Fox Marama: Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeFox Marama: Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 09 March 2016. Volume:711;Page:9571. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Kia ora Mr Deputy Speaker.Kei hea taku reo karanga ki ōku tipuna?Hoki mai hoki mai e taku reo rangatira.Ko wai rā hei arahia tātou eNgā kohikohinga ngā uri o te motu e?Ā tēnā koutou. Harerūia harerūia! Kua tae te pire ki Te Whare. Tēnei rangi whakahirahira kua tae tēnei pire ki mua i te aroaro o tēnei whare Te Whare Mīere. He rangi whakahirahira tēnei. He aha ai? Ā i roto i te hītori o tēnei whenua kāre anō kua tū tētahi pire pēnei mā Te Reo Māori te mana Te Reo Māori whaimana kei roto i te pire kei roto i te ture o te whenua nā reira harerūia harerūia nāku e mihi kau atu ki tēnei pire ki tēnei rangi.Anō nā ka tāpirihia ngā mihi ki a rātou kuamene atu ki te pō te hunga wairua. I tēnei wiki ko Roger Aranui tēnā i tērā wiki ko Ranginui Walker tēnā. E hika! Maha kē atu ngā kaumātua ngā mate kei runga i a tātou i tēnei tau. E tika ka mihi ki a rātou. Engari ka huri anō ki a tātou te hunga ora ko tātou te hunga tūtuki i ō rātou nei wawata; nā reira tēnā tātou tēnā tātou kia ora mai tātou Te Whare.Ngā kupu kei roto i taua waiata e whakararu nei i ahau engari nā Whirimako taua waiata. E whakanuia te āhuatanga ō tō tātou reo. Kei roto i te ngākau o te tangata. Koia nei te reo te wairua o tēnei reo i tēnei pire. Nā reira kei te tū whakahīhī au ki te whakaaetia ki tēnei pire; tēnei rangi kua whaimana tō tātou reo.Tuatahi me huri ano ngā whakaaro ki ngā tau kua pahure ake. I aua tau rā ae kei te hinga haere tō tāua reo i runga i te whenua. I patupatu haere Te Reo Māori te reo tauiwi me ngā kōrero taupatupatu i runga i te whenua. Heoi anō rā he maha kē atu ngā take e tautokohia tēnei pire. I roto i tō tātou kōti ko ngā tiāti tēnā i ngā tau kei te heke mai. Mehemea he raru ki tā te pire nei ko rātou tēnā me whakawā me pēhea te huarahi whakatikahia engari ko Te Reo Māori te reo whakahaere i ō rātou na whakaaro. Nā reira kei te tautoko ai i te kōrero o tērā o ngā tuahine a Māmari Stevens ki tā te reo tauiwi i kī nei: “Māori has been reduced to a language of describing Western law”.[Where is my language that calls to my ancestors?Return to me my chiefly language.Who will guide usThe assembled the descendants of this land?Greetings to each and every one. Hallelujah; rejoice!The bill is before Parliament.It is indeed an auspicious daythe presentation of this bill to the House. Why is today so auspicious? This is an historic occasion for our nation with the first bill of its kind where the status oftheMāori language is enhanced andtheMāori language is officially incorporated into thebilland the legislative process. Hallelujah hallelujah;I commend this bill here today.I also join in acknowledging the recently departedand indeed all those gone before us. I would like to make special mention of Roger Aranuiwho passed away this week and also Ranginui Walkerwho passed away last week. Alas too many elders and loved ones have left us this year alone. It is only appropriate we acknowledge them and in so doing we also acknowledge the living—we the living are now left behind to continue the legacy and fulfil theaspirations of those before us;therefore to each and every one greetings and warm wishes throughout the House.The words in that song tripped me up while singing themdue mainly to the fact that it was composed by Whirimako.It celebrates the phenomenon of our language;that isthe heart of the person. This indeed is the voice the spirit of this languagein this bill.So I stand proud to authorise this bill;our language hasa right to be validated.First of all we must cast our minds back to the years that have gone by. In those times yes our language was slipping back across the landandthe English language continued to overcome the Māori languageplus it was being called into question and being debated across the nation. Be that as it maythere are many many other reasons for this bill being endorsed. In our courtsaccording to this if there is an issue in terms of this bill the judges will make a rulingand theywill do this in the Māori language. SoI endorse the statement bythe sisterMāmari Stevenswho said in English:“Māori has been reduced to a language of describing Western law”.]She goes on to say not only Western law—we have been reduced to commenting on it protesting on it and we express suffering under it. But this bill takes a significant step forward so that in our lifetime—rather than Te Reo Māori really being a language of making law within our general legal system it shows that it has the capacity to be a fully functional legal language in the legal system of our country. Nō reira e te tuahine Māmari mena kai te whakarongo koe kei te tautoko pai nei au i tō kōrero he rangi whakahirahira tēnei mō Te Reo Māori i roto i te ture.