Tihei Mauri Ora!
Whakarongo mai kite tangi a te manu nei a te matui . . . tui x tuitui aaaaaaaa£ Tena ra koutou nga reo Rangatira o ia marae, o ia waka o te motu, tena koutou katoa. Tena ra hoki koutou ki ojtatou tini aitua kua riro ki to po. ahakoa i haere ratou kite u kai po, kaore e wareware. Na reira haere nga mate haere, haere atu ra. Ae ko toku tangi tenej, e whakamaemae nei i toku ngakau. Kua ngaro haere te
tangi o to tatou reo matua, ara, o te reo Maori, i o tatou huihuinga marae maha o te motu. Waiho ana he reo hou, hetangi hou i o tatou Kahore tenei i jhangai ki nga ahuatanga Maori, ki nga ahuatanga Jcua whakakaupapatia e_o tatou tipuna o nehe ra mo a ratou whakatupuranga whakaheke. I ki ai au_kahore i hangai na te mea_tu ke te Maoritanga, a, tu ke hoki te reo o te Pakaha, a e kore, ki a
au nei, e taea te hono i a raua Titiro ina ki nga waiata hoki. I titoa enei kia kitea ai te tino tohungatanga o o tatou tipuna kaumatua, a, hei hoki i_te hingengaro o tena, o tena, o tena. Ma te marae anake ka puta ake te ahuatanga man; awareka kite kai waiata. Na reira e mau ranei taua ahuatanga manawareka mehemea_ko te whakapake hatanga ke e rongona anaj o tatou marae? Ko aku whajcaaro, kaore! kaore! ma to tatou reo matua anake e whakatinana te hohonutanga o nga waiata nei._ Kei te pirangi tatou i te reo Pakahea hei reo i runga o tatou marae? kaore! na reira koutou nga kaumatua o te rangatahi o te ao hou nei, ako ana o j<outou tamariki kite reo Maori me nga _taonga a nga tipuna, a, ma a_ koutou awhina ka mau i ratou ite rangatahi, te mat_auranga Maori hei pupuri mo te ao hou. Ae, ka tika te korero a te Pakeha: “Ko te nuinga o nga tangata i haere ana ki nga whareherehere, he Maori!” ae, ano hoki kahoje ratou rangatahi Maori i mohio kite korero 2daori mete kawa a nga tipuna. _ Ko oku whakaaro, ko tenei te take o ratou haere ki_ aua whareherehere. Na reira awhina te rangatahi, hoaju ki ratou te matauranga Maori, a, kia mohio ai ratou i te ataahua o te ao marama mo tatou taonga tuku iho. Tohu to tatou reo mo te iwi_Maori, arahi te rangatahi Maori, na te_ mea ko ratou nga kaumatua mo tera wa. Kahore e wareware te koreroo totatou tipuna: “Ko te reo Maori he kai na te Tena koutou katoa. Na Henare Dewes.
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Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 12, 25 December 1977, Page 4
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441Tihei Mauri Ora! Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 12, 25 December 1977, Page 4
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