September 24, 2012
Maori language awards finalists announced


Kia tahuri tātau ki ngā whakatau mo ngā tohu reo Māōri, e 30 tānei hunga, i ngā kōwae 15. ‘Ngā mihi tino nui, kia kaha hoki koutou, e ngā whiriwhiri whakamutunga’ te kī a te Tumuaki a Glenis Philip-Barbara.
‘Nā tō rātou kaha, nā tō rātou māia hoki ki te tautoko i te kaupapa o te reo Māori, kua whakaahuatia ngā wawata mō Aotearoa whānui.’
‘Mā rātou anō e āwhina mai te reo ā ngā rā e tū mai nei, e tupu ai te reo Māori ki tōna tino teitei, hei reo kōrero whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mō ngā āhuatanga katoa, ia rā, ia rā.’
Ka whakapuakina te hunga toa i ngā Tohu mō Te Reo Māori hei te Rāmere te 16 o Whiringa-ā-rangi 2013 i te pō whakanui ki Tauranga.