Ā ka huri anō ki tērā o ngā tangata rongonuia Tā Pita Sharples. Ko ia tēnā i te 2014 i whakatau i tēnei pire ki runga i Te Whare kai mua i te aroaro o tātou. Ā koia tēnā i hiahia kia whakahokia tō tāua Reo ki roto i te ringa o te mana whenua ki roto i te ringa o Te Iwi. Nā reira e tika me mihi atu ki a ia me te wairua o taua whakaaro. Ēngari kāre tēnei pire i te utu mō ngā take katoa o te ao ēngari he tīmatanga. Tika rā te kōrero a Nanaia e kī nei he tīmatanga tēnei hei whakatikahia te whatu te wepu o tō tāua Reo i roto i ngā kura nā Te Karauna tēnā i whakarite i ō rātou pire native schools i te tau 1867. Ko taku whaea tētahi kua wepuatia nei e tōna kaiako i a ia e kōrero Māori ki ngā hoa i roto i tana kura.Nā reira ka huri ano ki tēnei wā tēnei wā kai te mihi atu ki ngā iwi e hiahia nei te whakahouhia tō tātou reo: ā ko Ngāti Raukawa tēnā Taranaki Ngāti Kahungunu Tūhoe Ngāi Tahu ā i tēnei wiki kua pahore ake nei ko Tainui anō tētahi whakarite nei i tō rātou rautaki Reo Māori. Nā reira e tika me mihi atu ki a rātou. Ā kai te hiahia rātou kia tō mai Te Reo ki roto i te ngākau o te tamaiti te mokopuna o te motu.Ā ko Ngāti Raukawa tēnā atu i ō rātou ake uri ka purua Te Reo ka whakatō Te Reo ki roto i te ngākau o te tini me te mano e tae atu ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Nā reira kai te mihi kai te mihi atu ki a rātou.Ā ētahi e taupatupatu nei i te ao tōrangapū nei mō te pire. Māku e kī atu ki a rātau ā kua tau ki Te Whare waiho te ao tōrangapū ki te ao tōrangapū ēngari anō kia hoki atu ki Ngāti Hine ki Ngāpuhi ki ngā iwi—[Interruption]—kia ora—o te motu.Hai aha te whakatōrangapū i te kōrero i waenganui i a rātou kia rapua tētahi Māngai mō Te Reo kia uru atu ki Te Mātāwai. Ā koirā te kōrero o Ruakere i ngā rangi kua pahore ake nei i te hui whakanui i Te Ātārangi i te wikene nei. Toru tekau tau rātou i whakahoutia tō tātou Reo ki roto i Te Wairoa ā Te Ātārangi tēnā Te Kōhanga Reo tēnā Te Kura Kaupapa Māori tēnā e tautoko pai nei i tō tātou Reo hoi anō me mihi me mihi ki a rātou.Ā kai roto i te pire kai te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki te rōpū whakahou nei i tō tāua Reo nā te whakaaro nui o Te Minita nei me tōna kaha me tōna whakaaro nui ā me tōna tirohanga whakamua i hoki anō ki te mana o ēnei e whakapau kaha ki te whakatikatika i tēnei pire. Ā koTe Reo Tukutuku tētahi o ngā wāhanga e rārangi nei i ngā rōpū Māori hai rapu i ētahi māngai mō Te Mātāwai tautoko i ngā mahi o Te Iwi. Ā kai roto i Te Whare o Te Reo Mauriora ka kite mātau i te tirohanga whakamua.Nā reira kai te pīrangi au ki te mihi atu ki ērā kua whakapau kaha. I ngā tau kua pahore akei tae mai ki Te Pāremata nei me tā rātau petihanaa Tamatoa a Koro Dewes Cathy Dewes Hannah Te Hēmara Rāwiri Paratene Lee Smith Sid Jackson Joe Te Rito me Rāwiri Rangitauira e tika me mihi atu ki a rātou. I tēnei wā ka hoki anō tō tāua Reo ki roto i te ringa o terōpū o Te Minita nei a Rāwinia Higgins tēnā ka mihi ki Ruakere Hond Te Wharehuia Milroy Charisma Rangiponga Charlie Tepana i whakapau kaha ki te tutuki i ngā hiahia o tātau katoa kia whakahouhia tō tātau Reo.Nā ko taku kōrero whakamutunga nei mai i tērā o ngā koroua a Te Wharehuia: “The Māori language is seriously threatened and at danger of being lost. When I say that a language becomes endangered I am actually referring to when the speakers’ conditions around them have altered. … Whānau hapū and iwi play a critical role in ensuring that young ones are exposed and engaged regularly with the language so that it is relevant and a living language. But this cannot be done in isolation. We also need to have some material and moral support from the Crown in order for some of these things to take place. This forms the basis of the proposed Te Whare o Te Reo Mauriora” ki roto i tana pūrongo ā ko taku mihi whakamutunga ki roto i ngā kupu o Te Kooti: “Āe e hoa mā ka pai tō koutou whare oti anō te raruraru e titiro ake nei ahau kai te whawhai tētahi o ngā pakitara ki tētahi o ngā pakitara te whatitoka ki te tuarongo te teina ki te tuakana te tamaiti ki te matua ā titiro ake hoki ahau ki ngā kai o te whare nei he kōhatu he kirikiri he tātaramoa ēngari te one matua!” Nā reira tēnā koutou tenā koutou! Tautokohia nei tēnei rangi harerūia harerūia ngā mihi.