Kotahi Miriona Tāngata e Kōrero Ana. One Million Speakers.

I whakakorengia, ā i panaia e te ao mō te nuinga o te rau tau tahi mano iwa rau, heoi, kei te kaha tonu te whakaorangia o te reo Māori, ā, he kotahi miriona tāngata kōrero Māori te whainga mō te tau 2040 e tino haumarutia ai te reo. Nau mai, whakatata mai ki te taha o tēnei kaitaki korero, ki te taha otēnei kaikawe kōrero o Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa a Tāmati Rimene Sproat (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Wairarapa). Piri mai, i a ia e kōrero ana mōhaerenga o te reo ā-mohoa noa nei me te huarahi kei tua. Ka uiui atu ia ki ēnei toa hāpai i te reo, ki a Ngāhiwi Apanui (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine) Te tumuaki o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo rāua ko Stacey Morrison (Kai Tahu, Te Arawa). Ka kawea te kaupapa nei i roto i te reo Māori, ā, ka whakapākehatia ngātahitia.

Banned and socially unacceptable for much of the 20th century, the revitalisation of te reo continues and one million speakers are needed by 2040 to safeguard the language. Join storyteller and TVNZ journalist Tāmati Rimene Sproat (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitāne o Wairarapa) as he discusses the journey te reo has been on and the journey that lies ahead with language champions Ngahiwi Apanui (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Hine) CEO of the Māori Language Commission and author, broadcaster Stacey Morrison (Kai Tahu, Te Arawa).

In te reo with simultaneous English interpretations.