Finalists for Māori Language Awards Announced

He Pānui ki te Hunga Pāpāho

Kua Pānuitia Ngā Whiriwhiri Whakamutunga Mō Ngā Tohu Reo Māori

Ka pānuitia e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ngā whiriwhiri whakamutunga mō ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2012 i runga o Marae Investigates ā te Rātapu nei. E 30 tēnei hunga, i ngā kōwae 15.

‘Ngā mihi tino nui, kia kaha hoki koutou, e ngā whiriwhiri whakamutunga’ te kī a te Tumuaki a Glenis Philip-Barbara.

‘Nā tō rātou kaha, nā tō rātou māia hoki ki te tautoko i te kaupapa o te reo Māori, kua whakaahuatia ngā wawata mō Aotearoa whānui.’

‘Mā rātou anō e āwhina mai te reo ā ngā rā e tū mai nei, e tupu ai te reo Māori ki tōna tino teitei, hei reo kōrero whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mō ngā āhuatanga katoa, ia rā, ia rā.’

Kia mōhio ai, he whiriwhiri whakamutunga ētahi o ēnei mō ngā kōwae maha ake i te kotahi.

Ngā Whiriwhiri Whakamutunga mō Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2012:

Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau
Auckland Transport
Te Poari Kaitiaki Māori o Hauraki
Te Tari Tāke
Te Kura o Insoll Ave
Te Kura o Kaiti
Te Kura Tuarua o Kerikeri
Language Keyboards
Microsoft NZ Ltd
Te Manatū Taonga
Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora – ratonga a-whānau, ratonga ā-hapori
Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Whakatū
Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Pīpīwharauroa
Raukatauri
Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Rotorua
Switch Productions
Te Kōtuku Rerenga Tahi
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa
Te Reo o Taranaki
Te Reo Singalong
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketū
Te Puna Reo o Puhi Kaiti
Te Tumu, Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
Te Nupepa o Te Tairāwhiti
Te Kura Tuarua o Tokoroa
Whare Takiura o Waiariki
Westpac NZ
Te Kuratini o Whitireia
Vodafone NZ me Hika Group

Ngā Kōwae me ngā Kaitautoko

Tānga, Te Manatū Taonga
Hangarau Mōhiohio me te Torotoro Waea, Whakaata Māori
Ao Pāpāho – Reo Māori, Te Māngai Pāho
Rāngai Tūmataiti, Vodafone
Kāwanatanga, Te Puni Kōkiri
Kaunihera ā-Rohe, Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Te Moananui-a-Toi
Hapori, Progressive Enterprises
Ao Mātauranga – Reo Māori, Auraki, Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Kura Tuatoru, Te Kāhui Tika Tangata
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Te Māia Hou, Hukapak
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Aotearoa Fisheries

Ka whakapuakina te hunga toa i ngā Tohu mō Te Reo Māori hei te Rāmere te 16 o Whiringa-ā-rangi 2012 i te pō whakanui ki Tauranga.

Media Release

Finalists For Māori Language Awards Announced

Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori is announcing the finalists for the Māori Language Awards 2012 on Marae Investigates this Sunday. There are 30 finalists in 15 categories.

‘Congratulations and good luck to all finalists’ says CE Glenis Philip-Barbara.

‘Their active support for the Māori language is a powerful demonstration of what is needed all over Aotearoa.’

‘With their help, te reo Māori will continue to grow and eventually flourish as an ordinary language of communication.’

Note that some entrants are finalists in more than one category.

Māori Language Awards 2012 Finalists:

Auckland Council
Auckland Transport
Hauraki Māori Trust Board
Inland Revenue Department
Insoll Ave School
Kaiti School
Kerikeri High School
Language Keyboards
Microsoft NZ Ltd
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Ministry of Social Development - Family and Community Services
Nelson City Council
New Zealand Qualifications Authority
Pīpīwharauroa
Raukatauri Productions
Rotorua District Library
Switch Productions Ltd
Te Kōtuku Rerenga Tahi Ltd
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa, Massey University
Te Reo o Taranaki Charitable Trust
Te Reo Singalong
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whakaue ki Maketū
Te Puna Reo o Puhi Kaiti
Te Tumu, University of Otago
The Gisborne Herald
Tokoroa High School
Waiariki Institute of Technology
Westpac NZ
Whitireia Polytechnic
Vodafone NZ with Hika Group

Categories and Award Sponsors

Print, Ministry for Culture and Heritage
IT and Telecommunications, Māori Television
Broadcasting Māori, Te Māngai Pāho
Private Sector, Vodafone
Government, Te Puni Kōkiri
Local Government, Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Community, Progressive Enterprises
Education Maori Medium and Education Mainstream, Ministry of Education
Tertiary, Human Rights Commission
Māori Language Week Inaugural, Hukapak
Māori Language Week, Aotearoa Fisheries Limited

Winners will be announced Friday 16 November 2012 at the Māori Language Awards evening in Tauranga.