LibGuides: Te Reo Māori: Revitalising Te Reo Māori

Revitalising Te Reo Māori

This page outlines some key resources exploring the revitalisation of Te Reo Māori through Waitangi Tribunal Claims, methods and critiques of revitalisation and teaching and learning methods.

Books and book chapters

The Value of the Māori Language: Te Hua o te Reo Māori by Rawinia Higgins, Poia Rewi, Vincent Olsen-Reeder (Editors)
ISBN: 9781775502821
Publication Date: 2014
Reconciliation, Representation and Indigeneity: 'Biculturalism' in Aotearoa New Zealand by Peter Adds, Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich, Richard Hill, Graeme Whimp (editors)
ISBN: 9783825375935
Publication Date: 2016
See: R. Higgins. Ki wīwī, ki wāwā: Normalising the Māori language (pp. 25-38).
Te Kōparapara: An Introduction to the Māori World by Lyn Carter, Suzanne Duncan, Gianna Leoni, Lachy Paterson, Matiu Tai Ratima, Michael Reilly, Poia Rewi (Editors)
ISBN: 9781775589327
Publication Date: 2018
See: T. Rewi, and M. Rātima. Ngā Hurihanga o te Reo Māori i te Mātauranga: Changes in Māori Language Education (pp. 304-323).
Languages of the Pacific Islands by Hiroko Sato; Joel Bradshaw (Editor)
ISBN: 9781544239224
Publication Date: 2017
R. Benton (2017). Revitalization of the Māori language. Languages of the Pacific Islands: Introductory readings (2nd ed., pp. 238–256).
Non-Indigenous author.
The Journeys of Besieged Languages by Delyn Day, Poia Rewi, Rawinia Higgins (Editors)
ISBN: 1443899437
Publication Date: 2016

Reports

Report of the Waitangi Tribunal on the Te Reo Māori Claim (Wai 11)
Waitangi Tribunal (1989).
Matua Rautia: Report on the Kōhanga Reo Claim (Wai 2336).
Waitangi Tribunal (2012).
Ko Aotearoa Tēnei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māori Culture and Identity. Taumata Tuatahi (Report no. Wai 262)
Waitangi Tribunal (2011).
Revitalizing the Māori language: Consultant's report to the Māori Development Education Commission
N. Benton & R. Benton (1999). Non-Indigenous author.
The Maori Language: Dying or Reviving? (A Working Paper prepared for the East-West Center Alumni-in-Residence Working Paper Series)
R. Benton (1991). Reprinted by New Zealand Council for Educational Research in 1997.
Non-Indigenous author.

A short history of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Watch: A short history of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Re: News)

Revitalisation of Te Reo Māori through Music

Articles

In Search of the Missing Māori Links – Maintaining Both Ethnic Identity and Linguistic Integrity in the Revitalisation of the Māori Language
Mutu, M. (2005). The International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 172; 117-132.
Reassessing Māori Regeneration
B. Spolsky (2003). Society 32 (4), 553-578. Waitangi Tribunal (1989). Te Reo Māori Report: Wai 11 (2nd Ed).
Non-Indigenous author.
Is the Health of Te Reo Maori Improving?
Bauer, W. (2008). Te Reo, 51, 33-73.
Non-Indigenous author.
Perfecting the Partnership: Revitalising the Māori Language in New Zealand Education and Society 1987–2014
R. Benton. (2015). Language, Culture and Curriculum, 28(2), 99-112.
Non-Indigenous author.
Head, Heart, Hand: Embodying Māori Language Through Song.
R. Trinick & H. Dale (2015). Australian Journal of Music Education, 2015 (3), 84-92.

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Education

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