Centre for Language Revitalisation

Woolaroo - Promoting language preservation & education with ML Explore 10 languages from around the world by taking pictures of your surroundings and listening to the pronunciations from local speakers....

He rangahau hei āwhina i a tātou ki te aro ki ngā wāhi me ngā kaupapa tino whai take e ora ai te reo Māori ki tua o anamata. Kei runga tētahi o ngā kairangahau o Te Ipukarea i te rōpū nā rātou tēnei rangahau. Anei te tohutoro mō te atikara matua e hāngai ana ki te pūrongo Stuff.
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Here is an article on recent language research that suggests key areas we need to focus on in order for the language to survive. One of our institute colleagues was part of the research team. Below is the reference to the full article that the Stuff report mentions.

Barrett-Walker, T., Plank, M. J., Ka‘ai-Mahuta, R., Hikuroa, D., James, A. (2020). Kia kaua te reo e rite ki te moa, ka ngaro: Do not let the language suffer the same fate as the moa. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 17: 20190526

Te reo Māori on a 'pathway towards extinction' Teaching young Māori and increasing resources in immersion schools is the best way to save the language.

Our very own Professor Tania Ka'ai has a chapter in the soon to be published book 'Rejecting the marginalized status of minority languages: Educational projects pushing back against language endangerment' edited by Ari Sherris & Susan Penfield. The book is due out in November 2019, advanced orders can be made through http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781788926256

Guest Lecture Rewind - Dr Leilani Basham. AUT University, February, 2011.

ICLR: Guest lecture - Dr J. Leilani Basham Dr Basham's presentation is called Ka Lāhui Hawai'i: Genealogy, Song, History and Political Independence as Identity held at Ngā Wai o Horotiu Marae, AUT Uni...