| Author: | Maori Language Commission |
Te Reo Maori Literary Award is a - a Maori-only language resource, compiled out of seven years' research by the Maori Language Commission. Containing over 22,000 entries, it is a comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of the Mâori language. For each entry, the dictionary gives the category, parts of speech, definitions, examples of the word used in context, and an etymology of the word, drawing on a wide corpus of written material in te reo
Winner of Montana New Zealand Book Awards: Maori Language Award 2009.
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori (the Maori Language Commission) is the government department charged with promoting te reo as a living and official language.