MA TAATOU KATOA TE REO

Naaku teenei reo.

Nau teenei reo.

Na taatou tenei reo. Ma matou, ma tatou tenei reo.
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Engari me pehea te whakatinana i enei korero ooku?

Ki au nei, ehara ma nga hunga pakipaki noa iho [language elitists].

Ehara na tetahi roopu iti.

Ki au nei, he ahua orite teera ki te whakawhirinaki katoa ki te tuutei [sentinel/gatekeeper]. Engari, ka aha? Me pehea taatou ina kua taka taua tuutei? Ka aha taatou ina ka RUPAHU? Me pehea te mohio, ina kua huri tuara taua tuutei, a, ka 'kapo' haere taua tuutei mo te wa poto, katahi ka tau mai te hoariri ki te whakamate i a taatou?? Ka aha taatou ina kei te peera?
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Ki oku nei mohio, roa te wa, ko te reo teera e noho tupono ana.

Ae ra, he maha nga reo irirangi Maori, Kei reira a Whakaata Maori, Ko nga Kura, nga kohanga me nga waananga eera e korero, e whakaora ai i to taatou reo.

Engari, ae, kei te mohio pai, mohio whaanui, ehara ma aua roopu, aua mahi no raatou noa iho e whakaora tika ai i to taatou reo.

Ano ra, kei te kite tonu taatou, kei te noho tupono te reo.
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No reira ka aha taatou??? Ka aha te reo???

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Ma nga Wananga noa iho? Ma nga Kura noa iho? Ma nga kohanga noa iho? Ma nga reo irirangi noa iho? Ma Whakaata Maori noa iho?
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Ina kei te peera, me pehea ma taatou? Ka aha te tangata ina ko tana waerehe, tana pouaka whaakata noaiho eera e korero te reo??
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Ki oku nei whakaaro, he roa te waa!!! Roa te waa i te noho peera me te whakaaro, me whakawhirinaki noaiho ki enei roopu, enei mahi noaiho hei whakakaha, hei whakaora ai te reo.

Engari, anoo ra te kii, kei te noho tuupono te reo.
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Nei ka mihi kia tika, ki too tatou Minita Take Maori o Te Puni Kokiri.

Kua taka te kapa mo tenei o wa taatou Matua, tenei o wa taatou rangatira.

Kua whai te Minita i te mohio, me whakawhaanui, me whakanui, me rahi haere nga mahi KATOA hei whakaora ai to tatou reo.

Kei te mohio pai te Minita, ehara teenei reo o taatou he reo tuutei, he reo pakipaki.

Ko tenei reo o taatou, na taatou, ma taatou.

Kia au nei, ae, whakakaha i nga rautaki, me nga roopu kua whakaputa kaha ana mai raa ano.
Peera i te Panikiretanga, Te Ataarangi hoki. Maha ake atu i a ratou. ae, me whakakaha hoki i a ratou.
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Engari kaua wareware, Taa te wharangi ipurangi o Tatauranga Aotearoa e 668,724, e kia nei, he uri Maori.
A, ko raatou eera e noho ki konei, ki Aotearoa.
Hei taa Wikipiiria, e 146,805 nga Maori e noho ki te Ao Whanui.
No reira e ahua 815,529 nga Maori me o taatou uri e ora ana, e noho ana ki tenei Ao o taatou.
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Ano ra, me maumahara taatou, ki to taatou ake Mana Maori. Ma taua mana, ko taatou te Maori, nga tohunga [experts] nga rangatira [leaders] o te Ao taketake. Taa te Kotahitanga o Nga Iwi o te AO, E  ahua 370,000,000 nga iwi taketake o te Ao.

He nui nga mahi kei mua te aroaro, kei mua i a taatou katoa. Ina hoki, ki te mate te reo, ka noho tuupono katoa, nga reo me nga tikanga o wa taatou Matua Tupuna.

Ano ra, ki te mate te reo Maori, ka mate tatou, a, kahore he paku awhero mo nga hunga taketake 370,000,000 o te Ao whanui!!!!

No reira, me noho tupono te Ao taketake katoa i roto i nga ringaringa iti o te roopu iti????

Ki au nei,  Me kaua maa tetahi roopu iti, roopu pakupaku e "whakakaha" i to taatou reo.
Ina kei te peera, ka mate rawa te reo.
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Ki au nei, maa te kotahitanga, ma te nui, ma te rahi, ka ora taatou, ka toa te katoa.

No reira, ma nga IWI te reo e kawe. Ma nga hapu me nga whanau e whakakotahi i raro i te maru o wa taatou roopunga iwi, e whakakaha nga rautaki o nga IWI kia ora pai, kia ora tonu te reo.

