Pae Tukutuku Poutama
Kei a te Pae Tukutuku Poutama te haepapa ki te
rēhita i ngā taitara whenua, ki te pūmau anō hoki
ki te mana o te pūkete me te putunga, tae atu anō
hoki ki te pūnaha raraunga.
Me
tuku te tono ki te kooti mō te whakahaere
anō i te keehi, i roto i te rua tekau mā waru
rā mai i te whakaputanga o te tono (te rā
whakahaerenga rānei o te keehi).
In 2023, successors to the Hāwea-Wānaka block voted for interim representation, through a process facilitated by Te Arawhiti (Te Tari Whakatau) and Te Puni Kōkiri.
Only 17% of Māori knew how to speak te reo, only 5% of our children in schools could speak te reo, and furthermore, there were people of that time who declared there was no benefit in teaching te reo and no benefit in the continued survival of te reo Māori.