Maori speech awards go to N.I.

Tu Tangata, Issue 20, 1 October 1984, Page 7

Maori speech awards go to N.I.

Pupils from North Island schools won all four sections in the 1984 National Maori Speech Contest, which were held in Christchurch.

A record 44 contestants, representing 11 regions, competed in the finals after having been welcomed with a powhiri by 450 pupils from Christchurch secondary school at the Rehua marae on Thursday.

It was the first time the contest had been held in the South Island.

The competition comprises junior and senior sections in two areas, one in english for maori pupils and the other in maori. Contestants may compete in one area only.

The contest winners were: Korimako competition (senior english), Keri Milne (Manurewa High School, Auckland); Sir Turi Carroll competition (junior english), Erina Hurihanganui (Wellington High School, Wellington-Hutt ValleyWairarapa); Pei Te Hurinui Jones competition (senior maori), Wai Eruera (Sacred Heart College, Hawke’s Bay); Te Rawhiti Ihaka competition (junor maori), Wayne Wills (Lytton High School, East Coast).

Wai Eruera is the first girl to win the Pei Te Hurinui Jones competition since 1977, when it was won by Vicky Wehi.

Keri Milne’s win in the Korimako competition was also notable as she won the junior section in this area last year and in 1982.

The speeches of the contestants and the official speakers at the prize-giving ceremony on Saturday acknowledged the life and work of the late Riki Te Mairaki Taiaroa Ellison, paramount chief of the Ngai Mamoe and Ngai Tahu tribes.

At the 1983 finals in Whangarei Mr Ellison presented Christchurch’s request to be the venue for 1984, said the publicity officer, Mrs Rae James.

It was his mana and prestige that had ensured that the contest finals went to the South Island.

The judges for the Korimako and Sir Turi Carroll competitions were Mrs Tilly Reedy, Mr Bill Nepia, and Mr Bill Gillies. Mr Willie Kaa, Mr Hohua Tutengaehe, and Mrs Maxine Tamahori judged the Pei Te Hurinui Jones and Te Rawhiti Ihaka competitions.

The contest closed at the Rehua marae with a hakari. It was announced that Wellington would be host for the next finals, at the Sir Michael Fowler Centre from July 24 to 26, 1985.

The competition is sponsored jointly by the New Zealand Post-Primary Teachers’ Association and the Maori Education Foundation.

Results were: Korimako Keri Milne 1, Yvette Davis (Wellington East Girls’ College, Wellington-Hutt Valley-Wairarapa) 2, John Waititi (Northland College, Northland] 3.

Sir Turi Carroll Erina Hurihanganui 1, Rachel Paul (Whakatane High School, Bay of Plenty) 2, Keri Kamau (Karamu High School, Hawke’s Bay) 3.

Pei Te Hurinui Jones Wai Eruera 1, Nicholas Ngaropo (Hato Petra College, Auckland) 2, Troy Para (Lytton High School, East Coast) 3, Priscilla Cook (Panguru Area School, Northland).

Te Rawhiti Ihaka Wayne Wills 1, Harold Haumate (Whakatane High School, Bay of Plenty) 2, Watson Ohia (Aranui High School, CanterburyAoraki) 3, Ngareta Pani (Napier Girls’ High School, Hawke’s Bay) 4.

