Te Taura Whiri

We are an autonomous Crown entity. We are responsible to Parliament for the use of public funds to support our objectives. Each year, the Minister of Mori Development issues a Letter of Expectations. We produce a Statement of Intent (SOI) which is a four-year plan and a one-year plan known as a Statement of Performance Expectations (SPE). The SOI and the SPE are submitted to Parliament and published on our website. We report against our SOI, SPE and the Minister's Letter of Expectations in our Annual Report, published every year. Our roles are: Having a key role in leading coordination of the Crown Mori Language Strategy implementation; Promotion of te reo Mori to wider New Zealand; Language planning support and evaluation; Carrying out and commissioning research; Examination and registration of translators and interpreters; Testing levels of proficiency; Language development ensuring Mori language can be used effectively in all circumstances; and Reporting to the Minister for Mori Development on matters relating to the Mori language.