Ko ngā pukenga nui a ngā rangatahi ki te whaikōrero i te reo Māori me te reo Ingārihi i kitea e te marea i Rotorua i te marama o Mahuru ki Ngā Whakataetae Manu Kōrero ā-motu 2008.

Tekau mā whā ngā rangatahi nō ngā rohe tekau mā whā o te motu i roto i ngā wāhanga whakataetae whaikōrero e whā, arā, Pei Te Hurinui mo ngā tuakana i te reo Māori, Korimako mo ngā tuakana i te reo Ingarihi, Rawhiti Ihaka mo ngā teina i te reo Māori me te wāhanga o Tā Turi Kara mo ngā teina i te reo Ingarihi.

Riro kau ana te hōnore nui mo Pei Te Hurinui Jones ki a Tokoaitua Winiata nō Te Kura ā Iwi o Whakatupuranga Rua Mano.

Hei tā Tokoaitua Winiata he hōnore nui tēnei mōna, mō tōna whānau me tōna kura.

Ka riro te taonga o Korimako ki a Rihari Ratahi nō Te Wharekura ā Rohe o Te Whakapūmau. Ki te wāhanga o Rawhiti Ihaka ka toa a Rākai-Hakeke Whauwhau nō Te Wharekura o Ngā Taiātea. Ka mutu ka riro ki a Mitchell Spence o te kura tuarua o Trident i te taonga mō Tā Turi Kara.

NGĀ TOA:

PEI TE HURINUI JONES
SENIOR MĀORI

1. Tokoaitua Winiata, Te Kura ā Iwi o Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, Te Whanganui ā Tara/Kapiti
2. Kayla Ratima, Te Wharekura o Ngā Taiātea, Waikato
3. Haimona Te Nahu, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamatā, Te Arawa

KORIMAKO
SENIOR ENGLISH

1. Rihari Ratahi, Te Wharekura ā Rohe o Te Whakapūmau, Waitaha
2. Erana Walker, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rāwhitiroa, Te Tai Tokerau
3. Cruz Karauti-Fox, Taupōnui ā Tia College, Te Arawa

RAWHITI IHAKA
JUNIOR MĀORI

1. Rākai-Hakeke Whauwhau, Te Wharekura o Ngā Taiātea, Waikato
2. Te Atapō Matthews, Waimea College, Te Tauihu o Te Waka ā Māui
3. Hineteariki Parata, Kuranui, Te Tairāwhiti

TĀ TURI KARA
JUNIOR ENGLISH

1. Mitchell Spence, Trident High School, Mataatua
2. Maraea Hawea, Te Kura o Te Kōutu, Te Arawa
3. Paora Smith, Kapiti College, Te Whanganui ā Tara/Kapiti