#HeAtaata More than 2,500 people celebrated Waitangi Day at Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua today, with a vibrant, whānau-friendly event at Rotowhio marae ātea. The day featuring traditional poi and tītī tōrea, cultural performances, and wānanga about Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Visitors enjoyed the geothermal valley train rides, taonga market, and demonstrations by NZMACI carvers and weavers, reinforcing the institute’s mission to perpetuate Māori culture and arts for

Māori & Mapuche language words with Temuera Morrison 🌿🌿🌿Thank you @wentru.manke for sharing this reel with us!The Mapuche people (also known as Araucanians) are a group of Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. #maori #mapuche #temueramorrison | Learn Māori Abroad

MĀORI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE EXPERTS TEACH MĀORI LIVING IN BOORLOO Māori living in Boorloo were the first to participate in a Māori language and cultural program with specialists from Aotearoa (NZ). Ngaarda Media's Tangiora Hinaki is from the eastern tribes of Aotearoa and attended the event. "I have been inspired by the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people from the Pilbara who speak fluently and practice culture every day. I have been living in Australia for 27 years and in the last 3 years have been

Hear from the Māori Language Commissioner, Prof Rawinia Higgins, on today's news about passports. "I am always amazed that people feel threatened by having te reo Māori before English. Rearranging the word order on passports just seems petty and a waste of time. Perhaps they should invest in learning te reo Māori. It is an official language, of course." Kia Kaha te Reo Māori | Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori | Te Wiki o te Reo Māori