MEDIA STATEMENT
11 July 2016
Te Tai Hau-a-uru iwi select member for Te Matawai
E ngā iwi o te motu, e ngā hau o ia takiwā, o ia takiwā, kua oti i ahau, i a Te Tai Hau-ā-uru te tohu ko wai hei kanohi mō mātou, mō ēnei iwi o tēnei tai. Kāhore mātou i kite atu i tētehi tangata i kō atu i a Tākuta Ruakere Hond hei waha i ngā pīkautanga o tēnei whaitua, o tēnā whaitua i ngā takiwā nei i te uru. He nui ōna hei takoha atu ki te puna whakaaro o Te Mātāwai. Māna, mā Ruakere tēnei kaupapa e kōkiri ki ngā pūkenga whakarauora reo, ki ngā mahi kua oti kē i aia i roto i ngā tau e whia nei. Nō ngā iwi o Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ātiawa tō mātou tangata, engari, kia mōhio mai koutou, kotahi te kī o ngā rohe nei, Ko Ruakere.
Iwi from Te Tai Hau-ā-uru have selected Ruakere Hond to be a member of Te Mātāwai – the new organisation set to lead the revitalisation of te reo Māori on behalf of iwi and Māori.
Dr Ruakere Hond (Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ātiawa), is highly renowned for his long time leadership, teaching and dedication to Te Reo o Taranaki and the Te Ataarangi movement. He was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Taranaki Māori Language Strategy. He has also served on the Board of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. He has a Master of Arts from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, and graduated with his PhD from Massey University in 2014 for his research based on language revitalisation and its impact on wellbeing.
Under Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori and for the purposes of selecting a member for Te Mātāwai, Te Tai Hau-ā-uru cluster includes these iwi:
Te Ātiawa (Taranaki)
Ngāti Maru (Taranaki)
Ngāti Mutunga (Taranaki)
Ngā Rauru
Ngā Ruahine
Ngāti Ruanui
Ngāti Tama (Taranaki)
Taranaki
Ngāti Apa (Rangitīkei)
Whanganui
Ngāti Hau (Taumarunui)
Ngāti Rangi
Ngāti Hauiti
Rangitāne (Manawatū)
Muaūpoko
Ngāti Raukawa (Horowhenua/Manawatū)
Te Ātiawa (Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington)
Ngāti Toarangatira (Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington)
Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai
Ngāti Tama ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington)
Ngāti Kauwhata
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