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Kay

Kay Milton

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#MyMihi - Waitangi day 2021
MLM 2021

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I te 14 o Mahuru, i te poupoutanga o te rā, i hui mātou ko ōku hoa (ko Liz, ko Frances ō rāua ingoa) mā zoom. Ka karakia mātou, ka waiata mātou i ētahi waiata, kātahi ka kai tahi mātou ko ō mātau whānau mā zoom.

Kia ora koutou. He rawe te Wā Tuku Reo Māori inananhi! Ka hui mātou ko ōku hoa (ko Liz, ko Frances ō rāua ingoa) mā Zoom. I te poupoutanga o te rā, ka karakia mātou, ka waiata i ētahi waiata. Kātahi ka kai mātou, ka kōrerorero hoki. Kia kaha te reo Māori! Nā Kay.

Kia ora koutou katoa. Ko Kay tōku ingoa. Nō Peretānia ahau. I te taha o tōku pāpā, nō te raki o Ingarangi ōku tūpuna. I te taha o tōku māmā, nō Kōtirangi ōku tūpuna. I whānau mai ahau i Rānana, engari i te nuinga o tōku koiora, i noho ahau i te raki o Aerani. I hūnuku māua ko tāku tāne ki Aotearoa i te tau 2008. Kei Whangaparāoa tōku kāinga ināianei. E ako ana ahau i te reo Māori i Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki-makaurau. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. Tēnā koutou katoa.

I te poupoutanga o te rā, i te 14 Mahuru, i pātuhi atu ahau i te reo Māori ki tētahi o ōku hoa. Ka tuhi ahau, ‘Ki te pānui koe i tēnei karere ināianei, he wāhanga koe o te “Māori Language Moment”. ’ Ka whakautu ia i taua wā tonu, ā, ka kōrerorero māua i te reo Māori mā pātuhi. He tino iti te mahi nei, engari he whai tikanga ki a au.

Nō Ingarangi ahau, e ono tekau mā iwa āku tau. I hūnuku mai ahau ki Aotearoa i te tau rua mano mā waru. I tīmata ahau ki te ako i te reo Māori i tērā tau. He aha ai? Nā te mea e pīrangi mātau au i te motu o Aotearoa. Nā te mea ko te reo Māori te reo tuatahi o Aotearoa. Nā te mea he reo ātaahua te reo Māori. Nā te mea he mahi tino ngahau ki ahau te ako i ngā reo. Kia hikohiko tonu ai tōku hinengaro. He maha ngā take. Kia kaha te reo Māori! Kia kaha ngā reo katoa o te ao!