Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{lang|mi|Te Wiki o te Reo Māori|italic=no|nocat=y}}}}
{{Short description|Initiative to promote the use of te reo Māori (the Māori language)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}
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| image = Gg-aug19-tewikimaori 085 0.jpg
| caption = Tariana Turia, Governor-General Patsy Reddy and Nanaia Mahuta celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2019
| native_name = Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
| native_name_lang = mi
| english_name = Māori Language Week
| duration = 1 week annually
| location = New Zealand
| motive = Language awareness
| notes =
}}
{{lang|mi|Te Wiki o te Reo Māori|italic=no}} ({{langx|en|Māori Language Week}}) is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of the Māori language which is an official language of the country. Māori Language Week is part of a broader movement to revive the Māori language. It has been celebrated since 1975 and is currently spearheaded by {{lang|mi|Te Puni Kōkiri|italic=no}} (the Ministry of Māori Development) and the Māori Language Commission, with many organisations including schools, libraries, and government departments participating.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
History
In the early 1970s as a part of the Māori protest movement, activist group Ngā Tamatoa, the Te Reo Māori Society of Victoria University, and Te Huinga Rangatahi (the New Zealand Māori Students’ Association) presented a petition to Parliament, petitioned the government to teach te reo in schools. On 14 September 1972, this petition, signed by over 30,000 people was delivered to Parliament, and became a major event in the revitalisation of te reo in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/events/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori/ |title=Māori Language Week |publisher=Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori |year=2021 |accessdate=17 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/nga-ropu-tautohetohe-maori-protest-movements/page-5 |first=Basil |last=Keane |title=Ngā rōpū tautohetohe – Māori protest movements: Cultural rights |publisher=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |date=20 June 2012 |accessdate=17 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/history-of-the-maori-language |title=History of the Māori language: Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |date=31 July 2020 |accessdate=17 September 2021}} 14 September quickly began to be celebrated as Māori Language Day, and by 1975, this had grown to become the first Māori Language Week.
=2008=
The week in 2008 saw the release of Google Māori, a Māori-language translation of the search engine created as a collaboration between Potaua and Nikolasa Biasiny-Tule of Tangatawhenua.com, the Māori Language Commission and Google. The process took over a year and involved more than 40 people on the project, due to the difficulty of translating the technical terminology.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10521805|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060229/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10521805|title=Google Māori helps te reo go places|publisher=The New Zealand Herald | date=16 July 2008}}
=2014=
For te Wiki o te Reo Māori in 2014, musicians Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika collaborated on the song "Aotearoa", as a challenge to get a second song in te reo to reach number one in New Zealand (after "Poi E" in 1984).{{cite web|url=http://www.flava.co.nz/music/nzonair/aotearoa-stan-walker-ria-hall-maisey-rika-troy-kingi |title=Aotearoa Stan Walker Ria Hall Maisy Rika Troy Kingi |publisher=flava.co.nz |date=22 July 2014 |accessdate=4 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904095903/http://www.flava.co.nz/music/nzonair/aotearoa-stan-walker-ria-hall-maisey-rika-troy-kingi |archivedate=4 September 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.morefm.co.nz/Stan-Walker-Releases-New-Song-Aotearoa/tabid/96/articleID/12856/Default.aspx#sthash.WBIKpPa9.dpuf |title=Stan Walker Released new song Aotearoa |publisher=morefm.co.nz|date=25 July 2014 |accessdate=4 September 2014}}
=2015=
On 2 August 2015 the Black Caps (the New Zealand national cricket team) played under the name of Aotearoa for their first match against Zimbabwe to celebrate Māori Language Week.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-new-zealand-2015/content/story/903551.html |title=New Zealand to play as Aotearoa |accessdate=27 July 2015 |work=ESPNCricinfo}}
=2016=
Maimoa (then known as Pūkana and Whānau), a musical group created from the presenters of the Māori Television show Pūkana celebrated te Wiki o te Reo Māori by releasing the single "Maimoatia", written with Te Haumihiata Mason.{{cite news |last1=Haunui-Thompson |first1=Shannon |title='It's a way of thinking' – Maimoatia |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/308437/'it's-a-way-of-thinking'-maimoatia |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=11 July 2016}} The song topped the iTunes downloads chart in New Zealand, reaching number 4 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart's subchart for New Zealand musicians.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/aotearoa-singles/2016-07-15 |title=Official Top 20 NZ Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=18 July 2016|access-date=17 September 2021}}
=2017=
The 2016 Disney film Moana was dubbed into Māori, premiering in Auckland on 11 September as a part of te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2017.{{cite web |last1=Haunui-Thompson |first1=Shannon |title=Moana in Māori hits the big screen |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/339186/moana-in-maori-hits-the-big-screen |website=Radio New Zealand |date=11 September 2017 |access-date=2 December 2017 }} Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Temuera Morrison, and Oscar Kightley, all cast members of the original English language version of the film, reprised their respective roles in the te reo version.{{Cite web |url=http://disneyinternationaldubbings.weebly.com/moana--english-cast.html |title=Moana / English cast |website=Charguigou |access-date=27 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065530/https://disneyinternationaldubbings.weebly.com/moana--english-cast.html |archive-date=13 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{Citation |title=Te Reo Māori Moana Casting |date=8 June 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8CP0LNM0g |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/3b8CP0LNM0g |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|publisher=Speak Māori |access-date=27 June 2017}}{{cbignore}} During the week, 30 theatres across the country held free screenings of the reo version.
