TE HĀ O NGA REO
No te 31 o Here-turi-koka kite 2 o Mahuru i tu ai te hui e kia nei ko "Te Ha o nga Reo" ki Tamaki-makau-rau. I whai wahi atu te Taura Whiri ki tenei hui kei pohehetia mai karekau o tatou manukanuka, o tatou awhero ranei kite ha o te reo Maori. (Kei pa he mai ranei te ha o to etahi atu!) Ka miharo katoa matou kite tokoiti o nga Maori, atu i a matou nei, i tae atu. Mena kaore matou i tautoko-a-tinana atu, me uaua ka kitea he kanohi Maori i reira!
Ahakoa te pai o nga kauhau a Pakeha, a Maori, a Hamoa, a wai ake ranei, kaore i ata tau te noho a nga Maori. Kaore au i te mOhio he aha i ahua taurangi ai ta ratou noho - na te ahua Pakeha pea o nga whakahaere, o nga whare ranei. Heoi ano, i kowhana te whakaaro i etahi me whakatu tetahi hui taumata penei mO te reo Maori me ona tini ahuatanga. I matua whiua tenei patai kite Taura Whiri mete Inoi ma matou ano pea tenei hui e whakahaere.
Kaore i whakaaetia atu i taua wa tonu ta ratou i tono mai ai. Otira kei te whiriwhirihia tonutia e te Taura Whiri; akene pea ka whai hua te whakatu hui pera i ta ratou i pirangi mai ai.
Kati, me whakamohio mai koutou e whakaara nei, e whakamohiki nei i te reo Maori ae ranei he huatau whai tikanga, kaore ranei. Ki te kaha te hiahiatia mai, tera pea ka tahuri te Taura Whiri kite whakatinana i tenei tono i runga i te mohio kei te kaha te tautoko mai a te iwi Maori whanui.
[Engari kia mohio mai koutou, karekau a teTaura Whiri putea hei whakahaere hui i tua atu i nga kura reo e whakahaeretia ana e matou inaianei. Ki te whakaturia he hui kaupapa reo whanui, ma te hunga and ka tae atu e kawe te utu.]
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Muka, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1 September 1992, Page 2
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332TE HĀ O NGA REO Muka, Volume 5, Issue 4, 1 September 1992, Page 2
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