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Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori
() is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of the Māori language which is an official language of the country. Māori Language Week is part of a broader movement to revive the Māori language. It has been celebrated since 1975 and is currently spearheaded by (the Ministry of Māori Development) and the Māori Language Commission, with many organisations including schools, libraries, and government departments participating. History In the early 1970s as a part of the Māori protest movement, activist group Ngā Tamatoa, the Te Reo Māori Society of Victoria University, and Te Huinga Rangatahi (the New Zealand Māori Students’ Association) presented a petition to Parliament, petitioned the government to teach te reo in schools. On 14 September 1972, this petition, signed by over 30,000 people was delivered to Parliament, and became a major event in the revitalisation of te reo in New Zealand. 14 September quickly be ...
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Tariana Turia
Dame Tariana Turia (née Woon; 8 April 1944 – 3 January 2025) was a New Zealand Māori protest movement, Māori rights activist and politician. She was first elected to New Zealand Parliament, Parliament in 1996 as a representative of the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party. She won the Te Tai Hauāuru electorate in 2002 and broke from Labour in 2004, resigning from Parliament during the New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy, foreshore and seabed controversy. Turia returned to Parliament in the 2004 Te Tai Hauauru by-election, resulting by-election as the first representative of the newly formed Te Pāti Māori, Māori Party, which she led for the next decade. Turia held ministerial offices across two governments. From 1999 to 2004 she was a junior minister in the health, housing and social development portfolios and the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand, Fifth Labour Government. In the Fifth National Gover ...
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Ria Hall
Ria Hall (born 1982 or 1983) is a Māori recording artist, singer-songwriter, television presenter, and political candidate. She has released two solo albums, '' Rules of Engagement'' (2017), which topped the Official New Zealand Music Chart shortly after its release, and '' Manawa Wera'' (2020). Her work reflects Māori society and history, and Hall regularly sings in Māori as well as English. Born in Tauranga with an extensive background in kapa haka, she moved to Wellington in her early twenties to attend university and launch her music career. She initially fronted the reggae band Hope Road. After sporadically performing with other contemporary Māori musical acts, such as TrinityRoots, Hall rose to prominence after performing the New Zealand national anthem for the opening ceremony of the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Her self-titled debut EP, released that year, won Best Māori Album at the 2012 New Zealand Music Awards. Her debut album ''Rules of Engagement'' is a concept al ...
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Official New Zealand Music Chart
The Official Aotearoa Music Charts, formerly the Official New Zealand Music Chart (), is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Music Chart also includes the top 40 Hot Singles chart, the top 20 New Zealand artist singles and albums, the top 20 Hot New Zealand singles, and top 10 compilation albums. All charts are compiled from data of both physical and digital sales from music retailers in New Zealand. The chart also publishes gold and platinum certifications of albums and singles, according to thresholds set by Recorded Music NZ, through the dababase on radioscope.net.nz. Methodology The singles chart is currently sales and streaming data of songs. In June 2014 it was announced that the chart would also include streaming; this took effect for the chart published 7 November 2014 and dated 10 November 2014. Previously airplay was factored into the chart methodolog ...
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ITunes
iTunes is a media player, media library, and mobile device management (MDM) utility developed by Apple. It is used to purchase, play, download and organize digital multimedia on personal computers running the macOS and Windows operating systems, and can be used to rip songs from CDs as well as playing content from dynamic, smart playlists. It includes options for sound optimization and wirelessly sharing iTunes libraries. iTunes was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs on January 9, 2001. Its original and main focus was music, with a library offering organization and storage of Mac users' music collections. With the 2003 addition of the iTunes Store for purchasing and downloading digital music, and a Windows version of the program, it became an ubiquitous tool for managing music and configuring other features on Apple's line of iPod media players, which extended to the iPhone and iPad upon their introduction. From 2005 on, Apple expanded its core music features with s ...
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Radio New Zealand
Radio New Zealand (), commonly known as RNZ or Radio NZ, is a New Zealand public service broadcaster and Crown entity. Established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, it operates news and current affairs station, RNZ National, and a classical music and jazz station, RNZ Concert, with full government funding from NZ On Air. Since 2014, the organisation's focus has been to transform from a radio broadcaster to a multimedia outlet, increasing its production of digital content in audio, video, and written forms, utilising rnz.co.nz and the RNZ app. The organisation plays a central role in New Zealand public broadcasting. The New Zealand Parliament fully funds its AM network, used in part for the broadcast of parliamentary proceedings. RNZ has a statutory role under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 to act as a "lifeline utility" in emergencies. It is also responsible for an international service, RNZ Pacific, which broadcasts to the South Pacific in both ...
