The health of the Mäori language declined over the last century. From the 1970s,
Mäori groups and communities have developed initiatives in an effort to revitalise
the Mäori language. The Government in turn created policies and programmes, and
made funding available to support aspirations for the Mäori language. In 2003, a
revised Government Mäori Language Strategy was released. The Strategy described the
respective roles of Government and Mäori in revitalising the Mäori language, focussing
particularly on re-establishing intergenerational language transmission.
