Even though the Māori language obtained official language status some 27 years ago, Māori are still expending energy to revitalise and normalise the language within Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Well-being of Māori Communities by Dr Diery Seck, in the 2006 MATAURANGA TAKETAKE: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE Indigenous Indicators of Well-being: Perspectives, Practices, Solutions hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.
This research project focused on Māori youth and documenting their social territories using multi-media visual data generated by the participants, in conjunction with wānanga and university-based practitioners and students in photography and film media. The researchers employed new methods in visual sociology and worked collaboratively with Māori youth and their iwi communities.