Hayes Joanne: Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill — Recommittal In CommitteeCWH Third ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeHayes Joanne: Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill — Recommittal In CommitteeCWH Third Reading[Sitting date: 14 April 2016. Volume:713;Page:10630. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]JOANNE HAYES (National):Tēnā koe e Te Mana Whakawā i mua i te tīmata ki taku kōrero e hiahia ana ahau he kōrero e pā ana ki te karanga waea i tōku mokopuna i te pō.“Ring ring! Nanny J! Nanny J! Kei te ako au he Reo Māori i taku kura!”“Aw! Ka pai mokopuna! He kura Pākehā?”“Āe Nanny J he kura Pākehā!”“Kei te aha koe i ngā kupu e mōhio ana e mokopuna?”Ā he kōrero ia he kōrero ia he kōrero ia. Kei te tū au ki te mutunga o te waea nā te mea ka kōrero ia i te pō e roa.[Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. Before I start my address I want to relate a telephone conversation with my grandchild last night.“Ring ring! Nanny J! Nanny J! I am learning some Māori at my school!”“Aw! Well done grandchild! A Pākehā school?”“Yes Nanny J a Pākehā school!”“What are you doing with the words that you know grandchild?”He talks and talks and talks and I stand up to end the telephone conversation because he will talk long into the night.]What I was just saying there is that my mokopuna is learning Te Reo Māori at his playgroup. I am really proud that he is doing that because I have not had a chance to teach him anything in Te Reo Māori. So when he rang me last night and told me that I posted it on Facebook and a whole lot of my friends came on and said: “E kuia you’d better hurry up yourself so you can have good kōrero with him.”Kei te mihi au ki ngā kaimahi a Te Minita mō ō rātou mahi mō tēnei pire ā tēnā koutou. Ki te whānau tautoko i tēnei pire ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou katoa.Ā tīmata i te pire e rua ngā mea i whakakore ia Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 1987 me te Wāhanga 4A o Te Ture Pāpāho 1989. Ka whakatū te rōpū Te Mātāwai whakaū ēnei huringa Reo Māori hei taonga o Te Iwi me Te Māori. Whakahē ana te iwi ririki kei te ako i Te Reo me Te Māori hei Reo e pā ana mō Aotearoa (i) he (a). Te whakatū Te Mātāwai hei hinonga ture motuhake ki te whakarato i te ārahitanga mō ō whakahaere reo iwi me Te Māori i roto i tō tūranga hei kaitiaki o Te Reo Māori he rārangi 19(1)(e) i roto e tautoko o taua tūranga. Whakarato hoki i te hokohoko o Te Taurā Whiri i Te Reo Māori me Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi rite ki te hinonga Karauna motuhake.Kua riro nui te mahi ki tēnei pire tika ki runga ki tēnei rā me te pīrangi meinga tātau hohoro. Nā reira ka mutu taku kōrero he kōrero iti ki te whakataukī i te rangatira wahine nō Tainui ia ko Te Pūea Hērangi: “Ko te pūāwaitanga o ngā moemoeā me whakamahi.”[I acknowledge the officials of the Minister for Māori Development for their efforts on this bill and so I commend you. A huge acknowledgment to all of you who supported this bill.I commence with the billand there are two things:the repealed Māori Language Act 1987 andPart 4A of the Broadcasting Act 1989. Te Mātāwai is established to affirm these changes of the Māori language as a treasure that belongsto the tribe and Māoridom.Aminority teaching the language with Māoridom oppose the Māori language as a language for New Zealand in (i) and (a). Te Mātāwai is established as an independent entity to provide leadership in terms of your administration of tribal dialect and Māori in your position as a guardian ofthe Māori language. There is a clause19(1)(e) in it supporting that role. It also markets the Māori Language Commission and the Māori Broadcasting Funding Agency likeindependent Crown entities.Mucheffort has gone into this bill;letusfocus directly upon this day in the hopethat we get on with it quickly.Therefore I end my address with a few words from that proverb by that noble lady from TainuiTe Pūea Hērangi:“Implement that whichwillcome to fruition through dreams.”]Dreams become reality when we take action and today we will take action on this bill. Kia ora.