The petition that gave significant rise to the Māori language revitalisation movement is translated here by the Whakamāori crew. They also share their own personal reo Māori journeys and aspirations.

Watch the video version of the episode here.

Te Petihana Reo Māori was delivered to Parliament on the September 14, 1972.

More than 30,000 people had signed the document asking for active recognition of te reo Māori.

Find out if the team can translate the document that helped make this entire podcast possible.

Nearly 50 years since that historic petition was delivered to parliament, the whakamāori team tell us what it would have said if it was delivered in the reo it was demanding recognition for.

Get a printable version of the translation here.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details