Te Toihau Hou
Nei te reo tāwhiri o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ki a Rawinia Higgins te Toihau hou o te Poari Kaiwhiri.
Ki tā te Tumuaki a Ngahiwi Apanui: “He kaiarataki mātauranga whare wānanga a Ahorangi Higgins, he tohunga ia i ngā mahi whakarauora reo, otirā, kua roa nei tōna whānau e takoha ana ki te rauoratanga o te Reo Māori. Ko ia tētahi o ngā kaihoahoa o Te Whare o te Reo Mauriora koira te pou tarāwaho kaupapahere e ārahi ana i te mahi ngātahi i waenga i te Karauna me te Iwi Māori i ngā mahi whakarauora.”
Ko Ahorangi Higgins te wahine tuatahi kia whakatūria ki tēnei tūranga.
Ko tā Ngahiwi: “e hika ka mau te wehi, kua tino eke te wā. Nā te mea e aro ana ki te tūranga whakahirahira a te wāhine Māori i ngā mahi ki te pupuri tonu i te reo Māori. I muri i te 31 tau he rawe rawa atu kua kake mai te wāhine ki te tūranga o te toihau.”
“I pānuitia hoki e te Minita Whanaketanga Māori te hokinga mai o te kaiarataki reo Māori o Ngāi Tahu a Charisma Rangipunga ki te tūranga o te Heamana Tuarua o te Poari Kaiwhiri Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. I whai wāhi atu ēnei wāhine tokorua ki te whakatinanatanga o te ture reo Māori o nāianei i taha o tētahi anō o ngā kaiwhiri o tēnei wā a Charlie Tepana. I runga i tō rāua mōhio ngātahi ki te ture e tino pai ai tā rāua ārahi i te whakahaere.”