12. Education—Support for Te Reo Māori in SchoolsMARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)Education—Support for Te Reo Māori in Schools12. MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green) to the Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education): He aha ngā hīkoitanga e takahia ana e ia ki te whakatairanga i Te Reo i roto i ngā kura ā me te neke whakamua atu i te wāteatanga whānui o Te Reo i ngā kōeke tau katoa? [What steps is he taking to promote the Māori language in schools and move forward the universal availability of it at all year levels?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS (Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)): Kua whakatakotohia e Te Kāwanatanga tōna whāinga matua kia whakaurua Te Reo Māori ki roto i ngā akoranga kōhungahunga me ngā kura tae atu ki te tau 10 i mua i te paunga o te tau 2025; kia whai wāhi ai ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa ki te ako ki te whakamahi ki te kōrero i Te Reo Māori. Hei whakatūtuki i tēnei e tuku āwhina mātau ki te rāngai whakaako mā te tautoko kaiako mā te whakapiki haere i te mōhio me te āhei o ngā kaiako ki Te Reo Māori otirā ki te ako anō hoki.[The Government has set down its primary objective that the Māori language be included in courses for early childhood and schools right up to year 10 by the end of year 2025; that everyone in New Zealand participate in the learning application and speaking the Māori language. To fulfil this we are providing assistance to schools and the educational sector by supporting teachers and increasing the understanding and ability of teachers to speak the Māori language but at the same time to teach it as well.]Marama Davidson: Ka whakaae a ia ki te whāinga kia ako ngā tamariki katoa i ngā kura o Aotearoa i Te Reo Māori?[Does he agree with the objective that all children in New Zealand schools learn the Māori language?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Āe e tautoko ana ahau kia ako ngā tamariki katoa o Aotearoa i Te Reo Rangatira me ngā kura puta noa i Te Motu. Ki te whakatutuki i tēnei whāinga me tuku āwhina mātou ki ngā kura me te rāngai whakaako mā te tautoko i ngā kaiako mā te whakapiki haere i te mōhio me te āhei o ngā kaiako ki Te Reo Māori otirā ki te ako anō hoki.[Yes I endorse that all New Zealand children and schools throughout the land learn the chiefly language to fulfil this objective. We must provide assistance to schools and to the educational sector by supporting the teachers by increasing the understanding and ability of teachers to speak Māori but at the same time to teach it as well.]Marama Davidson: Ka tautoko a ia i te whakaaro kia whakatakoto hia he wāhi mō te ako i Te Reo hei kaupapa matua kāore rānei?[Does he support the thought that a provision be set down for the language to be taught as a primary subject or not?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Kei Te Marautanga o Aotearoa kē Te Reo Māori e noho ana ā ko te tūmanako me poipoia kia tipu kia ea ai ā kia pakari ai ngā kaiako ngā kaimahi o ngā kura ki te whakamahi i Te Reo Māori ki ngā take me ngā karaihe katoa o te kura.[The Māori language is sitting instead in the New Zealand Curriculum and the hope was that it be nurtured so it grows and fulfilled so that teachers and staff of schools are sturdy in applying the Māori language to issues and all classes of the school.]Marama Davidson: Ka whakapikia rānei te rahinga o ngā karahipi hautūtanga i roto i ngā kaiako Reo Māori hou ka whāia rānei he rahinga rite he whakatairanga pai ake rānei i roto i ngā karahipi?[Will the quantity of leadership scholarships in new Māori language teachers be increased or will a like quantity or a better promotion in the scholarships be pursued?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: E mōhio ana tātou me nui kē atu te nama o ngā kaiako Reo Māori i ngā kura Māori i ngā kura auraki hoki. I whakawhiwhia e tēnei Kāwanatanga i tērā tau tētahi hau mā rima o taua miriona taara me tētahi hau mā tekau mā rima i te tau nei kia piki ai ngā tekiona kore kaiako pērā i aua hunga e ako ana i Te Reo Māori ki ērā i te Kura Māori. He takahitanga tuatahi ēnei ki te whakatutuki i ō tātou wawata kia ako ai ngā tauira katoa i Te Reo Māori i ngā kura engari me ahu whakamua Te Kāwanatanga nei ki te rapu hohenga mō tātou ki te mahi kia piki ake ai te nama o ngā tāngata e uru atu ana ki te umanga whakaakoranga hei kaiako Reo Māori. Ā he mahi e haere whakamua ana.