=2019=
During Māori Language Week 2019, it was reported in New Zealand media that even kaumātua (elders) were learning te reo (Māori language).{{cite news| url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/maori-language-week/115650238/maori-language-week-never-too-old-to-learn-te-reo| title=Māori Language Week: Never too old to learn te reo| date=11 September 2019| first=Piers| last=Fuller| publisher=Stuff }} It was also reported that more than one fifth of book sales during that week were Māori.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Rugby World Cup semi-final, where Hinewehi Mohi performed the national anthem in te reo, Mohi created Waiata / Anthems, an album where 11 New Zealand musicians re-recorded songs into te reo Māori.{{cite web|url=https://www.shanethegamer.com/music/music-news/waiata-anthems-out-september/|title=Waiata / Anthems out in September |website=Shane the Gamer|date=August 2019|accessdate=9 March 2020}} The album debuted at number 1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart,{{cite web|url=https://www.creativenz.govt.nz/news/waiata-anthems-debuts-at-1|title=Waiata Anthems Debuts at 1 |website= Creative NZ|date=2 October 2019|accessdate=9 March 2020}} and was one of the most successful albums of 2019 in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2019-12-31|title=The 40 best-selling and most-streamed albums in New Zealand in 2019|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=9 March 2020}}
=2021=
At midday on 14 September 2021, te Wiki o te Reo Māori was celebrated with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Moment, where over 1.1 million people pledged to use te reo at the same time.{{cite news |last1=Jacobs |first1=Maxine |title=Aotearoa celebrates te reo Māori together in a single moment |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300403956/aotearoa-celebrates-te-reo-mori-together-in-a-single-moment |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Stuff |date=14 September 2021}}{{cite news |title=More than a million said to take part in reo Māori moment |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/451484/more-than-a-million-said-to-take-part-in-reo-maori-moment |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=14 September 2021}} On the same day, the Māori Party launched a petition to change the country's name to Aotearoa.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/14/new-zealand-maori-party-launches-petition-to-change-countrys-name-to-aotearoa |first1=Tess |last1=McClure |title=New Zealand Māori party launches petition to change country's name to Aotearoa |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=14 September 2021}}
Due to the success of Waiata / Anthems in 2019, the project was expanded to become Waiata Anthems Week, an annual release of a playlist in te reo Māori, with the goal of making the New Zealand music scene more bilingual.{{cite news |last1=Tyson |first1=Jessica |title=New 2021 Waiata Anthems project launches next week |url=https://www.teaomaori.news/new-2021-waiata-anthems-project-launches-next-week |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Te Ao Māori News |date=30 August 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2021/09/a-truly-wonderful-feeling-te-reo-m-ori-music-dominates-nz-s-official-charts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001080204/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2021/09/a-truly-wonderful-feeling-te-reo-m-ori-music-dominates-nz-s-official-charts.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2021 |first1=Monika |last1=Barton |title='A truly wonderful feeling': Te Reo Māori music dominates NZ's official charts |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Newshub |date=23 September 2021}} In 2021, more than 30 musicians participated in the project, including Six60, whose single "Pepeha" debuted at number two on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2021-09-03 |title=Official Top 40 Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=4 September 2021|access-date=17 September 2021}} Te Tairāwhiti (Gisborne Region)-based choir Ka Hao also saw charting success, with their single collaborating with songwriter Rob Ruha, "35" (a reference to State Highway 35), reaching number 25.{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2021-09-17 |title=Official Top 40 Singles|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=18 September 2021|access-date=18 September 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.renews.co.nz/35-by-ka-hao-feat-rob-ruha-is-the-tiktok-anthem-of-te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori/ |author=Mahi Tahi Media |title='35' by Ka Hao feat Rob Ruha is the TikTok anthem of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=RE: News |publisher=TVNZ |date=16 September 2021}} September saw the release of many albums by popular musicians sung in te reo, including Lorde's Te Ao Mārama,{{cite news |last1=McConnell |first1=Glenn |title=Lorde releases debut te reo Māori album |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300403692/lorde-releases-debut-te-reo-mori-album |access-date=9 September 2021 |work=Stuff |date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909222925/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300403692/lorde-releases-debut-te-reo-mori-album |archive-date=9 September 2021 |url-status=live}} Stan Walker's Te Arohanui,{{cite news |last1=McConnell |first1=Glenn |title=Six60, Stan Walker, Anna Coddington and many others release new music in te reo |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300399600/six60-stan-walker-anna-coddington-and-many-others-release-new-music-in-te-reo |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Stuff |date=4 September 2021}} Alien Weaponry's Tangaroa,{{cite news |last1=Skipwith |first1=David |title=Alien Weaponry's Europe audiences sing along in te reo |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300399950/alien-weaponrys-europe-audiences-sing-along-in-te-reo |access-date=17 September 2021 |work=Stuff |date=10 September 2021}} and Ka Hao's Ka Hao: One Tira, One Voice.