5. Question No. 5—Education (Māori Education)WILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour—Northland) to the Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)Question No. 5—Education (Māori Education)5. WILLOW-JEAN PRIME (Labour—Northland) to the Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education): He aha ngā panui kua puta i a ia mo te reo i ngā kura?[What initiatives has he announced for te reo Māori in New Zealand schools?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS (Associate Minister of Education (Māori Education)): I te rangi nei nā tōna tino pai i ngā tau e rua nāku tonu i whakapāho kia horahia Te Ahu o te Reo Māori ki te motu hei ara whāinga mā te 10000 kaiako kaihautū kaiāwhina anō hoki e hiahia ana ki te whakapakari ki te tuitui i te reo Māori ki roto i ngā akomanga huri noa i Aotearoa. Ko te whakatinanatanga o tō mātou taunaki ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi hei whakapakari i te rāngai kaimahi mātauranga. Ā ko te mea nui kei te tuwhera tētahi ara mō te hunga taiohi ki te ako i tō rātou reo kia manaakitia hoki rātou kia angitu ai i roto i te ao mātauranga hei Māori.[Today because of its effectiveness over the last two years I announced that Te Ahu o te Reo Māori will go nationwide as a path for 10000 teachers leaders and support staff who want to improve and also integrate te reo Māori into classrooms across New Zealand: the implementation of our support of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to strengthen the education workforce. Also the main point is that a path is now available for young people to learn their language in which they will also be supported to succeed in their educational career as Māori.]Willow-Jean Prime: He aha ngā kōrero kua rangona e ia mō te whakarewatanga o Te Ahu o te Reo Māori?[What has he heard about the launch of Te Ahu o te Reo Māori?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Kua tata ki te 1000 kaiako kaiāwhina hoki kua whai wāhi ki te kaupapa nei. Āianei kua māia ake rātou ki te whakamahi i te reo Māori i roto i ō rātou kura i ō rātou akomanga. Nā ngā whānau ngā mātua ā rātou tamariki tae noa atu ki te hapori whānui i kī e hiahia ana rātou kia whai wāhi ai te reo Māori ki ā rātou akoako katoa ā mā Te Ahu o te Reo Māori tēnei karanga e manaaki.[Almost 1000 teachers and support staff have participated in this initiative. Now they are more confident to use te reo Māori in their schools and their classrooms. Whānau parents their children and the wider community all said that they want the Māori language to have a place in all of their learning and Te Ahu o te Reo Māori will answer this call.]Willow-Jean Prime: E mea ana ia ki te tuku i Te Ahu o te Reo Māori kia hora i te motu ā ngā tau e tū mai nei?[Is he saying that Te Ahu o te Reo Māori will spread nationwide in the coming years?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: Ko te whāinga matua mai i te tau 2021 ki te tau 2025 ka eke ki te 40000 te rāngai kaimahi mātauranga ka puta nei ō rātou ihu i Te Ahu o te Reo Māori; 10000 ngā tūranga e wātea ana ia tau. Mā tēnei kaupapa e rangona ai e kōrerotia ai te reo Māori i ō tātou akomanga ā ka whai wāhi ia ki roto i ngā akoako a ngā tamariki katoa i Aotearoa.[The main goal from 2021 to 2025 is for 40000 of the educational workforce to graduate from Te Ahu o te Reo Māori; there are 10000 places available each year. It is through this initiative that the Māori language will be heard and spoken in our classrooms and it will have a rightful place in the learning of all children in New Zealand.]Rawiri Waititi: Ka pēhea te Minita ki te hiki i te pūtea ki ngā kura reo Māori pēnei anō ki ngā kōhanga reo ngā kura kaupapa Māori me ngā kura ā-iwi?[How will the Minister increase funding to Māori-medium educational facilities like kōhanga reo kura kaupapa Māori and kura ā-iwi?]Hon KELVIN DAVIS: E $232 miriona kua tukuna atu ki te kōhanga reo i ngā tau e rua kua pahure ake nei. Mehemea ka hoki ōku whakaaro ki te wā e moe tahi ana Te Paati Māori me Te Pāti Nāhinara e iwa tau kīhai rātou i whiwhi i tētahi paku pūtea.[$232 million has been granted to kōhanga reo in the last two years. If I think back to the time that the Māori Party and the National Party were together—nine years and they didn't receive any funding at all.]