[If you are listening sister Māmari I truly endorse your statement. This is a great day for the Māori language in law.I turn now to one of those prominent peopletoSirPita Sharpleswho placed this bill before the House in 2014. It was his specific desire that our language be returned into the hands of mandated tribes and Māoridom. As a consequenceit is apt that he and the spiritofthat gesture be acknowledged. But this bill is not the solution for all worldly matters; it is but a beginning.The statement by Nanaia is right; she saidthis is the start to addressing the harm and hidings incurred in schoolssincethe Crownintroducedthe Native Schools Act 1867. My mother received corporal punishment from her teacher for speaking in Māori to her friends at school.So I come back to the present. I acknowledge the tribes today wanting to revitalise our language:Ngāti Raukawa Taranaki Ngāti Kahungunu Tūhoe Ngāi Tahuand Tainuiwho have just considered their Māori language strategy inthe week just past. It is only appropriate that I acknowledge them. Their desire is to draw out the language from within the heart of the child and grandchild of the nation.Ngāti Raukawa is an example of one who does that with their own kin in terms of revitalising and drawing out the language. They do that withthe vast numbers that attend Te Wānanga o Raukawa. And so I commend and acknowledge them.In regardto some engaged in any political dissension over this bill I say tothem thatthe bill has landed in Parliament so leave those political dissensions to be addressed there. But I do want to go back to NgātiHine Ngāpuhi and the tribes—[Interruption]thank you—of the country. Donot politicise the discussions amongst you when seeking a representative on Te Mātāwai. That is what Ruakere said in the past days at a weekend conference to celebrate Te Ātaarangi. They have been revitalising their Māori language for 30 years in Te Wairoaand Te ĀtaarangiKōhanga Reo and Māori-mediumschools in the area have supported our language. I cannot thank them enough.In regardto the bill I want to acknowledge the language advisory group brought together through the foresight tenacity and vision of the Minister here. He went back to the integrity of these ones in this group who were working hard on modifications to this bill. Te Reo Tukutuku was a cluster going through Māori organisations to seek out representatives for Te Mātāwai whoareto support the work of Māoridom. We saw the vision going forward in the House of Te Reo Mauriora framework.I would also like to acknowledge those who worked hard over the years and arrived finally at Parliament with their Tamatoa:Koro Dewes Cathy Dewes Hannah Te Hēmara Rāwiri Paratene Lee Smith Sid Jackson Joe Te Rito and Rāwiri Rangitauira. It is apt that they be acknowledged. At this pointour language is in the hands of this Minister’s advisory group:Rāwinia Higgins Ruakere Hond Te Wharehuia Milroy Charisma Rangiponga and Charlie Tepanawho worked tirelessly to meet all our aspirations to revitalise our language.My concluding statement comes from that one of our esteemed elders Te Wharehuia:“The Māori language is seriously threatened and at danger of being lost. When I say that a language becomes endangered I am actually referring to when the speakers’ conditions around them have altered. … Whānau hapū and iwi play a critical role in ensuring that young ones are exposed and engaged regularly with the language so that it is relevant and a living language. But this cannot be done in isolation. We also need to have some material and moral support from the Crown in order for some of these things to take place. This forms the basis of the proposed Te Whare o Te Reo Mauriora”in his report.My absolute final comment is contained in Te Kooti’s words:“Yesfriends what a beautiful house you havebut the only problem as I look up at it is that one wall is fighting against another wall the door is fighting the back wall the junior is fighting the senior siblingand the child the parent. And so I look at what isinside and see stones sand brambles and primarily earth.”Therefore greetings acknowledgments and salutations. I endorse this day;hallelujahglory and glad tidings.]