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Sir Tīmoti Kāretu (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu), who named Te Kaiaotanga o Te Reo, is one of several key speakers at the top of the South s first ever Māori language symposium.
Revitalising te reo Māori will require hunger, commitment and demand time, but it’s not impossible. That’s one of many wise words spoken by Sir Tīmoti Kāretu at a Māori language symposium held in Te Tauihu-o-te-waka-a-Māui (the top of the south) on Wednesday and Thursday. The symposium was opened by Kiley Nēpia, pouahurea (cultural advisor) of Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, to an audience of more than 450 people who had gathered to hear the stories and value of language revitalisation.
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The entire staff of Marlborough Boys and Girls Colleges attended the accord day on Tuesday around NCEA changes. Furthermore, Morrison said that only 2.3–2.4 per cent of Māori speakers use the language on a daily basis at home. “Even though there s been a lot of positive things happening across the country, and I feel that we re on the cusp of change, we are still in a very precarious situation in terms of keeping te reo Māori alive,” Morrison said. “And I m sure I don t need to tell you the importance of keeping it alive. Because not only is it good for a person s well-being or sense of belonging and identity as people of Aotearoa, but it also has transformational powers.”
Local Focus: More kaumātua protests against Te Uru Taumata
11 May, 2021 07:27 PM
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Kaumatua assert their territorial sovereignty. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Tūhoe kaumātua led another peaceful protest in Taneatua on Monday.
Up to 100 chairs lined the hill facing the building of Te Uru Taumata, the Tūhoe iwi governing board.
It was the second protest by the Tūhoe council of elders against leadership that s been described as dictatorship by one kaumatua, Paki Nikora. We were put into structuring committees seven years ago and when settlement came along, they didn t ask us our view, Nikora said.
Annual event aims to strengthen Māori women leaders
21 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Federation of Maori Authorities chairwoman Traci Houpapa speaks at the FOMA Economic Summit at the Millennium Hotel in Rotorua.
Federation of Maori Authorities chairwoman Traci Houpapa speaks at the FOMA Economic Summit at the Millennium Hotel in Rotorua.
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Aimed to network, learn, support, gain a renewed sense of commitment and rejoice in one another s achievements, the annual Huihuinga Wāhine Māori Leadership Summit opens today.
Convened annually by Foma (the Federation of Māori Authorities), the hui is a forum for the country s leading and emerging wāhine Māori to come together to strengthen Māori economic outcomes.