Hei kupu tuku iho mō tēnei reanga
An inherited language for the coming generations
Pērā i tēnā pito, i tēnā pito o te motu, tāmatemate ai te Reo Māori ki Tamaki nui-ā-Rua. He nui ngā take i pērā ai – te nuku ki ngā tāone nui, te matemate o ngā
Māori Language Week: Petition key player in revitalising reo Māori
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Ngā Kaimahi o Te Whare Taiao o Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua. Photo / Nā Chelsea Wallace Photography
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Tekau tau whai muri i te reanga mai o Te Kōhanga Reo, ka puāwai mai a Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tamaki Nui Ā Rua i te tau 1992. Āianei, e whā ngā Kōhanga Reo, kotahi te Kura Kaupapa Māori, e toru ngā kura tuarua auraki e whakaako ana i te Reo Māori ki Tamaki nui-ā-Rua nei.
Mō Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, ka whakahaere a Te Whare Taiao o Rangitāne i ētahi pātaitai tuihono i ia rā mā ngā pae pāhopori.
An inherited language for the coming generations
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Hei kupu tuku iho mō tēnei reanga
Just as it was in all parts of the country, reo Māori was in dire straits in Tamaki nui-ā-Rua. There were many reasons for this – urban drift, reo Māori-speaking elders passing away, reo Māori not being passed down to younger generations and the attitudes and legislation of the time.
On September 14, 1972, Ngā Tamatoa presented the Māori Language Petition to Parliament. That is the reason that Te Wiki o te Reo Māori occurs during the week of September 14. This petition began the revitalisation initiatives for reo Māori.
Ten years after the petition, the kōhanga reo movement began. Te Kōhanga Reo o Taniwaka (Dannevirke) and Kapua o te Rangi Kōhanga Reo (Pahiatua) opened their doors in 1983. In 1985, Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaitoki started and Te Kōhanga Reo o Atawhai o Te Ahu-a-Tūranga-i-Mua Marae (Woodville) followed in 1986.
Ten years after the kōhanga reo movement began, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tamaki Nui Ā Rua opened. Today, there are four kōhanga reo, one kura kaupapa Māori, and three mainstream secondary schools (Tararua College, Dannevirke High School and Totara College of Accelerated Learning) teaching reo Māori in Tamaki nui-ā-Rua.
For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Te Whare Taiao o Rangitāne will be running daily quizzes through our Facebook and Instagram pages.