6. Question No. 6—EducationMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Associate Minister of EducationQuestion No. 6—Education6. MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Associate Minister of Education: Ka aha te Kāwanatanga hei whakapakari i ngā kaiako ō Aotearoa kia pai ai te ako i te reo Māori ki ngā tamariki katoa?[What is the Government doing to strengthen the teaching workforce of New Zealand so that they can teach te reo Māori to all children?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS (Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)): E Te Māngai o Te Whare tēnā koe. Mea nei ngā kaupapa i whakaritengia i tautokongia ā-pūteatia e Te Kāwanatanga hei whakatupu i te nama o ngā kaiako matatau i Te Reo Māori: e 80 ngā karahipi Ako Aotearoa mō rātou e hiahia ana ki te whakangungu i te tohu mātauranga rumaki reo i tēnei tau e 70 anō ngā karahipi mō ngā tauira kaiako hou i roto i ngā kura tuatahi me ngā kura tuarua e 30 ngā karahipi i huainatia ai ko ngā Kupe Karahipi mō ngā Māori me rātou nō Te Moana Nui a Kiwa i oti ai tētahi tau mō te tohu mātauranga kaiako.[Mr Speaker my greetings. These are the initiatives that were designed and supported financially by the Government to grow the number of teachers that are fluent in the Māori language: 80 Ako Aotearoa scholarships for those that wish to undertake a Māori immersion qualification this year 70 additional scholarships for new student teachers in primary and secondary schools and 30 scholarships that are known as Kupe Scholarships for Māori and Pasifika students who have completed a year of their degree in teaching.]Marama Davidson: Ka aha ake Te Kāwanatanga kia whakarahi ake i te hunga kaiako Reo Māori?[What more will the Government do to increase the number of Māori language teachers?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Ko tētahi kaupapa matua i whakaritea e te Kāwanatanga ko Te Ahu o te Reo. Ko Te Ahu o te Reo i whakamātautauhia ki roto i ngā takiwā e whā o te motu: ki roto o Waikato-Tainui tētahi takiwā Taranaki-Whanganui tētahi anō Horowhenua-Kāpiti tētahi anō ā kei Te Waipounamu hoki. Ko te whāinga o tēnei kia āwhinatia ngā kaiako ki te tuitui i Te Reo Māori ki roto i ō rātou karaehe i mua i te tau 2025.[One of the major initiatives the Government has created is Te Ahu o te Reo. Te Ahu o te Reo was piloted in four regions around the country: in Waikato-Tainui is one region Taranaki-Whanganui is another Horowhenua-Kāpiti is another and also the South Island. The goal for this initiative is that teachers are supported in threading Te Reo Māori through their classrooms by 2025.]Marama Davidson: Ka aha Te Minita ki te tautoko te ako o Te Reo Māori i te whakangungu kaiwhakaako?[What is the Minister doing to support the teaching of the Māori language during teacher training?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: E tautokongia ā-pūteatia—neke atu i te $12 hei tautoko i te kaupapa o Te Ahu o te Reo. Tō mātou whāinga kia 700 ngā kaiako e uru atu ki roto i Te Ahu o te Reo; e 685 ngā kaiako i tīmata ai te whakangungu. Ā tērā tau e hiahia ana mātou kia horahia puta noa i te motu.[We are offering financial support—over $12 million to support Te Ahu o te Reo programme. Our goal is that 700 teachers engage with Te Ahu o te Reo; that 685 teachers begin training. Next year we want this to roll out all across the country.]Marama Davidson: Ka pēhea Te Minita kia tautoko i ngā kura reo rua ngā kura kaupapa Māori rānei?[How will the Minister support bilingual schools or kura kaupapa Māori?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: He hiahia nō mātou te Kāwanatanga nei ki te kite i Te Reo Māori i roto i ngā whare kōhungahunga i ngā kura katoa hei mua i te tau 2025. Kua whakaputa mātou i ngā kaupapa āwhina kaiako āwhina tamariki anō hoki pēnei i Te Ahu o te Reo Te Kawa Matakura Kauwhata Reo te pūtea tautoko i Te Kōhanga Reo kātahi anō ko te whakatairanga i a Mōu Te Reo i tēnei wiki. Ko tēnei Mōu Te Reo he pouaka e kī ana i ngā rauemi hei tautoko i ngā whānau i ngā kaiako ki te mahi i Te Reo Māori kei roto i ngā kāinga i ngā kura. [This Government wants to see the Māori language in early childhood education centres and in all schools by 2025. We have launched programmes for supporting teachers and supporting children also—for example Te Ahu o te Reo Te Kawa Matakura Kauwhata Reo financial support for Te Kōhanga Reo and just this week we have promoted Mōu Te Reo. Mōu Te Reo is a box full of resources to support families and teachers to engage with the Māori language in homes and schools.]Marama Davidson: Ka āhea e takune ana Te Minita kia tutuki ai te wawata mō ngā tamariki katoa e ako ana i Te Reo Māori i ngā kura?[When does the Minister intend to have realised his aspiration that all children learn the Māori language at school?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Nāku i kī kē ko tō mātou hiahia ā te tau 2025 e hiahia ana mātou i ngā kaiako katoa o ngā kura tuatahi kia tuitui ai i Te Reo Māori ki roto i ō rātou karaehe. [I have already stated our goal that by 2025 we want all primary school teachers to be weaving the Māori language through into their classes.]