Flavell Te Ururoa: Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill — Recommittal In CommitteeCWH Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFlavell Te Ururoa: Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill — Recommittal In CommitteeCWH Third Reading[Sitting date: 14 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10605. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]Hon TE URUROA FLAVELL (Minister for Māori Development):Kia ora tātau katoa. I te mea he manuhiri kua tae mai i tēnei ahiahi ki te whaiwhai haere i tēnei pire me whai wāhi au ki te tuku i tētahi mihi poto nei ki a rātou kia hāngai tonu kia rere tonu atu te kōrero ki te pire nei. Nō reira haere mai kei aku rangatira ngā mātāpuna o tō tātau Reo ngā mea kua kawe nei i tō tātau Reo ki uta ki tai Kōhanga Reo mai Kura Kaupapa Māori mai Whare Wānanga mai ngā hapori katoa o Te Motu.I tangihia ngā mate o Te Motu i tēnei ata nō reira waiho tērā ki reira i te ekenga mai o Tauranga Moana o Ngātikahu. Ko tāku ko te whaiwahi haere i ngā poroporoaki ki a rātou me te kī atu koutou i Te Pō e moe e moe e moe!Tātau te hunga ora e aku rangatira kua tae mai i tēnei rā ngā mātanga o tō tātau Reo tēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa! Ka rua ki ngā mema Māori e noho nei ka nui te mihi ki a koutou i whakawātea mai i tēnei wāhi poto nei mō tātau me te kī atu ko te tikanga o tēnei āhuatanga me poto me poto e kore au e whakaroa i ngā kōrero kia roa.Kai runga i te tēpū nei ētahi paku hapa i kitea mai ai i ngā rā tata kua hipa ake o roto i te tuhinga o Te Reo Māori ko Te Reo Māori tonu. Ēhara i te mea nui he ā he ō ērā momo āhuatanga katoa ō runga ō raro he aha rānei ērā momo kōrero! Nō reira ko tāku īnoi ki a tātau kia whakaae mai ki tēnei o ngā kaupapa kia mutu tēnei wāhanga o Te Komiti ā ka rere tonu atu ki te mea tuatoru mā reira ka taea e tātau te ruku ki te hōhonutanga o te pire nei. Nō reira ēhara i te mea nui ngā kōrero pēnei tāku e kī nei he ā he ō he ī he ō ērā momo kōrero ā nō reira kāti! Ka waiho ērā kōrero ki a koutou ēngari mēnā kāre he kōrero ka pai. Ka rere tika tonu atu ki tā tātau kaupapa kia ora tātau katoa.[Acknowledgments to us all. Because visitors have arrived here this afternoon to follow up on this bill I must accord them a brief welcome and then go directly to this bill and focus on it. Therefore welcome my esteemed ones the sources of our language the bearers of it in the hinterland and foreshore from Māori language nurseries Māori-medium language schools Māori language tertiary institutions and all communities of the country.This morning we mourned the deaths of the nation when Tauranga Moana and Ngātikahu arrived; let us leave that there. My part here is merely to follow up on the farewell tributes to them by saying those of you in the Void close your eyes rest and slumber on.To us the living—my leaders who have arrived here today the experts of our language—greetings acknowledgments and salutations to you all. Secondly to the Māori members seated here a huge appreciation to you collectively for giving leave to allow us this brief moment. Let me assure you that the purpose of this situation is very much a brief one really short and I will not allow prolonged contributions.On the table are some minor errors that were found recently in the written version of the Māori language in the Māori language version. Not significant ones more to do with ā and ō ones all those kind of things; ō above ō below or whatever those kinds of things. So my plea to us is to allow these matters to take place. When this part of the Committee stage is completed then we will go directly to the third reading. There we will be able to delve into this bill at depth. Therefore there is not much more to addand as I alluded to just minor ā and ō amendments those kinds of things so enough. I leave those comments for you to makeand if there are no contributions that is fine. We go directly to our bill with my appreciation to us all.]