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“He taonga to tatou reo, pupuri kia whakapakari.”
Te pai o te wiki kua pahure. Ka rawe te rongo i to tatou reo huri rauna i to tatou Whare Wananga – tau ke koutou ma! Ka nui nga mihi ki te roopu whakarite mo te wiki o te reo Maori 2010 – ka wani ke!


He mihi hoki tenei ki etahi o nga tauira o te Whare Wananga. Ki a koe Hauauru Rae, tena koe mo mahi hei whakarite i etahi tuhinga mo Te Arohi, tena hoki koe mo to tuhinga ‘Critic’s Easy Guide to the Essentials of Te Reo Maori’, mena he ngawari, tera pea he ngawari ki te whakaingoatia te kai tuhi hoki ... pea? He mihi hoki ki a koe J’rad Mathieson mo to tuhinga e pa ana ki te ‘Hitori (ehara ko te Hatori) o Te Heke Haere o Te Reo Maori’, Hitori – History, Hatori – found 0 results matching ‘hatori’ (maoridictionary.com), me to mahi i runga i te reo irirangi o Radio1 – ka rawe korua. Nga mihi hoki ki a Ari, mo to mahi katoa o tera wiki – te kapahaka, te reo irirangi, era momo katoa, tau ke e hoa. A ko te mihi whakamutunga ki a Wariz raua ko Nikora mo ta ratou kai whakapahotanga i runga i te reo irirangi o Radio1 hei te Ratu, te ataahua o ta korua waiata – Tumeke!
   Heoi ano, na te mea kua mutu Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori, kia kaha te korero i nga wa katoa, kia kore te reo e heke haere. Mena kaore koe i mohio ki to ta reo, akona. He karaehe timatanga ki tenei Whare Wananga, a, ko te Maori 110.
   Ko te Reo te mauri o ta tatou Maoritanga.
 
   “Our language is a gift, hold fast so that it retains strength.”
   Last week was amazing. It was outstanding to hear students and staff speaking Maori around the University – awesome job! And a big thank you to the Maori Language Week committee for putting together a fantastic programme and showcasing Te Reo at its best! 
   I have a couple of shout outs to some students. First to Hauauru Rae and J’rad Mathieson for your efforts in organising and writing articles for last week’s issue, and again to J’rad for being that creepy ‘voice-over guy’ all week on Radio1 – love your work! To our Ari for everything you were involved in last week: performances, radio, just everything – you’re amazing. Finally to Wariz and Nikora for their meanest live radio show on Tuesday, those beautiful voices ... and because Wariz is always asking for a shout out – chur bois!
   Now even though Maori Language Week has come to an end, challenge yourself to speak it all the time, so it will never decline. And if you don’t know how to speak Maori, your challenge is to learn it. There’s a beginners’ class right here on campus: Maori 110 – An Introduction to Conversational Maori.
   Our language is the essence of our heritage.
   Fallyn xx