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Te Haumihiata Mason
Beryl Te Haumihiata Mason is a New Zealand linguist, translator, lecturer and tutor of the Māori language. In 2023, Mason was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori language education. Academic career Mason affiliates to Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pango, and Te Arawa iwi. She was born and grew up Ruatoki, in an isolated community where only te reo Māori was spoken. She was the third of eight children, and after contracting tuberculosis was sent to be looked after by her grandmother, Pihitahi Trainor. Mason's father moved the family to Whakatāne when she was nine, and she and her siblings had to learn English. Mason left school at the age of 15, and worked delivering telegrams by bicycle in Whakatāne. She later worked for the Post Office in Wellington, and trained as a telegraph operator there. She moved to Tokoroa with her husband and children, still working for the Post Office there. When she was in her thirties, mentor Timoti Kāretu pe ...
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Māori Television
Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Cook Islands * Cook Islands Māori, the language of the Cook Islanders Ships * SS ''Maori'' (1893), a steamship of the Shaw Savill Line, shipwrecked 1909 * , a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer, sunk in 1915 * , a Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer, launched 1936 and sunk 1942 * TEV ''Maori III'', a Union Steam Ship Company inter-island ferry, 1952–74 Sports teams * New Zealand Māori cricket team * New Zealand Māori rugby league team * New Zealand Māori rugby union team Other * ''Maori'', a 1988 novel by Alan Dean Foster * Mayotte Mayotte ( ; , ; , ; , ), officially the Department of Mayotte (), is an Overseas France, overseas Overseas departments and regions of France, department and region and single territorial collecti ...
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Maimoa
Maimoa is a New Zealand musical group. Formed from current and former presenters from the Māori Television show ''Pūkana'', the group debuted in 2016 with the single "Maimoatia", which was released to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Since their debut, the group has continued to release pop singles sung in te reo Māori, including "Wairua" (2017), a viral hit produced by members of the New Zealand band Sons of Zion. In addition to ''Pūkana'', the group have featured on the reality shows '' Voices of Our Future'' (2017) and season one of '' Waiata Nation'' (2020). Their appearances on ''Waiata Nation'' documented the creation of the group's debut album, ''Rongomaiwhiti''. Background The group first formed in 2015, as a project by Cinco Cine Film Productions to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2016 by releasing the single "Maimoatia". Members of the group included current and former presenters from the Māori Television show ''Pūkana'', although some members were well k ...
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New Zealand Cricket Team In Zimbabwe In 2015
The New Zealand cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 2 and 9 August 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) matches and one Twenty20 International (T20I). For the first ODI, New Zealand played under the name of Aotearoa. This is the Māori name for New Zealand. The tour coincided with te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week). In June Brendon McCullum was confirmed as the captain for New Zealand on this tour. However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to South Africa, being replaced by Kane Williamson. New Zealand won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series 1–0. Squads New Zealand's Mitchell Santner was ruled out of the tour after fracturing his thumb. He was replaced by George Worker. Ross Taylor Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor (born 8 March 1984) is a former New Zealand international cricketer and former captain of the New Zealand national team. Batting predominantly at number four, when he ...
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Aotearoa
''Aotearoa'' () is the Māori name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as ''Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu'' – where ''Te Ika-a-Māui'' means North Island, and ''Te Waipounamu'' means South Island. In the pre-European era, Māori did not have a collective name for the two islands. Several meanings for Aotearoa have been proposed; the most popular translation usually given is "land of the long white cloud", or variations thereof. This refers to the cloud formations which are believed to have helped early Polynesian navigators find the country in Māori oral tradition. Beginning in the late 20th century, ''Aotearoa'' has become widespread in the bilingual naming of national organisations and institutions. Since the 1990s, it has been customary for particular parties to sing the New Zealand national anthem, " God Defend New Zealand" (or "Aotearoa"), in both Māori and English, wh ...
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New Zealand National Cricket Team
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Nicknamed the Black Caps (), they played their first Test cricket, Test in 1930 against England cricket team, England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies cricket team, West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first One Day International, ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan national cricket team, Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of ICC World Test Championship which they won in 2021 ICC World Test Championship final, 2021 and they have also won ICC KnockOut Trophy, ICC Champions Trophy in 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, 2000. They have played in the Cricket World Cup, ICC Cricket World Cup final twice in 2015 Cricket World Cup, 2015 and 2019 Cricket World Cup, 2019 but are yet to win one, alth ...
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Poi E
"Poi E" is a song by New Zealand group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1983, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori (garments). The song reached No. 1 in New Zealand in each of the following three decades.Mitchell, Tony. "Kia Kaha! (Be Strong!): Maori and Pacific Islander Hip-hop in Aotearoa-New Zealand." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, ed. Tony Mitchell, 280-305. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001. The song topped the New Zealand pop charts for four weeks and also became the biggest seller in New Zealand for 1984, "outselling all international recording artists.""The History." accessed 11 April 2008Poi-E home page. Today the song maintains its status as a cult classic in New Zealand, as the group behind it, Patea Maori Club, was a one-h ...
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