Iranui Haig
- Iwi:
- Te Whānau a Ruataupare
I te tau 1995 hei whakanui i te Tau o te Reo Māori, i whakarite a Te Minitatanga Mō Ngā Wāhine (ko Manatū Wāhine nāianei) i ētahi hopukanga kōrero mai i ētahi pūkenga wāhine Māori i roto katoa i te reo Māori mō ō rātou ake mātauranga.
In 1995, as part of the celebration of Te Tau o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Year), the Ministry of Women's Affairs (now Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women) arranged to interview wāhine Māori in te reo Māori in their respective areas of mātauranga.
E tuku mihi atu nei ki a rātou mā kua wehe ki te pō. Nō mātou te maringanui i whai wā ki te noho ki te taha o rātou i te wā i a rātou, hei whakarongo, hei hopu, hei mirimiri i ō tātou taringa ki ngā rōreka o te motu. Ki a rātou kua whetūrangipōtia, moe mai, moe mai, moe tonu mai rā.
Ka huri nei ki a tātou e kanohi ora nei, otirā, ki ngā wāhine toko ake i tēnei kaupapa, tēnei waka huia, ka rere tonu te mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa.
These interviews encompass sixteen different kaupapa, covering topics of arts, culture, spirituality, language, education, the role of wāhine in society, and government.
These recordings were distributed in 1995 and 2005-6 to libraries, schools and interested individuals.
Please note: these interviews are not available in a recording or transcript in English or any other language. This is to preserve the integrity of the project to celebrate Te Tau o te Reo Māori.
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Kaupapa: Te Reo Karanga
- Kōrero:
- He matapaki mō ngā āhuatanga o te karanga – te taha wairua, te akoako, te reo Māori.
- Comment:
- A discussion about certain aspects of the karanga – the spiritual side, learning karanga and the importance of the Māori language.
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Heni Sunderland
- Iwi:
- Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Tāmanuhiri, Te Atiawa
Te Rangiaroha Huhana Clarke
- Iwi:
- Waikato, Taranaki Tūturu, Ngāti Kahungunu
Te Ripowai Higgins
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
Kaupapa: Te Wahine Tapairu
- Kōrero:
- Ka kōrerohia ngā āhuatanga o te wahine tapairu – ‘he tūraka mokemoke’ he kaimahi mō te hapori whānui, he tūnga ā-wairua ki ngā tūpuna, tae atu ki te mana o te reo.
- Comment:
- The role of being the ‘oldest female’ is described as ‘ a lonely position’ working for the community, guided spiritually by the ancestors. They also talk of the importance of the Māori language.
Matarena Rau-Kupa
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Mutunga, Taranaki Whānui
Rt Rev Ismalia Jane Davenport Manahi
- Iwi:
- Kai Tahu, Te Iwi Morehu, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe, Ngāti Toa Rangatira
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Te Ripowai Higgins
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
Kaupapa: Te mauri me te wairua o te reo Māori
- Kōrero:
- Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori – he matapaki, he wetewete i ngā āhuatanga o tēnei whakataukī me te kōrero anō, ka kore tō reo Māori, he aha koe.
- Comment:
- The language is the life-force of Māori prestige – the speakers discuss and analyse this proverb and the question, if you have no Māori language, what are you?
Miria Simpson
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa
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Heni Sunderland
- Iwi:
- Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Tāmanuhiri, Te Atiawa
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Te Ripowai Higgins
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
Kaupapa: Te Reo Māori
- Kōrero:
- Ka kōrero a Kāterina Mataira, kaiwhakaako, kaimahi toi, kaituhituhi hoki, mō ngā tīmatatanga o te momo ako reo e kīiā ana, ko te mahi rākau, i Whītī. Ka hoki ōna mahara ki a Ngōi Pewhairangi me ngā wānanga reo i whakahaerehia ai e te Kāhui Mātauranga ā-Pakeke mō ngā mano ākonga, kua huri i nāianei hei pouako mō Te Ataarangi.
