Introduction to the volume He Hiringa, He Pumanawa. Studies on the Maori Language

Critical overview of the research discussed in the volume: An Account of the Evolution of Language Description of Te Reo Māori since First Contact by Hēmi Whaanga and Hineitimoana Greensill; Sound Change in Māori and the Formation of the MAONZE Project by Peter J. Keegan, Catherine I. Watson, Margaret Maclagan and Jeanette King; Did the Bible Translation Influence the Use of Māori Manner Particles? by Winifred Bauer; Arhotica: Notes on a Former r-less Dialect of Māori by Ross Clark; Mōteatea or Traditional Māori Chants and the Oral Formula by Te Raukura Roa; An Illustration of Macro-level and Micro-level Discoursal Features in Written Māori by Hēmi Whaanga and Hineitimoana Greensill; Whence Māori Rugby Commentary? by Koenraad Kuiper, Jeanette King and Duane Culshaw; Listening to a Voice Canoe: Differences in Meaning Association between Māori Bilingual and Pākehā Monolingual Speakers by Alexander Onyski and Marta Degani.