Communities throughout Aotearoa are preparing to celebrate te reo Māori - to mark Māori Language Week, which begins Monday.
It's now 51-years since te petihana reo Māori - when parliament was petitioned to teach Māori language in schools.
Kia kaha te reo Māori!
Māori Language Commissioner Rawinia Higgins, Ngāi Tūhoe, spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
