Flavell Te Ururoa: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
Flavell Te Ururoa: Questions for Oral Answer — Questions to Ministers 
[Volume:668;Page:15084] 
11. 
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Maori Party—Waiariki) 
 to the  
Minister of Maori Affairs 
: Kei te ngata a ia ki te whakahaerenga o te rautaki me te putea tautoko mo te reo Maori? 
[ 
Is he satisfied with the management of the te reo Maori strategy and funding? 
] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Minister of Maori Affairs) 
: 
Tena koe Mr Speaker. Kare ano. Ahakoa nga rautaki o nga kawanatanga o mua kua whakature kia ora ai to tatou reo a kare e whai hua. Penei i tenei kaupapa kua whakaturea e tenei kawanatanga reipa i te tau 2006 kare i whaihua. Iti haere nga tangata e korero Maori ana i tenei wa. 
[ 
Greetings to you Mr Speaker. Not yet. Despite legislative strategies by previous Governments so that our language survives nothing beneficial has accrued. It is like the Labour Government’s policy enacted in 2006—nothing came out of it. As a consequence fewer people are speaking Maori today. 
]  
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: He aha nga rautaki e wanangahia e ia kia toitu te reo? 
[ 
What strategies is he considering to save the Maori language? 
] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES 
: Naku i whakatu tetahi ropu te paepae motuhake kia arotakengia to tatou reo me te whakapaunga putea o te kawanatanga mo te oranga o to tatou reo ma ratou e whakarite purongo me pewhea ta ratau whakataunaki e whakaora ai i to tatou reo. 
[ 
I established a special panel to review our language and Government spending on the revitalisation of our language. It is to produce a report and make recommendations on how our language should be revitalised. 
] 
Hon Trevor Mallard 
: I raise a point of order Mr Speaker. I know that there are rulings against members shifting seats in order to interject but to follow the cameras around in the way that Ms Parata is doing I think might be something that will bring the House into disrepute. 
Mr SPEAKER 
: There is no need to take this matter any further. And that was not a point of order. 
Te Ururoa Flavell 
: He aha nga whakaaro kua whangaia e nga iwi e nga hapu e nga whanau hoki ki a ia ki te tautoko i te whakapumautanga o te reo Maori? 
[ 
What feedback has he received from families subtribes and tribes that will assist the revitalisation of the Maori language? 
] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES 
: Tuatahi ki mai nga iwi e hari koa ana ratou kua puta mai te purongo o te Taraipiunara nama WAI 262 mo to tatou reo na te mea ko tenei purongo e tautoko ana taku arotakengia o te reo. Tuarua kei te haere au ki roto i nga ropu whakaako i te reo Maori mai i Te Kohanga Reo i tera wiki a i tenei wiki korero au ki Te Aataarangi i tera atu wiki ki nga Kura Kaupapa Maori. Ko enei ahuatanga katoa he ahuatanga Maori kua whakaturia mo to tatou reo kia ora ai to tatou reo. Na reira kei te mohio au nga hiahia o ratou kei te pirangi ratou me kaha tatou ki te mahi kia pakari ai te ako i to tatou reo kei roto i Aotearoa nei. 
[ 
Firstly people said to me how overjoyed they were that the Waitangi Tribunal Report Wai 262 on the language has been published because it supports my call to review the language. Secondly I am out and about at the moment amongst organisations that teach the language. Last week I was with te kohanga reo this week I am talking to the Te Ataarangi people and a week back I was with the kura kaupapa Maori schools. All these institutions are Maori in nature and were established for our language so that it is not lost. And so I am totally aware of their aspirations. They want us to work hard so that the teaching of our language here in New Zealand is at its strongest. 
]