Pei: Te Hurnui Winning Speech

Maoritanga, Taha Maori He aha te rereketanga

Ko hikurangi te maunga Ko Waiapu te awa Ko Ngati Porou te iwi Ko Te Awe Mapara te hapu Ko au e tu nei Ko au tenei e mihi atu nei ki a koutou Nga hau e wha Tena koutou. Tena koutou! Tena koutou katoa. Me huri aku mihi ki nga tiati mete hunga kei te whakataetae mo nga whaikorero tena koutou! Tena koutou! Tena koutou katoa! Me mihi ano hoki au ki o tatou aitua kua wheturangitia i runga i o tatou marae maha o te motu. Haere e nga mate, Haere! haere! haere! Tatou te hunga ora Tena koutou katoa. Ko te kaupapa o aku korero he korero mo tatou ano. Maoritanga, Taha Maori He aha te rereketanga? Ki a au nei ko te maoritanga tuku iho tuku iho mai raro, na o tatou tipuna. Ko nga whakapapa, nga korero, nga whakatauki, nga pakiwaitara, nga waiata nga moteatea, nga haka, nga poi, nga tikanga maori, nga mahi a nga tipuna koianei te maoritanga tuturu. I roto i a ratou mahi katoa ko te mea tuatahi ko te whakapono. I korero penei ai au no te mea kei te mohio tatou he nui nga Atua a te maori a Ko Io Te Atua o nga Atua Katoa ko te maoritanga ano tenei. Ka titiro ano au ki o tatou marae maha o te motu, ko nga marae motuhake na te maori.

Kei reira te maoritanga, kei roto i nga whakairo nga tukutuku, nga kowhaiwhai nga korero a ratou ma. Koianei nga waihotanga a o tatou tipuna hei tauira mo nga uri e heke mai nei. Ka hoki atu aku whakaaro ki nga kupu a Te Apirana Ngata. E tipu e rea mo nga ra o tou ao Ko to ringa ki nga rakau a te pakeha Hei oranga mo to tinana Ko to ngakau ki nga taonga A o tipuna Hei tikitiki mo to mahuna Ko to wairua ki Te Atua Nana nei nga mea katoa. Ki au nei hei tohutohu ano kei roto i nga

korero a tenei kaumatua. E ki mai ana ahakoa pehea a tatou mahi, a tatou haere i tenei ao kite rapa oranga i roto ite ao pakeha Kia mau tatou ki to tatou maoritanga Nga taonga era a o tatou tipuna. I nga wa o mua i te wa e noho ana ko nga maori i runga i tenei whenua kare he tirohanga ke atu he maoritanga! he maoritanga! he maoritranga. No tenei wa kei te korero tatou mo te Taha maori. Koianei te rereketanga inaianei. He aha i penei ai? Ki a au nei na te noho i waenganui i a tauiwi ka puta mai enei kupu taha maori. I ahatia e tatou to tatou maoritanga? Kare pea tatou i rongo i nga korero a nga kaumatua. I huri ke tatou ki nga whakawaitanga a te pakeha ka wareware to tatou maoritanga. Ko te tino korero i tenei wa “Hoki mai ki to taha maori”. Kei te rongo rate rangatahi i enei kupu. Koianei ra matou e kaha nei kite ako kite korero maori, kite ako i nga kaupapa maori, kite ako i nga tikanga maori.

He nui nga maori kei rapa i to ratou taha maori. Me titiro tatou ki nga Kohanga Reo He korero maori anake Kaore te reo pakeha, he ako i nga tikanga maori, ara te whanaungatanga, te manaakitanga te aroha tetahi ki tetahi. Kei te kaha ano hoki te nuinga o nga matua ki te ako ite reo maori. Ko te taha maori tenei e whaia nei e te hunga Rangatahi. Ki nga kaumatua aroha mai, korero mai, kei i a koutou te maoritanga kei i a koutou te waiora te wairua maori e rapa nei, e kimi nei te hunga Rangatahi. No reira e hoa ma ko taku inoi tenei ki te hunga Rangtahi, mehemea e whakapono ana tatou he maori tatou torotoro atu ki nga kaumatua, kei i a ratou nei te maoritanga, kia aha ai kia mohio ai tatou ki to tatou Taha maori, kia pai ai te Tu Tangata i waenganui i a tauiwi kia pai ai te korero “He maori au.” Ki nga kaumatua, kite iwi, kite hunga Rangatahi e whakarongo ana ki aku korero. Tena koutou! Tena koutou! Tena koutou katoa.