Browsing Te Kawa a Māui · School of Māori Studies by Subject "420103 Maori (Language Studies)"

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Kia Maia ki te Kanga o Ta Koutou Ahi: Keeping the Home Fires Burning

Kumar, Te Atawhai Praneeta Devi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This thesis articulates physical activities of tangata whenua occupation and use as being central to the operations of ahi ka and fundamental to the demonstration of mana whenua and mana moana. The focus on use and ...
Te Rākau Whanake me Ona Ahuatanga Angitu Hei Hopu Reo Māori

Kire, Andrea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

During the 1970s research showed that less than 20% of Māori people were proficient in the Māori language. Leading sociolinguists of that time predicted the Māori language would be extinct by 2000. This provided the ...
Whakawhanaungatanga A-Reo: An Indigenous Grounded Theory for the Revitalization of Māori Language Speech Communities

Pohe, Ewan James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

This study focuses on the role of adult Māori language acquisition in the revitalization of the Māori language. Māori language transmission is now primarily dependent on transmission through educational institutions. The ...