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“Kahungunu, kua aua atu e tāria ana kia huri mai koutou ki te reo, ā, kua huri mai koutou, me mihi i tērā āhua”. Nā Tīmoti Kāretu ēnei kupu nei i whakatakoto i tana kauhau ki te marea i tae ake ki Te Pō Tuku Tohu Reo Māori a Ngāti Kahungunu i tū ki Heretaunga i te 17 o ngā rā o Aperira 2015. Neke atu i te 500 ngā tāngata i tae atu ki te whakanui i ngā kaiwhiwhi o ngā tohu e 17. Whakamīharo kē atu ana ki te tokomaha i pōī atu i runga i te aroha nui ki te reo Māori ka tahi, me ōna Kahungunutanga ka rua.
Kai hea mai tēnei kaupapa nei hai whakatiketike i tēnei hunga e noho ake nei hai iho pūmanawa mā te hunga e kaingākau ana ki te reo Māori. Tēnā rā koutou e kōrero nei, e whakamahi nei, e whakakake nei, e whakatairanga nei i tō tātau reo rangatira, mā tātau katoa ia e ora ai. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.
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Categories and winners
Te Whakaihuwaka o Te Reo Māori - Rōpata Hepi
Ngā Tohu Kaiwhakaako Reo Māori (Rūmaki Māori) - Georgina Kīngi
Ngā Tohu Kaiwhakaako Reo Māori (Auraki) - Marino Tiuka
Ngā Rōpū Whakaako i Te Reo Māori - Te Ūranga Waka (EIT)
Te Hapori Whānui - The Wairoa Star
Te Kaiwhakatairanga i Te Reo Māori - Pourerere Marae
Te Tira Hou o Te Reo Māori (Rangatahi) - Josh Rakatairi
Te Kete Aronui o Ngā Toi (Arts) - Tama Huata
Te Ahorangi o Te Kupu (Teacher) - Hīria Tūmoana
Te Tahito o Te Reo Māori (Tāne) - Enoka Munro
Te Tahito o Te Reo Māori (Wahine) - Naina Buxton
Te Kaikōkiri o Te Reo Māori - Pōrangahau Marae
Te Kahukura o Te Reo Māori - Rangihaereroa Te Rupe
Te Āwhiorangi o Te Reo Māori - Dr. Joseph Te Rito
Te Kuru Pounamu o Te Reo (Wahine) - Apikara Rarere
Te Kuru Pounamu o Te Reo (Tāne) - Canon Wi Te Tau Huata
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Ko Mataatua te waka,
Ko Ngāti Pūkeko me Taiwhakaea ki Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tai, Te Ara ngā iwi,
Ko Ōhinemataroa te awa,
Ko Putauaki te maunga
Kua neke atu i te 46 ngā tau a Georgina e whakaako ana i Te Kura Kōhine Māori o Hato Hōhepa. Nāna i whakarewa te rōpū, Hawkes Bay Māori Language Association, i te tau 1979. He kaiwhakamāori/kaiwhakapākehā rēhita a ia. He kaitautoko hoki a ia i ngā tini kaupapa mō te reo Māori. E hia nei ana tauira kua mōhio ki te kōrero Māori i a ia i roto i aua tau 46. Me mihi rā te roa ōna e pakanga nei kia mana ai tō tātau reo ka tika.