“Whakarongo ki ngā kupu o ngā kaumatua, kākahutia i runga i a koe, mau hei hoatu ki te ao hou”

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Ko tētehi o ōku tino haerenga ko te haerenga ki te ako i te reo Māori. I tipu ake au ki Ōtaki, ā, he kaha rawa atu te reo Māori me ngā tikanga Māori ki reira, nā te kaha o tōku iwi ki reira, arā ko Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga. I rauna au i te reo – ki tōku kura, ki tōku marae, ki te taone hoki – engari kāore au i ako i te reo; ruarua noa iho ngā kupu, ngā rerenga Māori i mōhiotia e au. Nō reira, i ahau e noho ana i roto i te wharenui, whakarongo ana ki te whaikōrero o ngā kākā waha nui a Ngāti Raukawa, ka whakaaro au me ako au i te reo o ōku tūpuna, ki te hāpai i ngā kupu o tōku tupuna ko Wī Parata te Kākākura: “Whakarongo ki ngā kupu o ngā kaumatua, kākahutia i runga i a koe, mau hei hoatu ki te ao hou”.

Nō reira, ka tae mai au ki Te Whare Wānanga o Wikitoria, ka uru au i te pepa MAOR101 Te Timatanga ki te Reo Māori.

 

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Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington | Kapiti Coast | 2010-19 | Story is by tangata whenua

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