He mea whakatū Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i raro i te Ture Reo Māori 1987, ā, ka haere tonu i raro i Te Ture Reo Māori 2016, ki te whakatairanga i te reo Māori hei reo ora, hei reo kōrero o ia rā, o ia rā. He hinonga Karauna mana motuhake mātou. E noho haepapa ana mātou ki te Pāremata mō te whakamahinga o te tahua Tūmatanui ki te tautoko i ō mātou whāinga. The Māori Language Commission was set up under the Māori Language Act 1987 and continued under Te Ture Reo Māori 2016 / Māori Language Act 2016 to promote the use of Māori as a living language and as an ordinary means of communication. We are an autonomous Crown entity. We are responsible to Parliament for the use of public funds to support our objectives.