for New Zealand musicians.[9]

2017

The 2016 Disney film Moana was dubbed into Māori, premiering in Auckland on 11 September as a part of te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2017.[10] Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Temuera Morrison, and Oscar Kightley, all cast members of the original English language version of the film, reprised their respective roles in the te reo version.[11][12] During the week, 30 theatres across the country held free screenings of the reo version.[10]

2019

During Māori Language Week 2019, it was reported in New Zealand media that even kaumātua (elders) were learning te reo (Māori language).[13] It was also reported that more than one fifth of book sales during that week were Māori.[13]

To mark the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Rugby World Cup semi-final, where Hinewehi Mohi performed the national anthem in te reo, Mohi created Waiata / Anthems, an album where 11 New Zealand musicians re-recorded songs into te reo Māori.[14] The album debuted at number 1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart,[15] and was one of the most successful albums of 2019 in New Zealand.[16]

2021

At midday on 14 September 2021, te Wiki o te Reo Māori was celebrated with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Moment, where over 1.1 million people pledged to use te reo at the same time.

Māori Party launched a petition to change the country's name to Aotearoa.[19]

Due to the success of Waiata / Anthems in 2019, the project was expanded to become Waiata Anthems Week, an annual release of a playlist in te reo Māori, with the goal of making the New Zealand music scene more bilingual.[20][21] In 2021, more than 30 musicians participated in the project, including Six60, whose single "Pepeha" debuted at number two on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.[22] Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne Region)-based choir Ka Hao also saw charting success, with their single collaborating with songwriter Rob Ruha, "35" (a reference to State Highway 35), reaching number 25.[23][24][25] September saw the release of many albums by popular musicians sung in te reo, including Lorde's Te Ao Mārama,[26] Stan Walker's Te Arohanui,[27] Alien Weaponry's Tangaroa,[28] and Ka Hao's Ka Hao: One Tira, One Voice.[25]

2022

The 2022 celebrations of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori marked 50 years since the Māori Language Petition was presented to parliament.[29] To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Whittaker's released a special edition version of their milk chocolate, rebranded as Miraka Kirīmi (creamy milk) in te reo.[30] The rebranding caused widescale controversy due to racist backlash criticising the rebranding, and sparked a response to support the naming of the chocolate bar in te reo.[31][32][33]

The third Waiata / Anthems week was held prior to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, including over 20 musicians releasing new music in te reo, and a new series of TVNZ documentaries following popular musicians producing Māori language songs.[34] Among the most successful songs from the 2022 waiata include "Whāia te Māramatanga (Walk Right Up)" by Ladi6, a reimagining of Split Enz' "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (1982) performed by Tim Finn and Hana Mereraiha, a remix of Moana and the Moahunters' 1991 single "AEIOU" by Tiki Taane, and "Ka Taria", performed by Rob Ruha and Drax Project.[35][36]

Dates and themes

Year Dates Theme
2004 26 July – 1 August[37] “Give it a go − kōrero Māori”[38]
2005 25 – 31 July[39]
2006 24 – 30 July[40] “Kia kaha ake! Give it a go”
2007 23 July–29 July[41] Tapoi (Tourism)[42]
2008 21 July–27 July "Te Reo i te Kāinga" ("Māori Language in the Home")[43]
2009 27 July–2 August[44] "Te Reo i te Hapori" ("Māori Language in the Community")[45]
2010 26 July–1 August "Te Mahi Kai" ("The language of food")[46]
2011 4 July–10 July "Manaakitanga" ("Hospitality" or "Kindness"[47])[48]
2012 23 July–29 July "Arohatia te reo" ("Cherish the language")[49]
2013 1 July–7 July[50] "Ngā ingoa Māori" ("Māori names")[51]
2014 21 July–27 July "Te kupu o te wiki" ("Word of the week")[52]
2015 27 July–2 August[53] "Whāngaia te reo (ki ngā mātua)" ("Nurture the language (in parents)")[54]
2016 4 July–10 July[55] "Ākina te reo" ("Behind you all the way")[55]
2017 11 – 17 September[56] "Kia ora te reo Māori" ("Let the Māori language live")[57]
2018 10 – 16 September[58] "Kia Kaha te Reo Māori" ("‘Let’s make the Māori language strong")[59][60][61][62]
2019 9 – 15 September[63]
2020 14 – 20 September
2021 13 – 19 September[61]
2022 12 – 18 September[64]
2023 11-17 September[62]

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