“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
Rōpata Hepi
Ko Mataatua te waka
Ko Ngāti Awa te iwi
Ko Putauaki te maunga
Ko Rangitaiki te awa
He pōu nō te Kōhanga Reo, he ika-ā-whiro nō Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo, he kaiāwhina nō Te Ataarangi, he kanohi kitea i ngā marae maha o Ngāti Kahungunu, he pūkōrero nō te iwi, he kaikōkiri mō te reo Māori, ko Rōpata Hepi tēnei. Nō nā tata nei i tohua ai ia e te motu ki te rōpū, Ngā Tuarā Whānui, ko tā rātau mahi he kohikohi haere i ngā whakaaro o ngā whānau o ngā kōhanga reo puta noa i Aotearoa nei mō te āhuatanga ki ngā whakahaere o Te Kōhanga Reo. He ngākau māhaki a Rōpata, ā, e tino kaingākau ana ki te āwhina i te hunga e hiakai ana ki tō tātau reo rangatira.
