Comments on: He mokai te Paati Maori ma te Roopu Nahinara?

By: Kelvin Davis

Kelvin Davis — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:51:47 +0000

Aroha mai, kua wareware ahau ki te patai – he aha ou whakaaro mo te wahi o te Paati Maori ki roto i te kawanatanga?

Ko toku whakapae, e pooti ana ratou mo wetahi ahuatanga o te kawanatanga e kore ratou e whakaponotia ana, engari na to ratou hainatanga i tetahi kirimana i waenga te Paati Maori me Nahinara e kore ratou e taea te pehea.

Ki taku whakaaro ehara tenei e tino marama ana ki te iwi Maori whanui.

Mena e tuturu ana te Paati Maori, ka pootihia e ratou i nga mea pai mo ngai Maori ma i te tuatahi, a, mo Nahinara i te tuarua.

Tenei te raruraru mo ratou i roto i te kirimana ‘confidence and supply.’

By: Kelvin Davis

Kelvin Davis — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:40:03 +0000

Tena koe e Jacko

He tika tau, me akona taua koroke (mynameispete) i to tatou nei reo rangatira kia puta ai ia i te ao kuare, ki te ao marama. Engari ehara tenei he blog (he aha te whakamaoritanga o tenei kupu ‘blog’?), hei whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mo nga painga, nga henga ranei o te reo Maori, engari hei whakaohooho i te hinengaro mo te wahi o te Paati Maori ki roto i te kawanatanga.

He take tuarua ano hoki – hei whakaatu ki te motu whanui ehara he moumou taima te reo Maori, engari ka taea e tatou ki te wanangahia i nga tini take e pa ana ki te ao torangapu i roto i te reo.

Kei te whai mana to tatou reo i roto i te ture, a,ki a tatou ano hoki, hei aha o ratou korero whakahawea, ano te wai i te tuara parera!

By: Kyle Whitfield

Kyle Whitfield — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:56:40 +0000

Thank you for your clarification bikerkiwi, my appologies.

By: bikerkiwi

bikerkiwi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:54:20 +0000

Actually “Kyle” – if you read my post I was supporting your argument that more than 1% of New Zealand can understand Te Reo Maori.

Being that 4.6 of the population can speak Te Reo.

By: Kyle Whitfield

Kyle Whitfield — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:50:06 +0000

Actually “bikerkiwi”, the Statistics New Zealand website states:

“More than one in seven people (14.6 percent) usually living in New Zealand in 2006 belonged to the M?ori ethnic group”.

http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/quickstats-about-maori/2006-census-quickstats-about-maori-revised.htm?page=para012Master

By: bikerkiwi

bikerkiwi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:14:45 +0000

@ Kyle,

Its 4.6 % according to the 2006 census.

However – I strongly disagree that it being taught more in schools – by all means have it as an elective etc, but in the real world its pretty much useless for the majority of the population – and lets face it our kids are having enough trouble with English and maths – being subjects that the need for jobs etc.

By: jacko

jacko — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:07:22 +0000

Ko tenei mo mynameispete: Me akona koe i te reo Maori kia taea e koe te mohio he aha te tikanga o nga kupu mai i a Kelvin Davis. Kaua e whakaiti i te reo rangatira. He mea nui te reo ki ngai tatou. He wiki tenei ki te korero i te reo Maori, a, ko te tumanako ka mohio whanuitia tatou katoa ki te korero i te reo a nga tau kei te heke mai.

By: Kyle Whitfield

Kyle Whitfield — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:36:51 +0000

I think “mynameispete”, that more than 1% of New Zealand can understand Te Reo Maori.

Maori representation is around 15% of the popuation and a good proportion of Maori (and some Pakeha) can understand Te Reo.

I think that it’s always important to have one’s facts right before making comment.

I’m a pakeha and I would love to learn Maori, it is one of three offical languages in New Zealand, so in my opinion should be tought at more length in schools.

By: greenfly

greenfly — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:56:30 +0000

Ae kei te tika tau
He mokai te Paati Maori ma te Roopu Nahinara!

By: mynameispete

mynameispete — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:20:22 +0000

gee, a post that less than 1% of NZ can understand.