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Story: Te reo Māori – the Māori language

Launch of Māori Television

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Māori Television was launched in 2004, and has provided a platform for showcasing Māori culture and revitalising te reo Māori.  In 2008 Māori Television set up a solely Māori-language channel called – appropriately enough – Te Reo. In 2022, Māori Television was formally renamed Whakaata Māori.

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Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Basil Keane, Te reo Māori – the Māori language – Ongoing work, 1980s to 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/41092/launch-of-maori-television (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Rawinia Higgins rāua ko Basil Keane, published 13 March 2013, updated 1 September 2015.