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Whakanuia Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Celebrate Māori Language Week

Māori Language Week

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2012, Māori Language Week is Monday, 23 July to Sunday, 29th July.


Challenge

Try reading one of New Zealand's longest place names:

The name on the sign that marks the hill is "Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahu", which translates roughly as "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one". At 85 letters, it has been listed in the Guinness World Records as one of the longest place names in the world.