An Act to declare the Maori language to be an official language of New Zealand, to confer the right to speak Maori in certain legal proceedings, and to establish Te Taura Whiri I Te Reo Maori and define its functions and powers.[1]
Royal assent
20 July 1987
Commenced
1 August 1987
s 4: 1 February 1988
Legislative history
Passed
1987
Amended by
Maori Language Amendment Act 1991
Repealed by
Māori Language Act 2016
Related legislation
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
New Zealand Sign Language Act
Status: Repealed
The Māori Language Act 1987 was a piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of New Zealand[2] that gave official language status to the Māori language (te reo Māori), and gave speakers a right to use it in legal settings such as courts. It also established the Māori Language Commission, initially called Te Komihana Mo Te Reo Maori, to promote the language and provide advice on it. The law was enacted as the Maori Language Act 1987 and originally written without macrons.
The 1987 act was repealed by section 48 of the Māori Language Act 2016, however there were no major changes from the provisions of the old legislation and the 2016 act merely updated the 1987 law with new provisions and language.
^Long title amended on 20 June 1991, by section 2(2) of the Maori Language Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 40).
^"Maori Language Act 1987". Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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