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The official launch of the app was held at Taumeasina Island Resort on Monday.

The total cost of the project was NZD 156,000.00 which took a little over three months to complete.

The project was fully funded by the United Nations Development Programme under its One UN Social Protection for Resilience Joint Programme.

The Programme aims to strengthen the availability and accessibility of social protection services, information, programmes, and benefits, also through the utilization of digital information management systems and mobile technology.

The Māori Dictionary app was launched last week by the Prime Minister, Henry Puna, who recalled a time when he would have been caned for speaking the native tongue at school.

But he says the language is now seeing a resurgence, with increased efforts to preserve Cook Islands Māori and get more people speaking the language.

The project was led by Anonga Tisam, which was awarded a grant to develop a database of Māori words two years ago.