Ka toa i a Waiaio Chapman o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Pihipihinga Kākano mai i Rangiātea i te wahanga o Pei Te Hurinui ki te Whakataetae o Ngā Manu Kōrero ā-Rohe o Te Kāhui Maunga.
“Ko te kaupapa matua o taku kōrero ko te whāinga matua o ngā tūpuna ehara ko te oranga o te reo Māori engari ko te tino rangatiratanga o te reo Māori,” hei tā Waiaio.
“He tono ki a tātau katoa, kia rapu i tētahi ara, kia tino rangatiratangatia te reo o tō whānau o tō o tō kura, kia tino rangatiratangatia te reo o te katoa,” hei tāna anō.
“Ko te rautaki reo o Taranaki, kāore anō te motu whānaui kia rāngonatia koirā tētahi kura huna i whakapuakihia e au ki roto i taku kōrero.”
Ka tū te Whakataetae ki Ngāmotu hei ai ki te Kaiwhakahaere i a Tamati Manuera he maha ngā hua o te whakataetae nei.
“Ko te kaupapa matua o tēnei hui ko te whakapakari ake i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā tuatahi ake nei ki roto i ō mātau kura huri noa i tō tātau rohe pōtae o Whanganui o Taranaki,” hei tā Tamati.
Ka toa i a Te Haumihiata Rerekura-Lahina o Te Kāreti o Whanganui I te wahanga o Rāwhiti Ihaka.
“Tino rangatiratangatia tō reo nā te mea koirā ngā kupu, ngā kōrero a Te Arikinui Kuini Nga Wai hono i te pō kia rangatira ake tō reo o ngā tangata reo Māori katoa,” hei tā Te Haumihiata.
“He tohetohe ana ki te kāwanatanga te kōrero a Micheal JAckson ka timata i te mēne i te mira ko te kai a te rangatira he kōrero ko te mahi a te rangatira he manaaki ko te tohu o te tira he whakarangatira i te iwi,” hei tāna.
Whanganui students take out top English titles
Kopunui I Te Ata Leota from Te Kura o Kokohuia won the senior English Te Korimako section. “Your fears are not louder than your whakapapa,” says Leota.
“It basically means you shouldn’t be afraid to indulge in your culture because your whakapapa is louder than that, your whakapapa is louder than you being afraid,” she says.
Te Ratahi Harrison-Poutini of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tupoho won the junior English section Tā Turi Kara.
The four Te Kāhui Maunga representatives now prepare to head to Kaikohe in September to represent the region at the National Ngā Manu Kōrero competition.