New Zealand celebrates Maori Language Week

September 12, 2017

Te Reo is being celebrated this week in New Zealand.

The theme for this year is Kia ora te reo Māori which means, “Let the Māori Language live”.

Maori Language Week is about raising awareness about te reo in New Zealand and promoting the language.

According to Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Commission 130,000 people have conversational fluency, 300,000 are learning at school and 10,000 are learning in tertiary education.

This Thursday, September 14, marks the day in 1972 that the Māori Language Petition was delivered to Parliament. The petition, initiated by activist group Nga Tamatoa, contained more than 30,000 signatures, and paved the way for Māori language to be taught in schools.

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? According to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori - the Maori Language Commission 130, 000 people have conversational fluency, 300, 000 are learning at school and 100, 000 are learning in tertiary education.

2. What was the key event from the news article? Te reo is being celebrated this week in New Zealand.

3. Where did this event take place? This Thursday, September 14, marks the day in 1972 that the Maori Language Petition was delivered to Parliament. The petition, initiated by actitvist group Nga Tamatoa, contained more the 300, 000 signatures, and paved the way for Maori Language to be taught in schools.

4. When did this event take place? Maori Language Week is about raising awareness about te reo in New Zealand and promoting the language.