Ramere Friday
Pipiri 29 June 2007
(English text below)
I whakaingoatia te kaumatua a Mate Huatahi Kaiwai (92) Te Whetu o Te Tau i tetahi hui taunga i whakahaerehia i te reo Maori anake i te Kareti o Ngata, i Ruatoria i te Raapa (Wenerei) kua pahure ake nei.
He tamahine a Mate Kaiwai na te rangatira a Ta Apirana Ngata, he maha hoki nga whakatipuranga korero Maori kua whakaawetia, kua whakaakona e ia i nga tau kua hori. Na Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori te tohu nei i whakawhiwhi ki a ia.
“I tohua ko Mate Kaiwai kia whiwhi i tenei tohu i runga i te mea koia te whakatinanatanga ora o tetahi o nga whakatauki o tona papa, ara, ki te whakaako i te tangata, kua whakaakona te tangata, ki te whakaako i te wahine, kua whakaakona te whakatipuranga” e ai ki te Toihau a te komihana a Erima Henare.
I whakatuhia te tohu Whetu o Te Tau e te Komihana i te tau 2005 hei kaupapa whakaaro mo te whakapumautanga o te reo.
“He wahine katoa nga kaiwhiwhi. I whakawhiwhia tuatahitia ki a Dianne Prince, hei whakanui i ana mahi i nga tau o mua, ara, te hiki i a Matariki ki tona taumata tika hei whakanuitanga ma Aotearoa whanui, tona kaha awhina, kaha tautoko hoki ki nga rangatira o apopo. No tera tau i whakanuia a Hinewehi Mohi, nana tetahi waiata i titoa hei waiata ma Aotearoa Whanui e whakanui ana i a Matariki, e ai ki a Henare.
"I tenei tau i tahuri ai o matou whakaaro ki o tatou kaumatua, nga pou o o tatou tatai whanaungatanga, o tatou whakapapa hoki. He kanohi ora a Mate Kaiwai o tona papa, na kona ona here ki te whawhai mo te reo Maori, na te whakapapa, na te mahi ngatahi, na te whakawhanaungatanga hoki,” tana ki.
Ko Nanny Mate tona ingoa karangaranga ki ona akonga puta noa i te whenua, a, ko te whakaako Maori tana mahi tae atu ki tana ekenga ki te 86 o nga tau. He kaiako hoki a ia i nga Kura Reo Maori o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori i nga tau o mua.
“He tipuna morehu a Mate Kaiwai. Kia ngaro ra ano te taonga, katahi tatou ka mohio he taonga. Ko tona kaingakau ki nga mahi whakaora reo, ko ana mahi whangai matauranga Maori e pa ana ki te kawa me nga tikanga Maori hoki e kore e warewaretia e te katoa i waimarie kia whaihua i tona wairua ohaoha,” hei ta Henare.
“He mea angitu tenei huihuinga whakanui ma te Komihana kia kitea te pakari o te reo Maori i tenei takiwa. Na te reka, na te hohonu hoki o nga pukenga reo i whakaaturia e nga kaikorero e 12 i tu ka tere mohio kei te pai te haere o te reo o Ngati Porou i nga ra e tu mai nei. I tautokona anotia tenei hohonutanga e te haerenga mai o nga kuia maha o Ngati Porou, tae atu hoki ki nga akonga i puta mai i nga kura maha huri noa i te takiwa o Ngati Porou hei kanohi ma o ratou ake kura,” e ai ki a Henare.
Ka mutu
Mo te roanga ake o nga korero: Lana Simmons-Donaldson, 04 471 6724, 0274 574551, lana@tetaurawhiri.govt.nz
Kaumatua Mate Huatahi Kaiwai (92) was named Te Whetu o Te Tau – or star of the year, at an intimate ceremony conducted entirely in te reo Maori at Ngata Memorial College in Ruatoria on Wednesday.
Mate Kaiwai is the daughter of statesman Sir Apirana Ngata, she has inspired and taught many generations of Maori speakers. The award was bestowed on her by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori – the Maori Language Commission.
“Mate Kaiwai was chosen to receive this award as she is a living expression of one of the proverbs coined by her father, ‘educate a man and you educate a man, education a woman and you educate a generation’,” says Commisson Chair Erima Henare.
The Te Whetu o Te Tau award was established by the Commission in 2005 as a leadership initiative for sustainability of the language.
“Award recipients have all been women. Diane Prince was the first recipient in recognition of her early efforts to carve a niche for Matariki and to provide strength for future leadership. Last year the honour went to Hinewehi Mohi who composed a song for the nation to honour Matriki,” says Henare.
“This year our thoughts turned to our elders who are the pillars of our kinship bonds and relationships. Mate Kaiwai is a contemporary expression of her father and is affiliated with the battle for reo Maori through ancestry, participation and association,” he says.
Nanny Mate as she is affectionately known to her students from throughout the country taught Maori up until the age of 86 as part of her work as a teacher at the week-long immersion courses run by the Commission.
“Nanny Mate is a tipuna morehu or surviving ancestor. Too often it is not until we have lost something that we revere it. Her commitment to the revival of te reo and the transfer of knowledge about Maori protocol and lore will endure in the hearts and minds of all who have benefited from her generous spirit.” says Henare.
“The ceremony provided an opportunity for the Commission to see the strength of the Maori language in the region. The richness and depth of oratory skills used by the 12 orators in attendance augurs well for the future. This depth was further supported by the attendance of at least as many kuia and further enhanced by the student representatives from the majority of the schools in the Ngati Porou area,” says Henare.
