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Jeanette King, Professor, Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury

A ‘forever language’ – te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress

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Ko tēnei te Wiki o te Reo Māori – it’s Māori Language Week.

It’s been 52 years since the landmark moment on September 14 1972, when Hana Te Hemara and her fellow activists from Ngā Tamatoa, Te Reo Māori Society and student group Te Huinga Tauira marched to parliament and carefully placed a suitcase on its steep, grey steps.

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