8. Māori Language / Te Reo—Support for TargetsRINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga) to the Minister for Māori DevelopmentMāori Language / Te Reo—Support for Targets8. RINO TIRIKATENE (Labour—Te Tai Tonga) to the Minister for Māori Development: He aha ngā pūrongo kua kitea ai e ia hei tautoko i te whāinga a Te Kāwanatanga kia kōrero Māori te kotahi miriona tāngata o Aotearoa hei te tau 2040?[What reports has she seen to support the Government's ambition of one million New Zealanders speaking basic Te Reo Māori by 2040?]Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister for Māori Development): Kātahi noa nei au ka whiwhi tautoko mō te oranga o Te Reo Māori i ngā kura e whakaahua ana i ngā raruraru e pā ana ki te oranga o Te Reo Māori. Inā koa e whā rawa ngā āhuatanga matua i whakamiramiratia. Ko ēnei ērā anā ko te rahi me te momo o ngā taiao me tētahi horopaki a mō te tangata ki te kōrero Māori; kua aronuitia Te Reo hei reo noa o ia rā; kua piki te nui o te hunga matatau; ka mutu e whāngaitia ana mai i tētehi reanga ki tētehi. Ko te mea nui ki a au kia ngākaunui Te Reo Māori kia rere.[I have just received support for the well-being of the Māori language in schools illustrating the issues relating to the well-being of the Māori language. In particular there are four certain key aspects highlighted. These are they: the size and type of the environments with a context for one to speak Māori; the language is acknowledged as one for daily use; the number that are fluent have increased and furthermore it is fed from one generation to another. The most important thing to me is that it is embraced and allowed to fly.]Rino Tirikatene: Ko te kaupapa here a Te Kāwanatanga ko te whakaako i ngā kura katoa i Te Reo Māori?[Is the Government's policy for all schools to teach the Māori language?]Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: Tēnā koe mō tēnā pātai. He nui ngā wawata o Te Kāwanatanga. Hei tīmatangā e rapu ana mātou kia reorua a Aotearoa ā e whai whakaaro ana kia Reo Māori te katoa mua mai o te tau 2025 ā e ai ki Te Rautaki Maihi Karauna kia tino tokomaha rawa atu ngā tamariki e ako ana i Te Reo Māori. I tērā tau e 185000 ngā tauira i kuraina ana i roto i te pūnaha kura ōkawa e ako ana i Te Reo Māori ā e 615000 he iti noa Te Reo Māori e akohia ana ā kāore rānei. Ko tētehi hiahia o te rautaki ki te whakatinana i te whakaurunga haere o Te Reo Māori puta noa i te whānuitanga o te ara mātauranga; arā ki roto i ia kura kōhungahunga ia kura tuatahi ā ia kura tuarua mua o te tau 2025. Tēnei rā tā Te Pirimia i kōrerotia.[Thank you for that question. The Government has great aspirations. As a starter we are seeking a bilingual New Zealand and considering the Māori language for all throughout the country before the year 2025 and according to the Maihi Karauna strategy for a very large number of children learning the Māori language. Last year 185000 students schooled in the formal school system were learning the Māori language and 615000 are learning a little Māori language or not. One of the aspirations for the strategy is to progressively implement the Māori language throughout the breadth of the educational path; in other words at every pre-school at every primary school and at every intermediate school before the year 2025. This is as the Prime Minister articulated.]Rino Tirikatene: Ka pēhea Te Kāwanatanga e whakapiki ai i te tokoiti o ngā kaiako Reo Māori?[How will the Government increase the small number of Māori language teachers?]Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: I te mōhio mātou he āputa kei te rāngai mō te nama o ngā kaiako Reo Māori i ngā kura tuatahi me ngā kura tuarua ā kua roa kē e pēnei ana. Hēoi anō e mōhio ana tātou arā noa atu ka hiahiatia. Koia rā te take i Te Pūtea Tahua o te tau kua hipa ka tohaina e mātou e $9.5 miriona ki te takiwā whakatupu kaiako ā e $20 miriona ki roto o Te Pūtea Tahua mō te tau e heke mai ana hei whakapiki i te tautoko i ngā pūtea o ngā kaiako kaupapa Māori me ngā kaiako o Te Reo Māori ki te hei whakarahi atu i te whānuitanga o te kaupapa here kia uru mai ai ngā kaiako Reo Māori me ngā kaiako kaupapa Māori ā ki te hoatu wāhi e 35 i tua atu mō te kaupapa Teach First NZ e 80 te katoa o ngā tūranga i tua atu mō te tau 2019-2010. He maha noa atu ngā kaiako Māori me ngā tāngata Pasifika. Ko ngā karahipi e 400 ērā mō ia tau mā ngā kaiako Māori me ngā kaiako Reo Māori hoki.[We knew there were sector gaps for the number of Māori language teachers at primary and secondary schools and it has been this way for a long time. However we know there needs to be more. That's the reason why in last year's Budget we allocated $9.5 million to the area of producing teachers and $20 million in the Budget for next year to increase the support to increase the grants of Māori-medium teachers and teachers of the Māori language to increase the breadth of the policy to include Māori language teachers and Māori-medium teachers and to provide 35 additional places for the Teach First NZ initiative totalling 80 positions for the year 2019-2020. There are many Māori teachers and Pasifika people. There will be 400 scholarships every year for Māori teachers and Māori language teachers as well.]Rino Tirikatene: He aha atu ētahi kaupapa e mōhiotia ana e Te Minita hei tautoko i tā Te Kāwanatanga whāinga kia kōrero Māori te kotahi miriona tāngata o Aotearoa hei te tau 2040?[What other initiatives does the Minister know about to support the Government's goal of one million New Zealanders speaking Māori in the year 2040?]SPEAKER: Order! Before the Minister replies the Minister knows that my grasp of the Māori language is not good but there's one word that I do know and it's iti".Hon NANAIA MAHUTA: Ka whāiti tēnei whakahoki. Ka whakamanahia ka tuhia pea ētehi o ngā mea ka taea te mahi. Ko ētahi o ērā ko te whai wāhi wāhitanga mai o te whānau ko te whakatinanatanga o ngā mahere Reo Māori kia mārō tonu ai te whakareri i te huarahi me tētahi rautaki ā me tētahi māramatanga me pēhea te whakatinana ā me te whakapiki a ngā kura me ngā wāhi mahi i te hia kē o ngā kaiako. Hēoi anō ki tōku ake tirohanga me rere pai noa iho tō tātau nei Reo Māori i ngā wāhi katoa.[This response will be short. Some of the things that are possible to do are being enacted and reported on. Some of those are the participation of the family the implementation of the Māori language plans to solidly prepare the way with a strategy and with understanding of how to implement it and schools and workplaces increasing the number of teachers. However in my own view our Māori language should flow freely in all places.]"