Kia au nei, ina kei te pirangi maatou ki ora pai, ora tonu ai i to taatou reo, ma taatou kee teera.
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Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, Engari ma te toa takatini.

Mo te roanga ake o enei korero, whakapaa atu ki te wharangi ipurangi:

http://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/newsevents/news/change-of-governance-proposed-in-maori-language-strategy/



Disclaimer: I acknowledge in English, that this blog entry may not be written in perfect Maori. But neverthless these are my views. And really the point of this blog is what is really important, i.e. that we need a world-beating strategy to enliven and properly revitalise the language of our ancestors, this pure language, The Maori Language.

MUNICIPAL DEMOCRACY

For the first time in my life, I was a voter in Local Body Elections.

This means that I participated in the democratic process of electing the members and leaders of my local municipal body. My right to vote is part of Human Rights, guaranteed to me by the United Nations. No one ANYWHERE, has any right to take Mine away.

 

There are many many things that local councils take care of. Here in Auckland New Zealand where we have a Supercity council, which in recent years meant that there was the amalgamation of 4+ councils in to 1 council.

 

The [new] Auckland council is responsible for Our Parks, Our Community centres, Some Gyms, Pools, Playgrounds, Roads, Public Transport, Sewerage, Water, Carparks, Resource consents for building etc etc.

 

The powers of council, and all subsidiary organisations are wide.

 

And thus the idea that we, the voters of this municipality CAN and do vote… is indeed an idea that is founded in the very essence of democracy. All voters value their rights to vote. In some countries, people DIE for this right. It is crucial to our society.

 

Especially for New Zealand’s central economic hub, and being home to 25% of the nation’s population, it brings on even MORE Importance.

 

Again, Our right to vote in our municipal elections is crucial to the running of our democratic society.

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I OPENLY Challenge anybody who wishes to usurp my rights!!!!

 

Anyone who wishes to disrupt my rights, by thinking they can replace/depose a Mayor who was DULY Elected….. Without the full, informed consent of ALL AUCKLAND VOTERS [Yes… hundreds of thousands of people in the nation’s LARGEST City] MUST Expect THEMSELVES to punished either by the Law or the fury of people hungry to hold on to their human right to democracy.

 

BRING IT!!!!!!!!

OUR Education System

These are my own public thoughts about Education in New Zealand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index

On that Index, we Remain one of the top Education systems internationally.. Number 1, alongside Finland, Denmark, Australia and Cuba.

We still have 99% Literacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate

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We have 2539 Schools http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/statistics/schooling/july_school_roll_returns/school-type

And many of our kids go to school, EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!
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Last time I checked, The countries Teacher Education providers produce in excess of 3000 New teachers a year.
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In all the world, We are the only country I know, that have 3 national curricula, as well as effective, tailored National Standards to measure the efficacy of the delivery of 2 of those curricula.

We have Te Whariki, the world's first bilingual ECE Curriculum. We have an English medium curriculum And a Maori-medium Curriculum.

These curricula are underpinned by values of Excellence, Innovation and Inquiry.

Tikanga Maori and the Principles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi are infused in to all 3 of our national curricula.

Nationally, as far as I see, we have a huge expansion of ECE Centres, indicative of our commitment to getting young kiwis to learn, as early as possible.
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I don't know of any other country that has so many different types of Educational facilities at ALL Levels of Education.. reflective of the countries ability to cater to diverse learning needs, gifts and talents at all levels.
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The Ministry of Education has recently released plans to CELEBRATE Educational Excellence. Something rare, but also something to reward the amazing things happening in Education across our Nation.
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Unlike other countries with multi-levelled bureaucracy, All of our state-schools are directly connected to the Government and are ready to receive help and assistance.

Our best authors still write books for our kids. Our artists still teach our kids to be creative.

Our teachers are highly trained and have experiences that make them leaders in their field internationally. Our teachers are sometimes unsung heroes.

We have one of the BEST Education systems in the world. The result is that people, [comparative to all nations across the planet] are highly skilled. All thanks to an incredible Education system.

For the most part, these highly skilled people are in jobs, where those very people are creating a new future for the World!!
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I know that there is always a lot of room for improvement and many many almost insurmountable challenges.

But bit by bit, day by day, as we try.. we are Proving that we CAN meet these challenges.

We are a Constitutional Monarchy

I affirm and pledge allegiance to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of New Zealand.

Her right to sit and reign as the Head of State, is given her by her ancestors and by God.

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On the 6th of February 1840, her ancestor, Queen Victoria became Queen in this Realm.

Through her representative, She made an agreement with Maori.
This agreement, known as Te Tiriti o Waitangi, gave her British subjects, the legal right to reside in this land.

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From that time until this, this sacred, foundational, primal relationship has been in it's many manifestations what we call 'New Zealand' today.

