Allanah Ashwell
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Uepōhatu, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe.BSocSc (Hons), DipT, DipArts
Kei whea mai ngā hua i puāwai mai ai i tā mātou whai i Te Reo Kairangi, i tā mātou piki ake i te rākau taumatua o te reo Māori. Mātāmua pea ko te whakairo i ngā mea moroiti (iti te kupu, nui te kōrero) e whakarākei ai, e kounga ake ai, e Māori ake ai anō hoki te rere o tō tātou reo puiaki. Ka mutu, ko te tuku ihotanga, otirā ko te whāngai atu o ēnei tini akoranga ki taku tamāhine me aku tauira wharekura, koia te whakatutukitanga o ōku wawata.
Ariana Rēweti
Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Ātiawa, Ngaa Rauru Kītahi, Ngāruahinerangi, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti TūwharetoaPoutuarongo Kaute (TWoR 2011), Bachelor of Laws (VUW 2016), Poutāhu Whakaakoranga Akorau (TWoR 2018)
E kore rawa e kapi i te kupu te nui o ngā hua kua puta i taku whai i te tohu nei. I tae atu ahau ki te whai kia kairangi te reo, ā, he kairangi te kai i whāngaihia mai e ngā mātanga reo i ia wānanga! I whāia te tohu nei mō tōku whānau te take, mō tōku kura te take, mō ōku hapū me ōku iwi anō hoki te take i runga i te hiahia nui kia whāia te tauira o ō mātou kaumātua, o ō mātou pakeke kia whakapakarihia tonutia te reo o ngā tini whakatupuranga uri; e ora ai ō mātou marae, e whakaūngia ai te mana motuhake hoki. Nō tōku reanga te māri i ngā whakakitenga o ō mātou kaumātua kia ora anō ai te reo me ngā tikanga ki waenga i ō mātou iwi o te kotahitanga ki te tonga. Ko mātou kua rongo rawa ki te reka o ngā hua rā. Heoi anō, kei noho noa mātou i te hāneaneatanga o ā rātou mahi nui, ka tika kia whai taku reanga i ngā ara hei whakawhanake tonu i ngā wawata rā, hei whakatinana tonu i ngā mātāpono i whakapūmauhia e rātou. Ko Te Reo Kairangi te kaiwhakaaweae i ahau, i ngā mumu reo o Whakatupuranga Torumano!
Benjamin McGee
Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tamaterā, Tokelau, Kuki Airani, Te Iwi MōrehuTe Pīnakitanga, Te Tohu Mātauranga, Toi Reo Māori ā-tuhi/ ā-waha
Ko te reo Māori tonu, te aho tāngaengae e here tahi nei i a tātau ki te whenua. I ēnei wā nei, ko te take nui e whakahokia mai ana ngā uri o Matakāoa ki te wā kāenga, ko te tangihanga, ko te hui mate. Mā mātou ko ōku, tēnei here hei motu. Ko te one o te kāenga te māra hei keri ake mā mātou. Ko te reo Māori anō, te kō. Ka tāmatahia, ka tiritiria te papa kia haumako, e manahua anō mai ai te urupuia pōhutukawa i Te Waha o Rerekohu. Mā ōna pua kura ngā uri kei te whenua hei whakapoapoa mai, kia hoki. Ko te reo ora, ko te korou ora o te wā kāenga te take.
Berend Quirke
Ngāti Rangi, Uenuku Manawiri, Te Ati Haunui a Pāpārangi, Te Wainui a RuaProgramme Lifecycle Subject Matter Expert (Assessment & Moderation) - Te Reo Māori
Ko ōku wawata mō te reo, kia noho mātāmua mai te reo Māori i te arero o Ngāi Māori, o tōku whānau ake, o ngā tāngata e kaingākau nui ana ki te reo. Kia hoki anō te reo Māori hei reo kōrerorero i roto i ngā kāinga o tēnā whānau, o tēnā whānau, kia rangona whānuitia te reo Māori i roto i ngā hapori puta noa i te motu. Heoi anō tāku he whāngai atu, he tuari atu i te reo e tutuki ai ēnei wawata ōku kia ea ai te kōrero ‘Ko tōku reo taku mapihi mauria’
Breanna Mataira
Ngāti Konohi, Ngā Puhi, TainuiTe Aho Matua Kura Kaupapa Māori Bachelors - Teaching
Ko taku wawata mō te reo - kia tipu te hiahia i roto i tēnā Māori, i tēnā whānau, i roto i tēnā hapori ki te ako i tōna reo - e tangata whenua ai, e pūmau ai tō tātou reo ahakoa ki hea haere ai te tangata. Kaua mō te orangatonutanga anake te take, engari kia eke, kia tika, kia kounga.
Charity Edwards
WaikatoProgramme Lifecycle Subject Matter Expert (Assessment & Moderation) - Te Reo Māori
Ko tāku noa ko te whakatupu tamariki, ko te whakatupu mokopuna i te reo Māori! Mā tēnā ka papata anō te reo ki ngā wāhanga katoa o taku hapori.