October 22, 2012
He tino taonga te reo hai hoatutanga mā tātou ki ngā whakatupuranga ō āpōpō
He taonga tuku iho te reo Māori, he aho whakahirahira i te ahurea ō Aotearoa whānui.
Koia te kōrero ā ētahi kaituhi Pākeha, me te kii, koia hoki tō tātou mana i tāwaahi.
No konā rātou e mea ana he here tēra mā te Kāwanatanga e whakahōnore kia kore te reo rangatira e ngaro.
Kei te kōrerohia ēnei momo tohutohu whai muri i te pūrongo whakatūpato ā te Taraipiunara ō Waitangi i tēra marama e heke haere ana te tokomaha ō ngā kaikōrero ō ngā ākonga kōhanga reo.
Nā reira, ko tā ngā kaituhi nei, kia piripono te Kāwanatanga ki te whāinga, he tino taonga te reo hai hoatutanga mā tātou ki ngā whakatupuranga ō āpōpō.