Story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language

All images and media

From page 1 - The Māori language

Māori Language Act 1987

Māori Language Act 1987

Austronesian languages

Austronesian languages

The Māori alphabet

The Māori alphabet (1st of 2)

Consonants in te reo Māori

Consonants in te reo Māori (2nd of 2)

From page 2 - Pākehā engagement with te reo, 1769 to 1840s

Māori and Tahitian words according to Banks

Māori and Tahitian words according to Banks

Tupaia and Cook

Tupaia and Cook

A korao no New Zealand, 1815

A korao no New Zealand, 1815

Māori and Pākehā whānau

Māori and Pākehā whānau

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

From page 3 - The spread of English, 1840s to 1900

Trading

Trading

Native Land Court

Native Land Court

Parliament's te reo translator, 2011

Parliament's te reo translator, 2011

Karioi Native School, 1908

Karioi Native School, 1908

Ropitini Kuruho

Ropitini Kuruho

From page 4 - Language decline, 1900 to 1970s

'Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori'

'Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori'

Te reo Māori petition, 1972

Te reo Māori petition, 1972

Petition for Māori television

Petition for Māori television

From page 5 - Revitalising te reo, 1970s and 1980s

Waiwhetū bilingual unit

Waiwhetū bilingual unit

The rākau method

The rākau method

Tū Tāngata Wānanga Whakatauira, 1981

Tū Tāngata Wānanga Whakatauira, 1981

The first kōhanga reo

The first kōhanga reo

From page 6 - Ongoing work, 1980s to 2000s

Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Te Wānanga o Raukawa

TV news broadcast disrupted

TV news broadcast disrupted

Iwi radio stations

Iwi radio stations

Launch of Māori Television

Launch of Māori Television

How to cite this page:

Rawinia Higgins and Basil Keane, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/te-reo-maori-the-maori-language/media (accessed 1 June 2023)

Story by Rawinia Higgins and Basil Keane, published 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Sep 2015