Ko Tāku Reo

Ki ahau nei, ko Te Reo Māori, ko tētahi reo i tuku iho mai i ngā tūpuna i ngā rā o mua, he reo whakahirahira ki ngā tāngata Māori, nā, ki te iwi katoa. He tino pai kia kite i ngā tāngata e kōrero ana i te reo, nā te mea, mēnā ka ako koe i te reo ka taea e koe te pupuri i te reo mō tō oranga katoa, nā, ka taea e koe te whakaako ki ō tamariki, ō tamariki mokopuna, nā, ka taea e rātau te whakaako ki ā rātau tamariki mokopuna. Me tarai te katoa o te iwi Māori ki te pupuri i te reo Māori kia taea e tātau te whakaako i ngā tamariki me te iwi katoa.

Āna, ka huri ki te reo Pākehā;

Well to me, Te Reo Māori was sent by our ancestors to be passed on to us, as people of the future to speak Te Reo Māori and also teach our children and grandchildren, so they can pass it down to generation to generation. It’s a shame to see only a few Kura Kaupapa Māori in the South Island, which is not the way to teach our children Te Reo Māori in only three Kura Kaupapa Māori. We need to build more Kura in the South Island as well as in the North so that they can build more confidence in themselves to speak Māori and to teach Te Reo Māori as well.

He tuhinga tēnei, nā Segia Pitama i tuhi ai, nō te tau 10, i te Kura Tuarua o Ngā Kōtiro o Ōtautahi (Christchurch Girls High School.)