{{cite news |url=https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/frontpage-featured/20210915/choirs-ode-to-sh35-tops-hot-20-nz-singles/ |first1=Jack |last1=Marshall |title=Choir's ode to SH35 tops Hot 20 NZ Singles. |access-date=18 September 2021 |work=Gisborne Herald |date=15 September 2021}}
= 2022 =
The 2022 celebrations of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori marked 50 years since the Māori Language Petition was presented to parliament.{{cite news|url=https://waateanews.com/2022/09/12/te-wiki-o-te-reo-maori-marks-50-year-struggle/ |title=Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori marks 50-year struggle |date=12 September 2022 |website=Waatea News |access-date=13 September 2022}} To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Whittaker's released a special edition version of their milk chocolate, rebranded as Miraka Kirīmi (creamy milk) in te reo.{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/09/m-ori-language-week-from-te-reo-forecasts-to-groceries-here-s-how-companies-are-celebrating-te-wiki-o-te-reo-m-ori.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912045108/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/09/m-ori-language-week-from-te-reo-forecasts-to-groceries-here-s-how-companies-are-celebrating-te-wiki-o-te-reo-m-ori.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 September 2022 |title=Māori Language Week: From te reo forecasts to groceries, here's how companies are celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori |first=Ireland |last=Hendry-Tennent |date=12 September 2022 |website=Newshub |access-date=13 September 2022}} The rebranding caused widescale controversy due to racist backlash criticising the rebranding, and sparked a response to support the naming of the chocolate bar in te reo.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300662596/chocolate-lovers-stand-up-against-racist-backlash-to-whittakers-miraka-kirmi |title=Chocolate lovers stand up against racist backlash to Whittaker's Miraka Kirīmi |first=Maxine |last=Jacobs |date=16 August 2022 |website=Stuff |access-date=13 September 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/new-zealand-minister-defies-ardern-in-maori-language-chocolate-bar-row |title=New Zealand minister wrapped up in Māori language chocolate bar row |first=Eva |last=Corlett |date=31 August 2022 |website=The Guardian |access-date=13 September 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2022/08/kiwis-pledge-to-buy-whittakers-to-annoy-people-angered-by-te-reo-rebranding.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816015328/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2022/08/kiwis-pledge-to-buy-whittakers-to-annoy-people-angered-by-te-reo-rebranding.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 August 2022 |title=Kiwis pledge to buy Whittaker's to annoy people angered by Te Reo rebranding |first=Ireland |last=Hendry-Tennent |date=16 August 2022 |website=Newshub |access-date=13 September 2022}}
The third Waiata / Anthems week was held prior to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, including over 20 musicians releasing new music in te reo, and a new series of TVNZ documentaries following popular musicians producing Māori language songs.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/129653226/tim-finn-spends-some-more-time-in-a-leaky-boat-for-waiata-anthems |title=Tim Finn spends some more time in a Leaky Boat for Waiata Anthems |date=25 August 2022 |website=Stuff |access-date=13 September 2022}} Among the most successful songs from the 2022 waiata include "Whāia te Māramatanga (Walk Right Up)" by Ladi6, a reimagining of Split Enz' "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (1982) performed by Tim Finn and Hana Mereraiha, a remix of Moana and the Moahunters' 1991 single "AEIOU" by Tiki Taane, and "Ka Taria", performed by Rob Ruha and Drax Project.{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/te-reo-singles/2022-09-09 |title=NGĀ WAIATA KAIRANGI I TE REO MĀORI O TE RĀRANGI 10 O RUNGA |date=12 September 2022| publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date=13 September 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.georgefm.co.nz/home/te-ao-maori/2022/09/tiki-taane-on-his-stompy-remake-of-te-reo-classic-aeiou-for-waiata-anthems.html |title=Tiki Taane On His 'Stompy' Remake Of Te Reo Classic 'AEIOU' For Waiata Anthems |date=2 September 2022 |website=George FM |access-date=13 September 2022}}
File:Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Reception at Wellington, New Zealand on 19 September 2024 - 54.jpg
Dates and themes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/maori-language-week Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week] – at NZHistory
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