THE SAMPLING: Te Rātaka a Tama Hūngoingoi
‘He kino ra te noho a te tamariki. Ko Greg Heffley tetahi e mohio pai ana ki tenei.’ Te Rātaka a Tama Hūngoingoi is the first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, translated into te reo Māori.
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Mai i te akomanga: He matapaki pukapuka
I tēnei putanga whakanui i te Wiki o Te Reo Māori kua kōrero ki ētehi tamariki nō Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o te Tonga o Hokianga, kia rongo he pēhea ō rātou whakaaro mō ētehi tānga reo Māori ina tata…
KA PAI! Cool stuff from around the internet
I tēnei wiki kua hoki mai a Ka Pai: He tohu mai kei hea ngā rauemi ipurangi whakamiharo mō te wiki o te reo Māori. This week sees a special return of Ka Pai: What’s Cool on the internet for…
Rawiri Paratene: The Marae and the Globe
In celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, our 2019 guest editor Kura Rutherford spoke to actor, writer, and activist Rawiri Paratene (Ngāpuhi) about the books from his youth that shaped him. Their conversation also ranged to his career…
Useful Bookish Phrases In Te Reo Māori
Kia ora e hoa mā! You probably know that Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori/Māori Language Week is next week – but some of you may not realise that all of September is Mahuru Māori. So we’re kicking things off…
Kia Kaha te Pukapuka Reo Māori i te Kainga
Revitalising a language and raising a family are both harrowing, amazing tasks. What happens when you do both at the same time? In celebrating Māori Language Week, Louise Whaanga (Ngāti Kahungunu) shares a wonderful account of the role Māori language…
From sky to land: reading promises to our tamariki
Whenua Taurangi (Promised Land) is a story celebrating the love shared between cultural backgrounds, different socioeconomic situations and members of the LGBTQ community. In this bilingual interview, guest editor for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Vini Olsen-Reeder, chats to…
Karena Kelly: te ataahua o te rima meneti
He mātanga reo. He kaiako. He kaituhi. He māmā. Hei tautoko i Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2018 kua whakarae atu tātou ki Te Hiku o te Ika, ki a Tākuta Karena Kelly (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine). I ēnei marama…
Poet and Politician: Sir Apirana Ngata
Most people know him as a politician, but the face of our fifty-dollar note, Sir Āpirana Ngata, was passionate about so much more than meets the eye. Our guest editor for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Nadine Millar (Ngāti…
The Reckoning: What the heck is Maori Literature?
In the fourth of our features in celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, award-winning writer Steph Matuku battles clichés, stereotypes, and the voice of the internal critic, as she wonders if her work is ‘Māori enough.’ I’m a…