He akomanga rumaki i ngā whānau ki te reo i te ao toi

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RaRau Mai, he kaupapa mā ngā tamariki me ngā mātua. Nā James Rua te whakaahua.

E pārekareka ana ēnei whānau i ā rātou mahi whakapakari i ō rātou pūkenga reo Māori roto i te kaupapa o RaRau Mai, he akomanga ka tū ia wiki ki Te Papaioea. 

 

He kaupapa a RaRau Mai ngā tamariki me ō rātou whānau e manawareka ana ki te kōrero i te reo i ō rātou kāinga, ā, e whai ana hoki rātou tahi kia kaha ake te kōrerotia o te reo roto i ngā mahi toi.  

 

He kaupapa hoki tēnei i whakamānutia e Tania Te Tau, he kaiako te kōhanga reo, rāua ko Karangawai Marsh, he kawhakaako reo ki te reanga pākeke, he ringa toi hoki 

 

Ko Tania Te Tau, "I tipu mai a RaRau Mai i te hiahia o mātou hapori ki ētahi wāhi e noho rumaki ai te reoMāori.” 

Hei tāna, “Mēnā kāore e tareka e reo, ka taea e koe te whakaputa i ō whakaaro roto i āu mahi toi."

 

E mea ana a Geneive Double, he pārekareka ki a ia te tae tahi atu me tana tamāhine ki te kaupapa o RaRau Mai i ngā tau e rua kua pahure nei hei ākonga reo tuarua. 

Hei tāna, “It’s great to be with a community of first language speakers that really enriches us and broadens our use of reo.”   

 

Ko te katoa o ngā whānau ka piri mai ki tēnei kaupapa e arohanui ana ki te reo. He rerekē ngā taumata reo a tēnā whānau, a tēnā whānau, heoi anō, ko te aroha ki te reo, koia te mea ōrite i waenganui i ngā whānau katoa...” 

 

“E ana te kōrero tupu te toi oro, te toi whanake, te toi Hawaiki te to. reira mōku nei, ko te reo, ko te mahi toi e haere tahi ana,” te a Karangawai. 

 

Inā noa atu te tokomaha kua rēhita mai, ka mutu, tekau ngā whānau ka tae atu me ā rātou tamariki katoa kei ngā kōhanga reo, kei ngā kura kaupapa Māori rānei i Te Papaioea i kuraina ana.