Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2019

He tokorua e ngākau nui ana ki te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori, otirā, he reo rongonui o te ao waiata, ko ia te take e waiatatia ana te ngaringari o te motu ki ngā reo e rua, te reo Māori me te reo Ingarihi, koia te hunga i whakawhiwhia ki ngā tohu kairangi i te Tekau mā Ono o Ngā Tohu Reo Māori ā-Motu i tū ki Tāmaki Makaurau i te pō o te Rāmere te ono o Hakihea 2019.

“Miria te pounamu pīata ana" e hāngai pū ana tēnei whakataukī e whakaatu ana i te mahi, i te ngākau nui, ka mutu, i te māia o ō tātou toa whakaihuwaka reo Māori”, te kī a te Toihau Ahorangi Rawinia Higgins.

“He kuru pounamu, he rerehua ngā whakatutukinga e tika ana kia miria tonu, kia miria tonu kia pīata mai ai hei tino tauira o te mahi ārahi, o te mahi hāpai i te iwi. Nō mātou te hōnore i tō rātou matakite, ārahitanga hoki.”

I tēnei tau i neke atu i te kotahi rau rima tekau te nui o ngā kaupapa reo Māori i whakaingoatia mai i tēnā hapori, i tēnā rāngai hoki, me te whānui hoki o ngā momo kaupapa.

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