Te Whare Pāpāho

It’s been a busy month for the Pae Motuhake of Te Mātāwai, as 90 iwi panelists who are te reo Māori champions, language advocates and experts completed the final leg of the 2024-2025 Te Mātāwai Investment Round.   Kua ‘hau te pau’.

A special reo Māori pēpi book that showcases Ngāi Tahu hākui, Tūtehuarewa, is ensuring her name endures for current and future mokopuna of Koukourarata (Port Levy) on Banks Peninsula in Te Waipounamu.

Mist draped over rolling hills and the sea view at Waitangi finally appeared as our two carloads of Te Mātāwai kaimahi joined the dusty backroad traffic jam to Waitangi Day 2024 commemorations.

This year’s Te Matoe o te Reo event will make its comeback to honour and elevate our cherished language, te reo Māori on Thursday, 21 March 2024 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington from 9am – 4pm.

“Tangata Rau, Reo Kotahi” is a 30-year strategy to transform Rangitāne o Wairau, to be culturally proficient with te reo Māori as the preferred language by 2050.

Te Mātāwai representatives participated in our first ‘Indigenous to Indigenous’ international engagement in September.

Kura reo are more popular than ever with Te Mātāwai supporting twice as many of these Māori language learning events in 2023/24 than last financial year.

Commissioned by Te Mātāwai and conducted by Dr Awanui Te Huia at Te Herenga Waka, this review provides insights into the experiences of whānau

Kua riro i te hinonga o ngā tohu waka reorua mō ngā kura, nā Te Mātawai me Waka Kotahi, he tohutoa Ahitereiriana mō te mahi ngātahi.