Minister welcomes Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori 21 Jul 2014
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Hon Dr Pita Sharples
Minister of Maori Affairs
Monday 21 July
2014 Press Release
Minister welcomes Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
Maori Affairs Minister Hon Dr Pita Sharples today welcomed the start of Maori Language Week, and is encouraging all New Zealanders to get behind our native language.
“Te reo Maori is an official language of New Zealand. We should be proud of our heritage and ensure that our language endures in Aotearoa, the nation to which it is a home language,” said Dr Sharples.
“The theme of Maori Language Week this year is ‘Te Kupu o te Wiki’ (Word of the week) which is a perfect opportunity to pick up some Maori words and incorporate them into your vocabulary or daily routine.”
“I’m excited by the waiata ‘Aotearoa’, which has been written for Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori by Stan Walker, featuring Maisey Rika, Ria Hall and Troy Kingi. Promoting our reo for all of New Zealand is what this week is all about.”
“It’s also great to see so many businesses and communities across Aotearoa participating in Maori language initiatives this week. It’s important that we all embrace our indigenous language to ensure its survival into the future.”
“It would be wonderful if we saw this commitment to our reo carry on through every week of the year,” said Dr Sharples.
Dr Sharples said that he is pleased to see the growing awareness and dialogue around contemporary issues in te reo Maori, and that this is a promising step in the journey to revitalise the language.
“This week the Maori Language Bill will be read for a first time in Parliament. The bill establishes an entity called Te Matawai to oversee agencies such as Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Maori, Te Mangai Paho, and Maori Television.”
“Tangata whenua should be determining how best to support our reo into the future and where the Crown’s strategy and resource should be directed. That is the purpose of this bill,” said Dr Sharples.
Recent funding to support te reo Maori includes $8.3m per annum in Budget 2013 for whanau, hapu and iwi language initiatives and 265 existing Teach NZ scholarships targeted towards Maori immersion and Secondary Te Reo Maori trainees; and in 2014 $12m operational funding for iwi radio; $30m Maori ICT Development Fund for the production and transmission of Maori language content through digital platforms and for Maori economic development.
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