- Comment:
- Teacher, artist and writer Kāterina Mataira discusses the origins of the Māori language learning methodology we now know as ‘the rākau method’ which she came across while teaching in Fiji. She recalls the important role of Ngōi Pewhairangi and the Adult Education courses run for hundreds of learners of Māori, many of whom are now Te Ataarangi tutors.
Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Porou
Kaupapa: Te Kōrero Pūrākau
- Kōrero:
- Mā te korero pūrākau e maumahara ai ngā tūpuna me ā rātou korero whakakata ā, mā reira hoki e mau tonu ai tō tātau reo Māori.
- Comment:
- Story-telling reminds us of our ancestors and some of their hard-case stories. It also helps us hold on to the Māori language.
Te Kiripuai Te Ao Marere
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Raukawa
Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Te Ataarangi
- Kōrero:
- He kaupapa hou Te Ataarangi hei ako i te reo Māori i te kāinga, i te kura me te hapori hoki me te mōhio anō, he rerekē te reo o ia reanga tangata engari, ko te mea nui, kei te kōrerohia tonutia te reo Māori.
- Comment:
- Te Ataarangi is a new concept for learning the Māori language at home, at school and in the community. Even though the language changes with each generation, it is still being spoken.
Kirihou Temara
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
Rukuwai Daniel
- Iwi:
- Te Arawa, Tuhourangi
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Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Te Kōhanga Reo
- Kōrero:
- Ka tipu ake te kōhanga reo hei urupare ki ngā rangahau a te NZCER e mea ana kei rite te ngaro o te reo ki te moa ā, ka kōrerohia ngā tīmatatanga mai i te Hui Whakatauira (1981), tae atu ki ōna painga ki tētahi whaea me tana tamāhine.
- Comment:
- The kōhanga reo movement emerged as a response to the research of Dr. Richard Benton ( and the fear of the language dying out like the moa bird). They describe its beginnings from the Hui Whakatauira in 1981 and the benefits to one mother and her daughter.
Henrietta Maxwell
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Porou
-
Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Keri Kaa
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou
Kaupapa: Kura Kaupapa Māori
- Kōrero:
- He patu wairua te mātauranga a te Pākehā ā, ko ngā tamariki Māori te papa. Ka kōrerohia te kaupapa o te mātauranga Māori ki raro i te maru o Te Aho Matua hei huarahi kē mō ngā tamariki e puta mai ana i te kōhanga reo.
- Comment:
- The Pākehā education system demeans Māori values and our children suffer. An alternative system for graduates of kōhanga reo, one that promotes Māori knowledge, under the guidance of Te Aho Matua, is discussed.
Tuakana Nepe
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Porou
Cathy Dewes
- Iwi:
- Te Arawa, Ngāti Porou
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Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Ngā Kaiwhakaako
- Kōrero:
- Ko ngā huarahi whakaako i te reo Māori te aronga o ngā korero a te tokorua nei. Ko tētahi kei te kura tuarua, ko tētahi atu kei te whare wānanga e mahi ana ā, ka kōrerohia ngā taumahatanga me ngā painga o te whakaako reo.
- Comment:
- The speakers describe their methods of teaching Māori; one is at a secondary school and the other at a university. The difficulties and benefits are discussed.
Hine Tapuarau Delamere Amoamo
- Iwi:
- Te Whānau a Apanui, Whakatohea
Mereana Hond
- Iwi:
- Taranaki
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Keri Kaa
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou
Kaupapa: Ngā Ākonga
- Kōrero:
- Nā te korenga o te reo Māori i te kāinga me te kura, kua kaha ngā wāhine nei ki te ako i te reo i te whare wānanga. Kātahi ka hoki atu ki te wā kāinga ki te tautoko i te whānau, te hapū me te iwi.
