A report prepared for Te Mātāwai by Te Wāhanga–New Zealand Council for Educational Research l NZCER, 2018.
Te Mātāwai commissioned Te Wāhanga—NZCER to collect information to create an evidence base of Māori-language revitalisation efforts happening in homes and communities.
A bilingual online survey was the primary means used to collect information about Māori-language revitalisation activities that happened in 2016 or 2017 including wānanga reo, meet-ups for coffee and kōrero, festivals, waiata, and kaupapa-based activities. The most common Māori-language revitalisation activities focused on improving people’s ability to use te reo Māori kanohi ki te kanohi. Many activities focused on Māori-language revitalisation goals aimed at improving peoples’ ability to use te reo Māori, increasing active use of the reo and extending knowledge of words, karakia, and so forth.
Information was collected about Māori-language resources produced between January 2012 and December 2017 including online, print or e-publications, stickers, posters, sound recordings, audiovisual or computer files. Print publications were the most commonly produced resources and many resources focused on the Māori-language revitalisation goal to increase active use of te reo Māori.
At the end of May 2018 the He Reo Ora dataset contained:
- 498 unique entries that describe reo Māori revitalisation activities that occurred in 2016
- 579 unique entries that describe Māori-language resources produced from 2012 to 2017.
The report provides a snapshot about te reo Māori revitalisation activities and Māori-language resources at national and regional levels, and the wider funding environment for te reo Māori revitalisation.