Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2020

14-20 September is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and the theme this year is 'Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’ ‘Let’s make the Māori language strong'.

We can all get involved and make time to incorporate more reo Māori into our daily habits, during next week and throughout the year.

One easy way to start is to set up your computer for the correct use of macrons:

1. From the start menu, open Settings & select ‘Time and Language’
2. On the ‘Region & Language’ tab select ‘Add Language”, type in Māori and select. Then click on reo Māori and select ‘Set as Default’
3. To confirm the Māori keyboard is enabled, look beside your battery icon in the system tray. ’MRI‘ is Māori.
4. Once the Māori keyboard is installed and you want to add a macron, tap the ` key then the vowel you want. (The ` key is found top left under the Esc key or between the Alt and Ctrl keys at bottom right.)

This week is also a great time to practice your reo Māori… if you’d like to start by the way you address and sign off your emails, here are a few suggestions you may like to try: