Me para huarahi hou e kimihia ana mō te whakarauora i te reo Māori – “He tūmatakahuki, he reo tukutuku”
E whakahaumanutia ai te reo Māori hei reo ūkaipō i ngā kāinga me ngā hapori o te motu, e kimi ana a Te Mātāwai me Te Pae
Motuhake mō Te Reo Tukutuku i ētahi hōtaka me ētahi kaupapa e whai ana ki te tūhonohono, ki te para huarahi hou e
waihangatia ai he papa hou ki runga i tētahi tūāpapa e kitea ana tōna angitūtanga.
Hei tā Scotty Morrison, Toihau o te Pae Motuhake o Te Reo Tukutuku “kua oke auroa ā tātou rāngai ki te whakarauora i te
reo Māori, e ai rā ki ngā pūkenga e kimihia ana i tēnā, i tēnā rāngai, heoi anō, e whakapono ana mātou kua eke ki te wā
e whakakotahi ai ngā rāngai i runga i te whakaaro kotahi, i te whāinga kotahi e tūturu ai ngā panonitanga mō tō tātou
reo.”
Hei tāna anō, “I runga i tēnei kōrero, e harikoa ana te ngākau ki te pānui ake ka tuwhera te rauna haumitanga a Te Reo
Tukutuku, nā te mea e mōhio ana au ka tāpaea mai ngā momo kaupapa, ngā momo hōtaka e eke ai ngā hua o ngā mahi
whakarauora i te reo Māori ki tērā kua roa e matenuitia ana e te iwi."
E whā ngā rōpū matua o Te Reo Tukutuku nō ngā rāngai reo Māori e whā o te hapori, te ao pāpāho, te ao mātauranga me te
hunga Māori noho taone.
Hei tā te Hoa-Toihau o Te Mātāwai, a Waihoroi Shortland, “he wā whakaihiihi tēnei mō Te Mātāwai me te reo Māori, nā te
mea kua whakakotahi ētahi o ō tātou toa o ngā rāngai ki te whakatakoto, ki te whakatinana i tētahi mahere haumitanga kairangatira whai whakakitenga, “He tūmatakahuki, he reo tukutuku” – e pawero tahi ana i ngā kautuku whakarauora i te
reo (i tēnei wā, haere ake nei) e tautokona ai ngā huarahi katoa ki te reo."
E $2.7 miriona tāra e wātea ana, ka whakataetaehia i tēnei rauna haumitanga ka kati nei ā te 5 i te ahiahi o te Raapa,
te 25 o Hōngongoi 2018.
Tirohia ki te paetukutuku a Te Mātāwai www.tematawai.maori.nz.
KA MUTU
Game changing approaches to Māori language revitalisation sought - “He tūmatakahuki, he reo tukutuku”
To restore te reo Māori as a nurturing first language in homes and communities nationwide, Te Mātāwai and the Pae
Motuhake mō Te Reo Tukutuku are now seeking projects and initiatives that are game-changers, innovative and build upon
proven success.
“Our sectors have worked tirelessly to revitalise te reo Māori and to the best of each sectors prescribed ability,
however we believe it’s now time that our sectors unite with a common goal that brings about real change for our
language,” says Te Reo Tukutuku Pae Motuhake chairperson, Scotty Morrison.
“In saying that I’m extremely pleased to announce the opening of the Te Reo Tukutuku investment round because I know
that we will get the kinds of game changing Māori language revitalisation initiatives and projects that our people have
been longing for,’” he says.
Te Reo Tukutuku is made up of key stakeholders in the four Māori language sectors of community, media, education and
urban Māori.
“Te Mātāwai endorses this investment plan of Te Pae Motuhake o Te Reo Tukutuku that sets out to develop, advance and implement their vision, "He tūmatakahuki, he
reo tukutuku" – where every strand of language revitalisation is woven together in a framework to support all Māori
language journeys across our communities,” says Te Mātāwai Hoa Toihau, Waihoroi Shortland.
$2.7 million dollars is available and contestable in this investment round that will close at 5pm on Wednesday 25 July
2018.
Please visit the Te Mātāwai website: www.tematawai.maori.nz.
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