Hinemoana Returns To Te Waipounamu On A Mission To Strengthen Māori & Pacific Languages, Leadership & Mental Resilience
The majestic waka hourua Hinemoana is returning to Te Waipounamu, carrying a vital kaupapa: revitalising Māori and Pacific ...
Smithsonian Magazine19d
A Fisherman and His Son Noticed Strange Pieces of Wood on a Beach. They Turned Out to Be Fragments of a Polynesian Canoe
The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant ...
HOKA shoes uses a Māori name. Why don’t they say so?
HOKA is a French American sneaker brand seen on the feet of celebrities such as Britney Spears and Gwyneth Paltrow, and ...
Can companies legally use Māori names?
In te reo Māori, hoka means 'to fly'. The company initially accredited their use of the word to the “ancient Māori language” ...
Canada's National Observer18d
Reciprocity: Rethinking our relationship with the natural world
Robin Wall Kimmerer, the bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, recently published The Serviceberry, which explores the economies of nature. In an e360 interview, the Native American ecologist ...
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Why New Zealand should keep the Maori language te reo alive
New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...
The Conversation12d
Language is a ‘central element in being Māori’ – using structured literacy to teach te reo misses the point
However, unlike English, te reo Māori is a transparent language – the written form is completely phonetic with a 100% consistent match between symbol and sound. This makes learning to read and ...