1986 te tau. I rangona te kerēme reo Māori (WAI11) ki te Herenga Waka Marae, me Waiwhetū Marae. I te mutunga iho, ka whakaturehia te reo Māori hei reo whai mana i te tau 1987.
I tēnei tau, kua whakatūria anō te Rōpū – me tōna ingoa ake, te Hōhaieti o te Reo Māori – hei whakamihi, hei whakarangatira i ēnei Ika a Whiro i whakapau kaha mō tō tātou reo, mā tātou hei whai ā muri ake nei, he tauira noa iho i taua wā, pēnei i a tātou.
E meatia ana kia kaua e kōrerotia tō ake reka. Heoi, e tika ana anō me tuku ēnei kōrero kia rere, hei wānanga mā tātou i waenganui tonu i a tātou, matawhāiti nei. I ora te reo Māori i tēnei whare wānanga, i āna tauira. Me te aha, i te korenga o ēnei kōrero e rangona kua wareware, kua ngaro! He aha te hua o tērā?
Kia maumahara tonu ki ēnei kaupapa nā Te Rōpū Reo Māori i whakatū, mā tātou hei pīkau. Ko te pātai ia, māu rānei e hiki, ka tukuna rānei e koe mā Wareware e tiaki? - Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington | Wellington City | 1980-89 | Te reo declared a taonga | Story is by tangata whenua
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