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August 2, 2022
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News Te Manu Korihi reporter On the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language, the Māori Language Commission is warning more work is needed to ensure its survival. In 1987, a bill introduced by Koro Wetere was passed after years of campaigning — including the Māori language petition, ... <a title="Celebrating 35 years of te reo Māori as an official language, but still a risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/02/celebrating-35-years-of-te-reo-maori-as-an-official-language-but-still-a-risk/" aria-label="Read more about Celebrating 35 years of te reo Māori as an official language, but still a risk">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2022
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand’s Te Pāti Māori has handed over its petition — with 70,000 signatures — calling for the country to officially be named Aotearoa. It is on our passports, on our money, and in our national anthem. But Aotearoa is not our official name, yet. The petition was ... <a title="Petition to officially name country Aotearoa delivered to Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/03/petition-to-officially-name-country-aotearoa-delivered-to-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Petition to officially name country Aotearoa delivered to Parliament">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2022
COMMENTARY: By Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins Whether he knows it or probably not, the year Joe Bennett arrived in Aotearoa from England was a milestone year for te reo Māori. After years of petitions, protest marches and activism from New Zealanders of all ethnicities as well as a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry: te reo ... <a title="About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/28/about-all-the-maori-nonsense-a-response-from-nzs-maori-language-commissioner/" aria-label="Read more about About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori Language Commissioner">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2020
By Rachael Ka’ai-Mahuta, of Auckland University of Technology Earlier this year, I met an Aucklander whose teenage passion for K-pop sparked an interest in the Korean language and culture in general, and led to them learning Korean as a second language. Te Wiki o te Reo Māori It made me wonder what lessons could be ... <a title="Making te reo Māori cool: Language revival lessons from the Korean Wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/16/making-te-reo-maori-cool-language-revival-lessons-from-the-korean-wave/" aria-label="Read more about Making te reo Māori cool: Language revival lessons from the Korean Wave">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2020
RNZ’s Meriana Johnsen speaks to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori chair Rawinia Higgins as part of the Māori Language Moment. By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News journalist More than one million New Zealanders took up the challenge today of using te reo Māori for the single, largest celebration of the language in history. With ... <a title="One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Māori at the same time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/14/one-million-new-zealanders-celebrate-te-reo-maori-at-the-same-time/" aria-label="Read more about One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Māori at the same time">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2020
COMMENTARY: By Carmen Parahi Since 2001, I’ve worked in both mainstream news and Māori media. I love journalism but it’s a hard slog being a Māori reporter. In the mainstream news, Māori reporters are a minority, Māori stories and voices aren’t given a similar priority to other stories unless it’s adversarial. This is problematic because ... <a title="Carmen Parahi: The Fourth Estate needs to be aware of how it supports inequity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/14/carmen-parahi-the-fourth-estate-needs-to-be-aware-of-how-it-supports-inequity/" aria-label="Read more about Carmen Parahi: The Fourth Estate needs to be aware of how it supports inequity">Read more</a>
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June 13, 2020
By Leigh-Marama McLachlan, RNZ Māori News Correspondent The future of the flagship Māori news show Te Karere is on the line as the New Zealand government proposes to create a single Māori news service run by Māori Television. The government this week released its much-aniticipated proposals for a major Māori media shake-up, Te Ao Pāpāho ... <a title="Fears the future of Te Karere Māori news is on the line" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/13/fears-the-future-of-te-karere-maori-news-is-on-the-line/" aria-label="Read more about Fears the future of Te Karere Māori news is on the line">Read more</a>
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