Ko Matariki te whetū hei arataki e

A tutuki noa ki te mutunga

Ahakoa ngā piki me ngā heke o te wā

Kia manawa nui

Kia rangimarie.

With only five months left in 2015, in this issue of Kōkiri we look back and forward to events and people who have made their mark across three important and related areas – Te Reo Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and citizenship.

These topics are a special highlight for Te Puni Kōkiri given this year’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi 175 Commemorations and the post-settlement environment we now live in. Te Minita Whanaketanga Māori, Hon Minister Te Ururoa Flavell introduces Te Tiriti with a discussion on the events which lead to its signing.

We talk to Ngāi Tahu and Waikato-Tainui – the first two iwi to complete major settlements nearly two decades ago – to see where they are at today. Their investments continue to produce exciting results and bode well for health and vitality of future generations.

Ensuring future generations understand how Māori contributed to WWI, is the driving force behind the work of Dr Monty Soutar, who is researching the Māori Pioneer Battalion that landed at Gallipoli.

His research is one of several initiatives occurring as part of the WW100 anniversary commemorations happening around the country this year.

Puawai Cairns at Te Papa Tongarewa has curated a major exhibition to commemorate the Gallipoli landing and shares her views on the importance of telling Māori military histories, ‘so the Māori voice is heard, given some sense of presence and not just tacked on’.

And in relation to voices being heard we should not forget that this is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Now 40 years young, this event is no longer confined to a day or a week, but widely regarded as a year-long effort.

The theme this year is Whāngaihia te Reo ki ngā Mātua which recognises the importance of encouraging te Reo Māori in the home between parents, caregivers and our tamariki.

To show our support we have included Te Rerenga Kōrero o te Wiki in this issue of Kōkiri to help whānau introduce one new and simple phrase each week.

For our loyal subscribers we have reprinted and enclosed another popular resource Kei Roto i te Whare to give further impetus and support for speaking te Reo Māori at home.

To quote the Māori Language Advisory Group which has prepared a report on the new Māori Language Bill: ‘It is in the daily activities of whānau, community interactions and in the richness and beauty of peoples’ lives that te Reo Māori needs to be spoken.’

This is the last Kōkiri edition for 2015, with the next issue due out in February next year to coincide with Waitangi Day.

Until then, on behalf of Te Puni Kōkiri I hope you enjoy the rich pickings captured in this issue of Kōkiri and we look forward to your continued readership and support in 2016.

Ngā manaakitanga
Michelle Hippolite Toihautū | Chief Executive

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Ko Matariki te whetū hei arataki e

A tutuki noa ki te mutunga

Ahakoa ngā piki me ngā heke o te wā

Kia manawa nui

Kia rangimarie.

I runga i te mea e rima marama noa iho e toe ana i tēnei tau tonu, i tēnei putanga o Kōkiri kei te titiro whakamuri, whakamua hoki ki ngā mahi me ngā tāngata i eke panuku i roto i ngā āhuatanga hiranga, whai hononga hoki – Te Reo Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te kirirarau.

He tīpakonga motuhake ēnei kaupapa kōrero mō Te Puni Kōkiri i te mea ko te tau tēnei o Ngā Whakamaharatanga ki te 175 tau mai i te hainatanga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi me te āhua o te taiao e noho nei tātou i muri mai i ngā whakataunga.

Ka kōrero atu mātou ki a Waikato-Tainui me Ngāi Tahu– ngā iwi e rua ki te whakatutuki tuatahi i ngā whakataunga matua tata ki te rua tekau tau ki muri – me te tiro anō kei whea rātou i ēnei rangi. He mīharo tonu ngā hua mai i ā rātou haumi anō hoki he tohu ora tēnei mō te hauora me te ora o ngā reanga e whai muri iho nei.

Kia mātua whakarite ka mārama ngā whakatipuranga hei ngā tau e tū mai nei ki ngā mahi a te Māori i Te Pakanga Tuatahi, koia te whakaaro akiaki i ngā mahi a Monty Soutar, e rangahau ana i te Hokowhitu Māori Tuatahi i tau ki Karipori.

Ko ana mahi rangahau tētahi o ngā kōkiri maha ka tū hei wāhanga o ngā whakamaharatanga e whakanui ana i te 100 tau mai i Te Pakanga Tuatahi huri noa te whenua i tēnei tau.

Kua whakaritea e Puawai Cairns i Te Papa Tongarewa tētahi whakakitenga matua hei whakamaharatanga o te taunga ki Karipori, ā, ka whakaputa hoki i a ia ōna whakaaro mō te hiranga o te takina o ngā hītori hoia ’kia rangona ai te māngai Māori, kia mārama te kitea, kaua he ata kau.’

Whaiwhai ake ana i taua whakaaro mō te rangona o te reo, kei wareware tātou koia tonu nei Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. Ahakoa 40 tau noa iho ngā tau, kāre e herea ana tēnei āhuatanga ki te kotahi wiki noa iho ināianei, engari ko te whakaaro whānui kotahi tau kē te roa o te whakapeto ngoi ināianei.

Ko te kaupapa i tēnei tau ko Whāngaihia te Reo ki ngā Mātua, e aro ana ki te hiranga o te whakatenatena kia nui ake te kōrerotia o te reo i te kāinga i waenga i ngā mātua, i ngā kaimanaaki me ā tātou tamariki.

Hei whakaatu i tō mātou tautoko kua rau atu Te Rerenga Kōrero o te Wiki ki tēnei putanga o Kōkiri hei āwhina i ngā whānau ki te whakaako i tētahi kīanga hou, ngāwari hoki ia wiki, ia wiki.

Kua tāngia anō, kua raua atu hoki e mātou tētahi rauemi hira Kei Roto i te Whare hei akiaki, hei tautoko anō i te kōrero Māori i te kāinga.

Kia tīkina atu te kōrero a te Rōpū Tohutohu Reo Māori nāna i whakarite pūrongo mō Te Pire Reo Māori hōu. ‘Engari ia i ngā mahi noa iho o ia rā a te whānau, i ngā whakawhitiwhitinga noa a te hapori, ka mutu i te kāmehameha, i te ātaahua hoki o te ao o te tangata, e tika ana kia kōrerohia.’

Ko te Kōkiri whakamutunga tēnei mō te tau 2015, ka puta te putanga e whai ake nei hei te marama o Huitanguru ā te tau 2016 kia hāngai tonu ki Te Rā o Waitangi.

Nō reira, i runga i ngā mihi o Te Puni Kōkiri, ko te tūmanako ka koa rawa koe i ngā āhuatanga maha kua hopukina i tēnei putanga o Kōkiri, otirā ki tō pānui me tō tautoko mai i 2016.

Paimārire

Michelle Hippolite
Toihautū | Chief Executive