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Tukua te matakīrea ki te ao, kua whāroroa ngā parirau o TE KŌRAKO, kua puta i tōna kōhanga, kia rere ki te rangi. Kai te haere te tau, kua Paenga-Whāwhā, kua rewa ki te pae ko te niupepa reo Māori nei a Te Kōrako. He niupepa tēnei hai whakanui i tō tātou nei reo rangatira. Kua rere tēnei pīrere, kia whai kāhui ngā manu taki o te rangi pērā i te Pouaka Whakaata Māori, pērā i ngā reo Irirangi Māori, pēra i ngā niupepa nō ngā tau o mua kia rangona anō tō tātou nei reo i ngā moka katoa o te motu. He niupepa ā-ipurangi tēnei, ā, ka puta atu ia wiki mō te ono marama. Kāore he utu mō te pānui, kāore hoki he utu mō te tuku kōrero, tuku pānui mai - mānā kai roto katoa i te reo Māori. He niupepa tēnei mō ngā iwi katoa, ahakoa nō whea, ahakoa ko wai. Nā reira koutou te hunga e ngākaunui ana ki tō tātou reo, tirohia, pānuihia, tautokohia. Ake Associates Limited with the support of Mā Te Reo have released a new newspaper in te reo Māori. TE KŌRAKO was launched in April 2008 and will be released online once a week for the next six months with the aim of increasing public access to the te reo Māori in the written form. Feel free to print TE KŌRAKO and distribute for public use. All copyright of articles and their contents remains with the individual authors. Whilst more like a periodical than a scoop-finding, hard core hitting newspaper, we hope that people find value in it and support us to raise the awareness and value of te reo Māori. Feedback so far about the paper has been really good, with many teachers, librarians and others saying that the articles and puzzle sections are coming in really handy as an additional resources for their students and customers. TE KŌRAKO is about promoting the language and as many dialects as possible. We are still looking for contributors every week, so if you have a story or just want to tell us what’s happening in your rohe send it through to tekorako@akeassociates.co.nz. |
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| Round Eight (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We received 223 applications, requesting a total of $5.5 million dollars worth of requests. Applications have been assessed and we expect that final funding decisions will be made from 7-11 July you will be notified of the outcome of your application/s no later than Friday the 18th of July 2008. Some applications were assessed early and those providers have already been advised as to whether their application was successful or not. These applications sought funds to celebrate Matariki and Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2008, and early decisions were required. This is the final year we will assess applications early and from 2009 onwards, all applications will be assessed together. For your information, below is a breakdown of applications by funding category and by region. As expected the greatest requests for support came for language resources, events/promotions and wānanga reo. Language planning is an important aspect of language revitalisation and it is interesting to see that only 10% of the total requests were for planning activities. For those providers who regularly deliver projects with us and do not have a language plan, you may want to consider submitting an application next year to develop a strategic plan which will formally link your activities into an agreed strategy. When we look regionally, the greatest requests for funding came from Auckland, Bay of Plenty/Taupo and the East Coast/Hawkes Bay. This is consistent with the spread of the Māori population across the motu. |
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To provide some continuity Clayton and Hollie have been allocated geographical regions and will be managing the contracts that fall within those areas. Their contact details are shown at the end of this Ī-Pānui.
We are currently managing 86 contracts. Of those, 58 progress reports are overdue. Some contracts have more than one overdue progress report and this is disappointing. We ask that you be diligent and keep to the timeframes in your contracts. Over the next couple of weeks we will be working closely with you to bring this up to date. Communication is essential so please make contact with us if your progress report is overdue. No matter what the reason we can work things out. |
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| Round Four, Five and Six | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thankfully all Round 4 contracts are now complete and our attention has turned to all of the outstanding Round 5 and 6 providers. Deadlines have been discussed with each of you and we aim to report in the next ī-pānui issue that these rounds are successfully completed. You will be aware that as we are preparing to implement the decisions for Round 8 and spending time on past contracts reduces our ability to progress mahi in this round. We urge all providers to keep to the timeframes in their contracts. |
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Here are some handy hints for completing your reports online:
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| Kura Reo – Whakapakari Reo 2008/2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We can now confirm the dates for all four Kura Reo – Whakapakari Reo programmes for the next 12 months. If you are interested in registering onto any of these programmes, please make contact with the relevant organisations.
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| The Mā Te Reo Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clayton Reiri will be on leave from Monday the 7th of July 2008 and returns on Tuesday the 28th of October spending well earned time with his six month old daughter Rebecca Hope Aromea Lee-Reiri. In lieu of Clayton’s departure Allie Hemara-Wahanui will pick up Clayton’s caseload and will become the contact person for you.
While Jas has moved to the Ministry of Education she remains part of the wider Mā Te Reo whānau as one of the representatives on Te Rōpū Tautoko. It is this committee that considers all applications and forwards their recommendations to the Board of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori for their approval.
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| Māori Language Week 2008 – Māori Language in the Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Māori Language Week runs from 21-27 July 2008 and the theme for 2008 is "Te Reo i te Kāinga - Māori Language in the Home." To support promoting and learning te reo Māori in the home with the whānau, a Kōrero Māori booklet has been created that includes helpful phrases and tips. You can order this booklet along with all other resources such as labels, balloons, stickers by visiting and downloading an order form from http://www.korero.maori.nz/resources/shop.html. Māori Language Week has been celebrated for over 30 years, and we are all invited to be part of this celebration. |
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Our new office hours are from 8.30am to 4.00pm daily and reception will be available only during those hours. Therefore if you ring outside of these hours you will need to leave a message. If your kaupapa is urgent you can ring us anytime between 8.30am and 5.00pm on our direct dial numbers. These are shown below. |
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We are pleased to share that Jasmine Cooper, former Manager of Mā Te Reo has a new mokopuna named Matariki Christina Aiken-Cooper. Born in Adu Dhabi, Dubai on the 24th of May. Jasmine was there at the birth to welcome baby Matariki.