"Ko te reo te mea nui. Ko te reo e tūhonohono ai he tāngata."

Waka Huia

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I te tau 1947 i tau mai a Meng Foon i a Haina ki Aotearoa i te wā i a ia e tamariki ana ki te ako i Te Reo Māori. E whitu tau noa iho te pakeke.

I kii atu a Meng ki tōna māmā e hiahia ana ia ki te ako i Te Reo Māori ki te kura. Ka kore whakaae tana māmā nā te kore hua e puta mai i Te Reo Māori. Heoi i whai ia i te huarahi Reo Māori ki te kimi he aratika, te tūhono ki ngā marae, ngā hui Māori o te motu. He pakipūmeka tēnei e pā ana ki te ao o Meng Foon i te huarahi Te Reo Māori anō hoki hei Mea o Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa. Ko ia te Mea mō ngā tau tekau mā waru.

He tangata kai ngākau ki ngā ahurea katoa koinā te take i riro i a ia te tūnga Race Relations Commisioner.

 

Nā: Waka Huia

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