While recent surveys suggest an increase in the health of the Maori language, Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori chairman, Erima Henare recently warned against complacency.

UNESCO: February 2009

In 2010, FAGASA Inc and Te Taura Whiri i te reo Maori (Maori Language Commission) have joined forces to promote both Samoan Language Week and Maori Language Week.

UNESCO: Samoan Language Week 2010

"They started out as just friends, " Brian Te'o, Mr. Te'o's father, said of his son and the supposed Lennay Kekua, in a South Bend Tribune article in October.

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