To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, data science specialists Dot Loves Data analysed 2.3 million media articles published between 2008 and 2022 to understand how the New Zealand media is contributing to the revitalisation of te reo Māori. To complete its analysis, Dot Loves Data translated a set of 6,000 commonly used English words into te reo Māori. The use of te reo Māori in the Covid-19 campaign has been high, particularly when discussing vaccine uptake and similar topics. This peak was due to last year’s Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Given Aotearoa New Zealand’s increasing awareness and celebration of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and Matariki, as well as a growing number of reo Māori learners, Dot Loves Data expects to see a further increase in the use of reo Māori in the coming years in line with this broader trend.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 15, 2022 21:08 UTC