Story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language
In 1986 the Waitangi Tribunal recognised te reo Māori – the Māori language – as a taonga (treasure), and a year later it was made an official language of New Zealand. Efforts to revitalise te reo include full-immersion schools and preschool kōhanga, as well as Māori-language radio and television broadcasting.