{"id":1743,"date":"2025-05-29T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2025-05-29T17:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:57:09","slug":"tawhati-te-reo-ma-wai-te-marae-e-taurima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/tawhati-te-reo-ma-wai-te-marae-e-taurima\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u0101whati te reo m\u0101 wai te marae e taurima? \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amidst these turbulent times, attributed in no small part to an anti-M\u0101ori government agenda, rangatahi M\u0101ori are at the forefront of resistance efforts to speak truth to power and remind everyone of Aotearoa\u2019s history and (broken) promises to M\u0101ori.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Against this backdrop, Te Tumu Research Committee had the privilege of hosting a small group of<\/span> exceptional rangatahi for the Rangatahi reo symposium on Wednesday 21st May at Te Rangih\u012broa College. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kiring\u0101ua Cassidy, Taikawa Tamati-Elliffe, Te Atarau Cassidy, Shakayla Andrews-Alapaki and Maia R\u0101kete-Gray, are all te reo M\u0101ori first language learners who were raised in \u014ct\u0101kou. The rangatahi shared thoughts and approaches for revitalising te reo M\u0101ori, and engaged a range of other topics, like M\u0101ori and youth identity, contemporary politics, racism and discrimination, wh\u0101nau and future aspirations. The event was led by Kare Tipa and supported by wh\u0101nau, friends and the Te Tumu Research Committee.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Taikawa, tu\u0101kana of Kiring\u0101ua and Te Atarau, founder of Ng\u0101ti Gaming, is an award-winning leader and expert in the technology and gaming industries. He reflected on the growth of numbers of people speaking te reo M\u0101ori in his lifetime and spoke about the power of social media and the ethics of using it for good.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Te Atarau is the youngest of the three brothers, and similarly reflected on larger numbers of reo speakers, particularly because of the Kai Tahu K\u014dtahi Mano K\u0101ika programme. He recalled learning te reo as a toddler and is now in the position of leading karakia, mihi and whaik\u014drero in a range of hui today.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Maia is the first te reo M\u0101ori speaker in<\/span> her wh\u0101nau for three generations. She said she owes this achievement to the education philosophy and curriculum of Te Aho Matua and Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o \u014ctepoti. With Maia, talk turned to the impact of H\u012bkoi m\u014d te Tiriti and how it galvanised M\u0101ori and Tangata Tiriti. Maia noticed that one positive effect was that it made people angry and more motivated to participate in political processes, to stand up for M\u0101ori rights.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shakayla, a media reporter for Tahu News, shared her experiences of reporting in Te Waipounamu in the face of a news reporting industry that tends to focus on activities or issues in Te Ika a M\u0101ui. Shakayla is of M\u0101ori and tagata Niue heritage and recalled the challenges of being the only brown student to attend Southland Girls High School.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Kiring\u0101ua is the middle brother of Taikawa and Te Atarau. He is the youngest officially registered te reo M\u0101ori translator in the country (only two reside in \u014ct\u0101kou). Kiring\u0101ua has long been interested in politics. Although he is sad that the coalition government and issues like the Treaty Principles Bill have pitted M\u0101ori against M\u0101ori, like Maia, he was pleased that recent events had generated more political interest and willingness to challenge injustice. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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An intermission featured the beautiful singing of R\u012bpeka P\u014dtiki, and students from Te Kura Kaupapa M\u0101ori o \u014ctepoti: Ratana Kahukura, Zynalee Parata-McIntosh and Te Oranga Tau. They were followed by Taikawa, who gave the audience a quick taste of how Ng\u0101ti Gaming Limited is integrating te ao M\u0101ori in their project, \u2018Guardian Maia\u2019 \u2013 a fun and lucrative venture!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, it seems fitting that on the eve of the \u2018No BS (but completely BS) Budget\u2019, attendees of the first rangatahi reo symposium received a glimpse of how this generation of gifted reo M\u0101ori speakers are paving a bright and better way for future generations of rangatahi M\u0101ori. In doing so, they challenge us all to do better: to learn more local h\u012btori through haka and waiata and for everyone to make the effort to learn te reo. As one rangatahi pointed out, given the wealth of resources now at our disposal, there\u2019s no reason not to.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amidst these turbulent times, attributed in no small part to an anti-M\u0101ori government agenda, rangatahi M\u0101ori are at the forefront of resistance efforts to speak truth to power and remind everyone of Aotearoa\u2019s history and (broken) promises to M\u0101ori.\u00a0\u00a0 Against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45535,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85084,314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-language-revitalisation-2","category-seminar","post_format-post-format-image"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/tetumuresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}