What percentage of NZ can speak te reo?

Table 1: Languages spoken in New Zealand, 2001, 2006 & 2013

Languages	2001	2013
English	3,425,301 (92\%)	3,819,969 (90\%)
Te Reo Māori	160,527 (4\%)	148,395 (3\%)
Samoan	81,033 (2\%)	86,403 (2\%)
NZ Sign Language	27,285 (<1\%)	20,235 (<1\%)

Is it illegal to speak Maori in NZ?

Māori was made an official language of New Zealand under the Maori Language Act 1987. There are now many institutions, most set up since the 1980s, working to recover te reo. Even so, the decline of the Māori language has only just been arrested.

What is te reo Pakeha?

Mātauranga Māori literally translated means ‘Māori knowledge’. It’s a modern term that broadly includes traditions, values, concepts, philosophies and world views.

How many Māori actually speak Māori?

As of 2015, 55\% of Māori adults reported some knowledge of the language; of these, 64\% use Māori at home and around 50,000 people can speak the language “very well” or “well”. The Māori language did not have an indigenous writing system….Māori language.

Māori
Region	Polynesia
Ethnicity	Māori people

What is Moko Kauae?

A moko kauae represents a woman’s whānau, and the service and leadership she has given them and her community, in recognition of her mana, status, abilities and commitment to the collective. It also perpetuates a traditional taonga passed down over many generations from the ancestress Niwareka.

Does Pakeha have a Macron?

European/Pakeha is NOT an infrequently used term in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Consult a variety of formal reports and the reader will discover that ethnicity is presented as European/Pakeha (with a macron above each ‘a’ to indicate that the pronunciation of these vowels is long)in survey data.