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I affirm and uphold Her Royal Highness's right to stand and have dominion over this land.

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All officers, all members of the defence forces, all Police officers, all members of our Westminster-style Parliament, swear allegiance to OUR Head of State.

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I have already blogged about this, but needed people to know my feelings.

Re-examining Sexual identities and Practices

This is a personal blog, open to scrutiny, debate, probing, and investigation.

More importantly I want people to talk.. I want people to elaborate. I want people to openly share their views.

I invite people to blog, do Facebook statuses, Keek and Vine videos, Tweets, what ever form of social media works for you.

This is possibly a great thing to examine and research academically, to do a Thesis and/or Doctorate on.

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Kinsey says

Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheep and goats. It is a fundamental of taxonomy that nature rarely deals with discrete categories... The living world is a continuum in each and every one of its aspects.

Klein devised;

 KSOG uses a seven-point scale to assess seven different dimensions of sexuality at three different points in an individual's life: past (from early adolescence up to one year ago), present (within the last 12 months), and ideal (what would you choose if it were completely your choice).<sup>[10]


And Storm</sup> 

ascertained from this that bisexuality seemed to somehow incorporate total heterosexuality and total homosexuality in a way not indicated by the Kinsey Scale.

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BUT!!!!

Hang on... 1 thing that they all seem to say is that for all their scaling, theorising, graphing etc etc..

There is still alot more that can be said.

[Note that this was what I quickly got for Google and Wikipedia]

NOW!!! The thing for me, is in the most part we are all Adults or will become Adults [I'm not shutting children out of this discussion but advise that rational adults discuss surrounding issues before such a discussion is had with Kids]

As Adults, at some point in our live's we will most likely engage in sexual practice in SOME form.

We may even assume a form of sexual identity. We may not.

That all being said, if we are all having sex....

My question.. why did only 3 guys theorise about it.

Shouldn't we ALL have a theory. Shouldn't we all have and share our ideas about the crux of human existence and the Only thing physically keeping the Whole human race going.
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Of course, this is wishful thinking.

Prejudices, misinformation, ignorance, heightened emotion, choices, experiences etc. all inform our ideas about and of sex.

They also inform our identities and practices around, in and of Sex.

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Now I am Maori. I am Polynesian. I am Young.

I have my own ideas about Sex.

And you in your life, you as you, have your ideas, practices, theories and thoughts on sex.

I am in the main open to your talk about all of that.

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My thoughts are that, Kinsey and others did well to leave their theories open.

Because I don't believe enough has been said.

Polynesian ideas/practises of Fakaleiti, Fa'afine, Mate Tane, Mate Wahine....  Are these part of the theories of western models and scales??

Has enough been written?

Are people open to talking?

These are the questions I want to explore.

Kohanga Reo Affairs

 

Without even watching the Native Affairs show... I'm thinking to myself... Here we have ... one of the most influential.... ground breaking models language revitalisation.... A pinnacle of Early Learning... not only envied but duplicated across the indigenous world.... THAT... Is the concept of Kohanga Reo to me... And it will always be that IMHO..... And we KNOW that Kohanga Reo have been fighting for their Tino Rangatiratanga... and Now... a story ... that attempts to distract from ALL of that....

Now.. true or not.... [alleged] financial mismanagement is obviously unacceptable and not to be tolerated... neither is [alleged] inadequacies in Governance is also EQUALLY Unacceptable... and Not being party to the full facts I can not and do not seek to justify such [alleged] actions...

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But please whanau ma.... I'm probably preaching to the converted when I ask you to Not forget... that Kaupapa are always bigger than people...

Bad Governance or Not...

This Model ... which has produced arguably the most respected ECE Curriculum in the World.... Has taken indigenous concepts and insights in to the field of Education... and has served as the springboard for OUR version of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education.... That.. again is what Kohanga Reo.

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Again this is all just my humble opinion...

Homeland

This is my first blog post in over a week.

I have changed locations.

I've travelled 4 hours North from my usual location [Auckland NZ] to the Hokianga.

I'll be here for 4 weeks.

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This is where I was raised, where I went to school.

This is my community. I get my sense of self and my sense of belonging from this very place.

I was born here and have an innate, intrinsic connection to this land stretching across the centuries, when my ancestors landed on these shores to find their piece of Paradise.

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Being here, I love seeing stars at night. I love knowing that it's not the planes overhead, but the cows on pastures near that wake me in the morning.
I love how sound echoes around the mountains. I love being just metres from the shore.

I love the closeness of the people here.

For me, in all the earth, nowhere is as beautiful as my home.

This is MY Home.

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This is a personal blog entry, and may seem rather parochial to some of my more international readers.

But if you did take the time to read this, Kia Ora, Thank you.