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For further information contact: Lana Simmons-Donaldson, 04 471 6724, 0274 574551, email lana@tetaurawhiri.govt.nz
Pipiri 29 June 2007
(English text below)
Kua whakaingoatia te Kahurangi o Ngati Porou te Whetu Matariki o 2007
I whakaingoatia te kaumatua a Mate Huatahi Kaiwai (92) Te Whetu o Te Tau i tetahi hui taunga i whakahaerehia i te reo Maori anake i te Kareti o Ngata, i Ruatoria i te Raapa (Wenerei) kua pahure ake nei.
He tamahine a Mate Kaiwai na te rangatira a Ta Apirana Ngata, he maha hoki nga whakatipuranga korero Maori kua whakaawetia, kua whakaakona e ia i nga tau kua hori. Na Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori te tohu nei i whakawhiwhi ki a ia.
“I tohua ko Mate Kaiwai kia whiwhi i tenei tohu i runga i te mea koia te whakatinanatanga ora o tetahi o nga whakatauki o tona papa, ara, ki te whakaako i te tangata, kua whakaakona te tangata, ki te whakaako i te wahine, kua whakaakona te whakatipuranga” e ai ki te Toihau a te komihana a Erima Henare.
I whakatuhia te tohu Whetu o Te Tau e te Komihana i te tau 2005 hei kaupapa whakaaro mo te whakapumautanga o te reo.
“He wahine katoa nga kaiwhiwhi. I whakawhiwhia tuatahitia ki a Dianne Prince, hei whakanui i ana mahi i nga tau o mua, ara, te hiki i a Matariki ki tona taumata tika hei whakanuitanga ma Aotearoa whanui, tona kaha awhina, kaha tautoko hoki ki nga rangatira o apopo. No tera tau i whakanuia a Hinewehi Mohi, nana tetahi waiata i titoa hei waiata ma Aotearoa Whanui e whakanui ana i a Matariki, e ai ki a Henare.
"I tenei tau i tahuri ai o matou whakaaro ki o tatou kaumatua, nga pou o o tatou tatai whanaungatanga, o tatou whakapapa hoki. He kanohi ora a Mate Kaiwai o tona papa, na kona ona here ki te whawhai mo te reo Maori, na te whakapapa, na te mahi ngatahi, na te whakawhanaungatanga hoki,” tana ki.
Ko Nanny Mate tona ingoa karangaranga ki ona akonga puta noa i te whenua, a, ko te whakaako Maori tana mahi tae atu ki tana ekenga ki te 86 o nga tau. He kaiako hoki a ia i nga Kura Reo Maori o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori i nga tau o mua.
“He tipuna morehu a Mate Kaiwai. Kia ngaro ra ano te taonga, katahi tatou ka mohio he taonga. Ko tona kaingakau ki nga mahi whakaora reo, ko ana mahi whangai matauranga Maori e pa ana ki te kawa me nga tikanga Maori hoki e kore e warewaretia e te katoa i waimarie kia whaihua i tona wairua ohaoha,” hei ta Henare.
“He mea angitu tenei huihuinga whakanui ma te Komihana kia kitea te pakari o te reo Maori i tenei takiwa. Na te reka, na te hohonu hoki o nga pukenga reo i whakaaturia e nga kaikorero e 12 i tu ka tere mohio kei te pai te haere o te reo o Ngati Porou i nga ra e tu mai nei. I tautokona anotia tenei hohonutanga e te haerenga mai o nga kuia maha o Ngati Porou, tae atu hoki ki nga akonga i puta mai i nga kura maha huri noa i te takiwa o Ngati Porou hei kanohi ma o ratou ake kura,” e ai ki a Henare.
Ka mutu
Mo te roanga ake o nga korero: Lana Simmons-Donaldson, 04 471 6724, 0274 574551, lana@tetaurawhiri.govt.nz
Ngati Porou matriarch named Matariki Star of 2007
Kaumatua Mate Huatahi Kaiwai (92) was named Te Whetu o Te Tau – or star of the year, at an intimate ceremony conducted entirely in te reo Maori at Ngata Memorial College in Ruatoria on Wednesday.
Mate Kaiwai is the daughter of statesman Sir Apirana Ngata, she has inspired and taught many generations of Maori speakers. The award was bestowed on her by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori – the Maori Language Commission.
“Mate Kaiwai was chosen to receive this award as she is a living expression of one of the proverbs coined by her father, ‘educate a man and you educate a man, education a woman and you educate a generation’,” says Commisson Chair Erima Henare.
The Te Whetu o Te Tau award was established by the Commission in 2005 as a leadership initiative for sustainability of the language.
“Award recipients have all been women. Diane Prince was the first recipient in recognition of her early efforts to carve a niche for Matariki and to provide strength for future leadership. Last year the honour went to Hinewehi Mohi who composed a song for the nation to honour Matriki,” says Henare.
“This year our thoughts turned to our elders who are the pillars of our kinship bonds and relationships. Mate Kaiwai is a contemporary expression of her father and is affiliated with the battle for reo Maori through ancestry, participation and association,” he says.
Nanny Mate as she is affectionately known to her students from throughout the country taught Maori up until the age of 86 as part of her work as a teacher at the week-long immersion courses run by the Commission.
“Nanny Mate is a tipuna morehu or surviving ancestor. Too often it is not until we have lost something that we revere it. Her commitment to the revival of te reo and the transfer of knowledge about Maori protocol and lore will endure in the hearts and minds of all who have benefited from her generous spirit.” says Henare.
“The ceremony provided an opportunity for the Commission to see the strength of the Maori language in the region. The richness and depth of oratory skills used by the 12 orators in attendance augurs well for the future. This depth was further supported by the attendance of at least as many kuia and further enhanced by the student representatives from the majority of the schools in the Ngati Porou area,” says Henare.
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For further information contact: Lana Simmons-Donaldson, 04 471 6724, 0274 574551, email lana@tetaurawhiri.govt.nz