- Comment:
- Due to the absence of Māori in the home and at school, these women are determined to learn the language at university and on graduation, will return to their homelands to support the survival of the language.
Kylie Brown
- Iwi:
- Te Aupouri, Ngā Puhi
Aneta Rawiri
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Rangi, Te Ati Haunui a Paparangi
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Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Kapa Haka
- Kōrero:
- Ki ngā wāhine nei, mā te waiata e ora ai te reo Māori, he taonga tuku iho. Ka kōrerohia hoki ngā āhuatanga rerekē ā-iwi o te tū o te wahine ki runga i te atamira.
- Comment:
- These women believe that by singing the language will add impetus to its survival as a treasure from our ancestors. They also discuss the various tribal stances of women on the kapa haka stage.
Tihi Puanaki
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Hine
Te Rita Papesche
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Porou
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Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Waiata Hou
- Kōrero:
- Kei ia whakatipuranga wahine ōna ake momo kaiwaiata, momo pūoro hoki.
- Comment:
- Each generation of women has its own singers and type of music.
Ringiringi Manawaiti
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Maniapoto
Kuini Wano
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
-
Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Te Tā Pukapuka
- Kōrero:
- E ai ki te kaikōrero, me Māori tonu te kairangahau i ngā kaupapa Māori ā, mā konā e tika ai ā tātau kōrero, hītori hoki pērā i te ‘Parekura o Wairau’ me Te Rauparaha.
- Comment:
- The speaker declares that researchers of Māori history should be Māori. Only then will the true stories be told – such as the ‘ Wairau Massacre” and Te Rauparaha.
Hepora Young
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Tuara, Ngāi Kearoa
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Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Mahi Pāpāho
- Kōrero:
- Ka kōrerohia ngā pakanga o Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo ki te Karauna kia whai mana ai te reo Māori ki raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, mā reira e taea ai te whakatū kōtuituinga mahi pāpāho. Ko tētahi o ngā kaikōrero he kaihopu whakaahua, kōrero hoki a ngā kaumātua Māori i roto i te reo Māori anake.
- Comment:
- The battles of Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo with the Crown to grant official status to the Māori language are discussed and the subsequent Māori language broadcasting network. One of the speakers is the only female Māori television producer, interviewing our old people in Māori.
Te Aomuhurangi Te Maaka Jones
- Iwi:
- Kai Tahu, Te Whānau a Apanui, Whakatohea
Puhi Rangiaho
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
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Tawini Rangihau
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa
Kaupapa: Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
- Kōrero:
- Ka matapakina te pūtaketanga o Te Ture Reo Māori me Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori tae atu ki āna mahi hei kaitiaki i te reo, pērā i te hanga kupu hou, te mahi rangahau me ngā tikanga tuhi mō te reo.
- Comment:
- The origins of the Māori Language Act and the Māori Language Commission are discussed. The Commission’s work on lexical expansion, language research and written conventions for Māori are explained.
Anita Moke
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Hikairo, Ngāti Paoa
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Te Ripowai Higgins
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe
Kaupapa: Kaimahi Kāwanatanga
- Kōrero:
- Ko ngā wheako o te tokorua nei roto i te rāNgāi kāwanatanga te aronga o ngā korero me te whakaahua i ngā taumahatanga kei mua i te kaimahi wahine i tēnei tū āhua mahi. Me te hiahia anō, kia puta he wahine Māori ā tōna wā hei kaiwhakahaere o Te Puni Kōkiri.
- Comment:
- The experiences of two senior women in the state sector and the difficulties they face in this high-powered environment. They raise the possibility of a Māori woman heading Te Puni Kōkiri at some time in the future.
Topsy Ratahi
- Iwi:
- Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga a Mahaki
Hekia Parata
- Iwi:
- Kai Tahu, Ngāti Porou
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Te Ripowai Higgins
- Iwi:
- Ngāi Tuhoe