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Issue 162 Kōanga • Spring 2021 ISSN 1175-9615 (Print) ISSN 2253-5330 (Online) Cover image: Hall we need by Jason Dorday

Editor Caitlin Sykes, Sugar Bag Publishing

Sub-editor Trish Heketa, Sugar Bag Publishing

Art director Amanda Trayes, Sugar Bag Publishing

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Magic moments

Tēnā koutou kātoa. Welcome to this Spring issue of Heritage New Zealand magazine.

While this month heralds spring, it also brings with it the annual celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, or Māori Language Week, celebrated this year on 13–19 September.

I love to see the different ways that communities around the country embrace this celebration of the taonga that is te reo Māori, and also the way the celebrations seem to grow every year.

Even last year, amid the disruption caused by Covid-19, New Zealanders created the biggest te reo event in history.

At midday on 14 September – marking the day and time in 1972 when Māori language champions presented a petition, bearing 30,000 signatures, on the steps of Parliament calling on te reo to be taught in schools – Te Taura Whiri, the Māori Language Commission, called on New Zealanders to create a Māori Language Moment.

Whether it was by starting lunch with a karakia, ordering a coffee in te reo, or singing a Māori language song, one million people – a fifth of the population – heeded the call.

Colmar Brunton polling commissioned by Te Taura Whiri last December showed that more than eight in 10 New Zealanders see te reo as part of their national identity and something to be proud of.

At Heritage New Zealand magazine, of course, we count ourselves among that vast majority, and are always looking at ways to better incorporate more te reo Māori into our pages.

In recent years you may have noticed our inclusion of glossaries of te reo Māori kupu at the end of our stories, for example. We feel this is a way not only to communicate the meaning of te reo Māori words and phrases clearly, but also to make the experience of reading them in the body of stories more seamless.

Crucial on this journey has been (and is) the magazine’s te reo Māori proofreading service, provided by Aatea Solutions (primarily via Maakere Edwards, nō Taranaki; former staff at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and member of Te Tira Māori; a proofreader and licensed translator and interpreter). The extensive skills and experience of the Aatea Solutions team have been invaluable over the many years they have worked on the publication.

In this regard, I’d also like to acknowledge the contribution of Arini Poutu (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi), former Kaitohutohu Whanake Kaupapa Māori/Māori Heritage Advisor at Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, and the other members of Te Tira, the Māori Heritage Team.

In keeping with the aspirations expressed through Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, we want to keep pushing forward on this journey and doing better. Please let us know if there are other ways you think we could bring more te reo Māori into your experience of the magazine – we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Kia kaha te reo Māori. Ngā mihi nui

Caitlin Sykes

Editor

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