<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-main" style="color:rgb(61,61,61);font-family:ProximaNova-Regular,Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(237,237,237)"><div id="gmail-content" class="gmail-column" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;max-width:1200px;padding:0px 10px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-panel-display gmail-news-article gmail-clearfix" style="margin-top:23px"><div class="gmail-left-wrapper" style="float:left"><div class="gmail-news-article-container gmail-news-article-row1 gmail-panel-panel gmail-clearfix" style="margin-bottom:20px"><div class="gmail-panel-pane gmail-pane-entity-view gmail-pane-node gmail-odd" style="margin-bottom:20px"><div class="gmail-content gmail-clearfix"><div class="gmail-field-body"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">Workplaces, organisations, schools and community groups are being reminded to start planning their activities to celebrate Māori Language Week 2019.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">From September 9 to 15, Aotearoa will celebrate the Māori language and its revitalisation.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">Māori Language Commission Chief Executive Ngahiwi Apanui says it’s a chance for everyone to do something to support the indigenous language and “enjoy what it can add to our lives”.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">“In your workplace, organisation, school or community group, celebrate te reo Māori. As we say, ‘Ahakoa iti, akona, kōrerotia. Learn a little. Use a little!,’” says Apanui.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">The theme for 2019 is 'Kia Kaha te Reo Māori'.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">Apanui says 'Kia Kaha' is well known by both Māori and English speakers and came into popular, New Zealand-wide, use in the 19th century as part of the sports chant 'Kia Kaha, Ake, Ake, Ake!'</p><h2 style="color:rgb(42,40,40);font-weight:normal;font-size:1.2425em;line-height:1.30785em;font-family:Museo-700,Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;margin-top:0px">Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2018</h2><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px">In previous years, Māori Language Week has influenced business and organisations to promote its status through things such as bilingual signage.</p><h3 style="color:rgb(42,40,40);font-weight:normal;font-size:0.9975em;line-height:1.37845em;font-family:Museo-500,Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;margin-top:0px"><strong>Hikoi in Pōneke</strong></h3><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px"></p><div class="gmail-brightcove-video" style=""><div class="gmail-video-wrapper" style="padding-bottom:363.375px"><div class="gmail-video-js gmail-html5-video-player gmail-vjs-paused gmail-vjs-controls-enabled gmail-vjs-workinghover gmail-vjs-v7 gmail-vjs-user-active gmail-bc-player-HJlhIQhQf_default gmail-bc-player-HJlhIQhQf_default-index-0 gmail-vjs-mouse gmail-vjs-plugins-ready gmail-vjs-contextmenu gmail-vjs-contextmenu-ui gmail-vjs-player-info gmail-vjs-errors gmail-not-hover" id="gmail-video-player" tabindex="-1" lang="en" style="vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:rgb(21,27,23);padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:1;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;word-break:initial;width:646px;height:363.375px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin:0px;outline:0px"><div class="gmail-vjs-poster" tabindex="-1" style="box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:contain;margin:0px;padding:0px;height:363.375px;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;line-height:inherit;background-image:url("https://cf-images.ap-southeast-2.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/1614493167001/163ddaf3-7e29-4c26-b6cf-a4c134f53334/e463ee0a-cb02-49db-a4b5-ef8cd9d8d857/1920x1080/match/image.jpg")"></div><button class="gmail-vjs-big-play-button" type="button" title="Play Video" style="font-family:ProximaNova-Regular,Arial,Helvetica,"Nimbus Sans L",sans-serif;font-size:3.5em;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:2em;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(255,255,255);background:0px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.45);border-width:initial;border-style:none;border-color:initial;display:block;height:2em;width:2em;padding:0px;opacity:1;border-radius:50%"><span class="gmail-vjs-icon-placeholder" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;line-height:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-size:inherit;color:inherit;line-height:inherit;border:0px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;width:1px">Play Video</span></button></div></div><div class="gmail-playlist-add-to-wrapper" style="padding:15px 0px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(222,222,222)"><div class="gmail-playlist-add-to gmail-collapsed" style="margin:0px;padding-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0px"><h2 class="gmail-mtsAddToPlaylist-processed" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:normal;font-size:1em;line-height:1.30785em;margin:0px;display:inline-block;background-color:rgb(126,190,54);padding:10px 20px 7px 40px">Add to...</h2></div></div></div><p style="margi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