Ko Toitū Te Reo, te hui reo Māori tuatahi o te ao ka whakahaerehia ki te CBD Heretaunga me te whakaatu: e toru nga wahanga kuiti, he waahi whakaaturanga, he waahi toi Maori, he waahi o waho, he mahi reo Maori ki te huarahi, he waahi rangatahi me nga kaumātua, he tohunga toi, he whakaaturanga ora. (Taringa, Something For The People, Na Wai i Teka), a whanau & tamariki area, kapa haka performances and more.
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Ka noho he turanga mo nga mano o nga tangata o Aotearoa ki te huihui ki te whakanui i te tikanga o te reo ki a tatou i Aotearoa. Ka whakahihiri, ka whakangahau, ka whakakotahi, ka wero, ka oho, ka oho.

ABOUT US
OUR PEOPLE

Te Puhiariki Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō Paki
Tumu Kairangi - Patroness

Dr Sir Tīmoti Kāretu KNZM QSO CRSNZ
Tumu Kairangi - Patron

Bayden Barber
Toihau - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

Sandra Hazlehurst
Mayor - Hastings District Council

Dr. Jeremy Tātere MacLeod
Mana Hautū - Project Director

HE KUPU WHAKATAU
Haere mai rā tātau, Aotearoa whānui, kia whakanui tahi tātau i te reo taketake o tēnei whenua, tōna ātaahua, tōna mana, tōna tapu me tāna paihere i a tātau katoa. Kua mahi nui tātau kia ora tonu tēnei reo, heoi anō te mahi ināianei he whakaatu i tōna whakahirahira kaua ki Aotearoa noa iho nei, engari ki te ao whānui.
Welcome, Aotearoa! Let's celebrate the first language of our nation—its beauty, its prestige, its sanctity, and its power to unite us all. We have worked hard to ensure the survival of our language, and now is our chance to show the world how it lies at the very heart of our national identity.

Te Kurataiaho Kapea
Northland Tribes

Ngārimu Parata
East Coast Tribes

Paulette Tāmati-Elliffe
Southern Tribes

Te Ingo Ngaia
West Coast Tribes

Piripi Winiata
Whānau Language Planning

Dame Hinewehi Mohi DNZM
Music Industry

Tawaroa Kāwana
Music & Entertainment

Nikau Hindin
Arts

Te Atamihi Whanga-Papa
Rangatahi & Tainui

Te Aorere Pēwhairangi
Rangatahi & Media

Raukura Huata
Hospitality