1969 te tau. I puta i a Koro Dewes te whakaaro kia whakatūria tētahi rōpū kōkiri i ngā kaupapa o te wā ko te reo te take. Ka hua mai ko Te Rōpū Reo Māori. Hui ai rātou ki te whare kākinakina (Club Kelburn) ki te ao. Kāore he karaehe reo, he marae hei tautoko i te reo Māori i tēnei wānanga, korekau!
Nāwai, ka puta te hiahia whai i tētahi kaupapa tōrangapū hei whakamana i te reo Māori i ngā kura, i te pouaka whakaata. Ka whakaritea e te Rōpū tētahi petihana hei tuku i te Karauna. Ko Ngā Tamatoa te ringa āwhina. Neke atu I te 30,000 ngā tāngata i tohu i te petihana nei ku mua i te whare pāremata. I tapaina tēnei rangi, te 14 o Hepetema, ko te Rā o te Reo Māori. I te tau 1975 ka huri te wiki I taka ai te 14 o Hepetema hei wiki whanaui I te reo Māori. Arā, ko te Wiki o te Reo Māori tēnei. - Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington | Wellington City | 1970-79 | Te Reo Māori Society (1970-79) | Story is by tangata whenua
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