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Kōrero: Cook Islanders

Keeping the language alive

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Keeping the language alive

In 2004 a Cook Islands Māori language curriculum was launched in New Zealand after six years of development. It is available to preschools and schools throughout the country and aims to help retain Cook Islands Māori as a living language. These young Cook Islanders attend Kia Orana Punanga Reo (centre for language) in South Auckland.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 28 July 2004

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Cook Islanders – Culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/3749/keeping-the-language-alive (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.