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September 12, 2023
Kia whakatangata whenua te reo māori i ngā kura
Pohaturoa Waenga
Posted On September 12, 2023
Download AudioI whai tohu nui a Tawhirimātea Williams rāua tahi ko tōna hoa Rangatira a Kaa Williams i te whakanuitanga I whakatūria e te kāwanatanga.
Nā ā rāua mahi nui I ngā tau kō hōri a mohoa noa nei ki te whāngai I te mātauranga me te reo māori anō hoki I whai wāhi rāua ki te rārangi kia whakahonoretia rāua.
E ai ki a Tawhirimātea Williams ahakoa te ohorere o te taunga iho o te hōnore rā ki runga i a rāua ko tōna hoa rangatira i mōhio pū ia nā āna mahi whāngai i te reo māori i ngā tau ki ngā ākonga huhua i pērā ai.
“Kāore au i te tino mārama ki te hōhonutanga ki te pūtake ake o tērā hōnore tūmeke māua ko Kaa ki te whiwhi te īmera e kī ana kei te riro i a kōrua tēnei tohu ‘The companion of the New Zealand order of merit’ kāore au i te paku mārama, he mōhio nōku mō ngā mahi e hia ngā tau ki muri kua oti i a māua ko Kaa ki te whakatangatawhenua i te reo māori ki roto i ngā kura”.
