Te Reo Māori

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori was first celebrated in...

• 1970

• 1972

• 1975

• 1988

What percentage of Māori school children were able to speak te reo Māori in 1975?

• 22%

• 12%

• 5%

• Less than 5%

In what year did the Native Schools Act ban te reo Māori in NZ schools?

• 1840

• 1867

• 1888

• 1907

This year's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori logo is...

Last year's logo was...

• Kia

• kaha

• te

• reo

• Māori

In what year did Auckland-based Ngā Tamatoa (The Young Warriors), Victoria University’s Te Reo Māori Society, and Te Huinga Rangatahi (the New Zealand Māori Students’ Association) petition Parliament to promote te reo Māori?

• 1969

• 1970

• 1972

• 1977

New Zealand’s first officially bilingual school opened at Rūātoki in the Urewera in the year...

• 1978

• 1980

• 1987

• 1990

The first Māori-owned Māori-language radio station (Te Reo-o-Pōneke) went on air in...

• 1973

• 1983

• 1993

• 2003

Match the events with their correct dates

• 1999

• Hinewehi Mohi sings national anthem in te reo Māori

• 2004

• Naida Glavish is stood down as telephone operator for using the greeting "kia ora"

• 1982

• Te Kōhanga Reo movement established

• 1984

• Māori TV commences broadcasting

• 1987

• Te reo Māori is made an official language of NZ

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