First member of Te Matawai chosen 29 May 2016
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Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
Minita Whanaketanga Maori
Minister for Maori Development
29 May 2016
Media Statement
First member of Te Matawai chosen
Kua tohua te mema tuatahi mo Te Matawai
He mihi maioha na te Minita Whanaketanga Maori ki te mema kua tohua tuatahitia ki Te Matawai, ara, te ropu hou e whakaturia ana kia kokiri i nga mahi whakarauora reo Maori mo nga iwi me nga Maori.
Kua whakaingoatia e te Ropu Maori Noho Taone (National Urban Maori Authority) ko Willie Jackson ta ratou mema mo Te Matawai. Ko ia te mema tuatahi kia tohua mo Te Matawai atu i te tunga o Te Ture mo Te Reo Maori i whakaaetia i te marama o Paenga Whawha.
Huri noa i te motu, kei te kowhirihia nga mema e nga Kahui Iwi me Te Reo Tukutuku (ropu reo Maori e whaipanga ana). E whakapae ana ka whakatutuki i tera tikanga a te pito whakamutunga o Hongongoi, a, whakaturia rawatia te ropu hou nei a te paunga o tenei tau.
Ta te Minita Flavell ki, “E whakaatu ana a Te Matawai i tetahi huarahi hou mo te mahinga tahitanga i waenganui i te Karauna, i nga iwi, i nga Maori mo te whakarauoratanga o to tatou taonga, o te reo Maori.
He mea whakapumau ano hoki kei nga iwi, kei nga Maori te kaitiakitanga mo te reo, a, e ngakau mahaki ana au i te huringa o te iwi, o te Maori ki tenei mahinga tahitanga hou.
E tohu ana te ture hou
nei i te utanga a te Karauna kia mahitahi me nga iwi, me
nga Maori ki te tiaki, ki te whakatairanga hoki i te reo
Maori. E hikaka ana au ki te mahitahi me Te Matawai.”
First member of Te Matawai chosen
Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell has welcomed the selection of the first member of Te Matawai, the new organisation being set up to lead te reo Maori revitalisation on behalf of iwi and Maori.
The National Urban Maori Authority has announced that they have selected Willie Jackson to be a member of Te Matawai. He is the first member selected for Te Matawai since Te Ture mo Te Reo Maori (the Maori Language Act) was passed in April.
Other members are being selected by iwi and te reo tukutuku (reo Maori stakeholder organisations) at a series of hui throughout the country. That process is likely to be completed by the end of July and the new organisation operating by the end of the year.
“Te Matawai demonstrates a new way of the Crown, iwi and Maori working together for the revitalisation of our taonga, te reo Maori,” Mr Flavell said.
“It affirms the role of iwi and Maori as kaitiaki of the language, and I am heartened by the way iwi and Maori are embracing this new way of working.
“The new act expresses the Crown’s commitment to work in partnership with iwi and Maori to actively protect and promote te reo Maori, and I am looking forward to working with Te Matawai on this,” Mr Flavell said.
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