The Centre
Welcome to the Centre
Te Whare o Rongomaurikura, the Centre for Language Revitalisation, is located within Te Ipukarea Research Institute at AUT. The Centre is dedicated to upholding Te Ipukarea's commitment to the revitalisation of te reo Māori (the Māori language) as well as supporting Indigenous and endangered language revitalisation more generally.
Our Work
Te Whare o Rongomaurikura, the Centre for Language Revitalisation, was established in 2011. It was conceptualised and developed in response to international inquiries and requests from language revitalisation groups interested in the work being developed by Te Ipukarea for the Māori language. The Centre has provided the opportunity to share the frameworks for these resources with other communitites so that Indigenous and endangered languages globally may benefit from the research conducted by Te Ipukarea for the Māori language.
Our long-standing motto, 'whakareia te kounga o te reo', reflects our pursuit of excellence in the scholarship, research, and teaching of te reo Māori (the Māori language).
Fellows
Associate Professor Leilani Basham – Hawaiian-Pacific Studies, University of Hawai‘i at West O‘ahu
Dr Joshua Bell - National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Professor Juliette Blevins - City University of New York, New York
Dr Ofelia García - City University of New York, New York
Sir Tīmoti Kāretu - Adjunct Professor, Te Ipukarea:National Māori Language Institute
Dr Daniel Kaufman – Endangered Languages Alliance, New York
Professor Teresa McCarty – Department of Education & Information Science, UCLA, Los Angeles
Professor Maria Polinsky - Department of Linguistics, University of Maryland, MD
Professor Mary-Eunice Romero - Center for Indian Education, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Professor Noenoe Silva - Political Science Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Professor Ofelia Zepeda – American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)
Dr Hana O'Regan - General Manager, Oranga, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dr Julia Sallabank – Department of Linguistics, SOAS, University of London, UK
Dr Mari Jones – Department of French, University of Cambridge, UK
