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APA: Waaka, M. (2021). He Reo Reitū. He Rourou, 1(1), 2-4. https://doi.org/10.54474/herourou.1.1.2920212

Issue: Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021)

Section: Research

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“He wahine te kaitohu i te tapu, ko te wahine hoki te kai-whakanoa i te tapu.”

I runga ngā kōrero whakawhiti a tōkū tumuaki o te Kura a Rohe o Uawa me Kahukuranui,  ka kōrero hoki ki ētahi o ngā kaumātua / pakeke,  otira mai ngā kai korero katoa, mai i te hāpori o Uawa ka whakaurahia te tauihu o tēnei kaupapa, kia tūteitei ai ki ngā whakangarungaru o te ao hurihuri nei, kia ora mo ake tonu atu.  Ka karapinepine i ngā māramatanga me ngā kōrero tuku iho ā rātau mā ka whakatakoto i waenga i ngā reiputa o te iwi o Te Aitanga a Hauiti kia whiriwhiria mai ngā whenu o te karanga.

I au e whakaritorito i ngā pūkōrero, ngā kai kōrero, ki ngā kōtiro hoki mai te whārua o Uawa, ka tō te aro, ki te hanga he rauemi, ki te whai take a hangarau, ki te pāhekoheko ki te ahurea wānanga, ki ngā horopaki o tēnei wā, ko te karanga hei ako. No reira, nā runga i te rongo i te karanga a te kura, te karanga a te hāpori kei te mimiti te reo karanga ki runga i ngā marae, ka pūmina ake te whakaaro, “he reo reitū” te kaupapa.

Ko tōna tikanga ka āhei te ākonga ki te whanake, ki te whakapakari, ki te whakangungu, i runga i te tika me te pono, ngā whenu o te karanga. Ko rātau hoki te reo reitū, mo apōpō, hei kanohi mo te reo okawa, hei pupuri te reo mana-aki o te marae, kia ora ai tēnei taonga ki tua o pae.

No reira ko te ahunga o te reo reitū kīhai ki ōku tīpuna, koinei te reo ka rangonatia ake e te ao wairua kārekau rawa e ōrite ana ki te kōrero ā-waha.