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[email protected] | www.computeraid.co.nz Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa Show me the honey! September is Bee Aware Month (BAM), a campaign supports Mahuru Ma¯ori run by Apiculture New Zealand. BAM is designed to make Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa is launching New Zealanders think about Mahuru Ma¯ori, a Ma¯ori language initiative the honey bee and its critically that will challenge people on social media important role in our around the world to speak Ma¯ori for a day, a biodiversity and economy. week, or for the entire month of September. Throughout the month Mahuru Ma¯ori is an initiative pioneered New Zealanders will be able by Te Wa¯nanga o Aotearoa poutiaki reo to celebrate BAM with a (language strategy co-ordinator) Paraone number of events, activities Gloyne in 2014 to promote the speaking of te and competitions. Reo in our daily lives. Anyone interested will be “Mahuru Ma¯ori takes you out of your able to keep up-to-date via comfort zone. It’s a test to speak te Reo Ma¯ori the Bee Aware Month wherever you are and in whatever situation Facebook page or Apiculture you find yourself,” says Mr Gloyne. New Zealand website: This year the initiative has been incorpor- www.apinz.org.nz. ated into the Ma¯ori language strategy of Te Wa¯nanga, Reo Ora.