"Whoatu ki Te Arikinui me ngaa mana nunui i hii ake Te Kohanga Reo. Kua pae koe ki te papa hurihanga o ngaa tuupuna, ko te pae o mahara ki a koe e kore e wawe te petapeta noa," the post read.

Dame Iritana was a life member of the Māori Women's Welfare League, a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit and made a Dame Companion in 2009 for services to Māori education.

The service will conclude with a karakia around 8am. Whareroa Marae Chair, Manea Ngātai, says the importance of commemorating the Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its significance to Tauranga Moana ...

Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi, founder and prominent leader of the kōhanga reo movement of Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu ...

Whoatu ki Te Arikinui me ngaa mana nunui i hii ake Te Kōhanga Reo. Kua pae koe ki te papa hurihanga o ngaa tuupuna, ko te pae o mahara ... was that the movement would be carried by all Māori. 'Kohanga ...

Te Reo Māori and more. A lasting memory was being part of a Covid rapid testing drive-through station organised by the iwi outside Whareroa Marae. “That was quite scary as all the cars came ...

Whoatu ki Te Arikinui me ngaa mana nunui i hii ake Te Kōhanga Reo. Kua pae koe ki te papa hurihanga o ngaa tuupuna, ko te pae o mahara ki a koe e kore e wawe te petapeta noa,” the post read.

New Zealand’s government plans to have 1 million Kiwis speaking basic te reo – the language of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori population – by 2040. There are also calls to make the ...

The late Dame Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi, who founded the kōhanga reo movement, is being praised for reviving te reo Māori and keeping the language alive. The 95-year-old Māori educator died on ...