[We know that the number of Māori language teachers at Māori and also mainstream schools must be much more. This Government last year granted a fifth of that million dollars and a fifteenth this year to increase sections without teachers like those teaching the Māori language to those at kura Māori. These are initial steps to achieve our aspirations so that all students learn Māori at schools but this Government must move forward to seek out actions for us to perform to increase the number of people entering the teaching profession as Māori language teachers. It is a work in progress.]Marama Davidson: Ka oati a ia ki te whakatairanga ki te tūtaki ki te matapaki i tētahi wānanga Reo Māori mō taua hunga e pīrangi ana ki te mutu mai hei kaiako?[Will he promise to promote and meet and discuss a Māori language forum for those who want to be teachers?] Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Ko tetahi o ngā mahi o Te Kāwanatanga nei he whakatakoto rautaki rāngai whakaako arā te Education Workforce Strategy ā ko ētahi o ngā pātai e pātaingia anai me aha tātou kia kaha ake ai ngā kura kaiako kia whakapakari ai rātou i ō rātou Reo.[One of the tasks of this Government is to set down a teaching strategy sector namely the Education Workforce Strategy and some of the questions being posed relate to what can we do so that school teachers are more resolute and that they perfect their Māori language.]Marama Davidson: Ka pīrangi a ia ki te hara mai ki tō mātou hui taumata mō ngā mātanga mātauranga ngā mema Māori hoki kia matapakihia tonutia tēnei kaupapa nau mai?[Does he want to come to our summit conference on specialist skills in education and Māori members too where this initiative is to be discussed thoroughly; do come?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Āe āe e Te Māngai āe! Ā kia kaha hoki ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa kia tukuna ō rātou whakaaro ki Te Maihi Karauna tēnā te kaupapa nui o Te Maihi Kārauna te rautaki a Te Kāwanatanga hei tautoko i Te Reo Māori hoi anō ko tētahi o āna whāinga kia kotahi miriona tātau o Aotearoa e kōrero Māori ana ā tōna paku matatau nei i mua i te paunga o te tau 2040. Kai te marae nui o Te Motu nei tēnei rautaki e kōrerotia ana āe e mea ana mātou ki Aotearoa whānui me tono whakaaro mai. Mōhio ana mātou kei te hiahiatia Te Reo Māori nā reira me kaha ki te whakaea i tērā hiahia.[Yes yes Mr Speaker yes! And so all persons of New Zealand must be resolute as well in regards to submitting their thoughts about Te Maihi Karauna that great policy the strategy of the Government that supports the Māori language and accordingly one of its objectives is that one million of us of in New Zealand are speaking Māori with a small proportion of these becoming fluent by the end of the year 2040. This strategy is being spoken on the great courtyard of the nation; yes we are saying to New Zealand at large send in a thought. We know that the Māori language is wanted so work hard to fulfil that desire.]Hon Shane Jones: Ā taku pātai mehemea he pūtea rānei kei Te Minita hei muru i te nama kia tae mai tetahi māhita ki te kura i Te Rōpū Nāhinara me pēhea te whakahua tika i Te Reo Māori?[And so my question does the Minister have a fund or not that will wipe out an invoice for a tutor to come here to educate the National Party on how the Māori language should be pronounced correctly?] Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Ā e aroha atu ana e Te Māngai o Te Whare ā korekau he paku pūtea hei āwhina i a rātou nā te hōhonutanga o te hiahia o ngā koretaketanga o tērā taha o Te Whare ki te kōrero i Te Reo Māori.[I sympathise Mr Speaker; there isn't a bit of funding to help them because of the depth of the ineptitude of that side of the House to speak the Māori language.]SPEAKER: I think we might've had a polite interpretation there.