It's been 20 years since Maori became an official language of New Zealand, and we've been celebrating Maori Language Week annually since 1975.

More than 150,000 New Zealanders speak te reo Maori with varying degrees of fluency - if your skills aren't quite up to scratch, check out these online resources. Ka rawe te kōrero Maori!It's been 20 years since Maori became an official language of New Zealand, and we've been celebrating Maori Language Week annually since 1975.

More than 150,000 New Zealanders speak te reo Maori with varying degrees of fluency - if your skills aren't quite up to scratch, check out these online resources. Ka rawe te kōrero Maori!

• Developed by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori - the Maori Language Commission, Kōrero Maori is for everyone who wants to speak the Maori language or learn more about it.
• TKI is a bilingual portal-plus web community which provides quality assured educational material for teachers, school managers, and the wider education community. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Education.
• At maorilanguage.net, you can study the basics of te reo through online video movie lessons. It also has a list of online Maori dictionaries.
• The title of this New Zealand History Online resource - 100 Maori words every New Zealander should know - says it all.
• Ko Te Reo is an online Maori language course with listings of resources.
• To receive a daily email of new words to learn, sign up to He Kupu o te Ra.

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26/7/07