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Te Kura Kaupapa M˜ori O Wairarapa students Iraia Matthews, Maioha Riwai-Couch, Matua Davidson and youth development coordinator Cherie McNamara from Connecting Communities with their draft M˜ori street name signs. PHOTO/EMILY IRELAND
Kia kaha te reo Maori Emily Ireland
Keeping a language alive is a big task to put on the shoulders of young people. But that’s the goal of a group of students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Wairarapa who are rolling out a special project for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) which began on Monday.
The group, who are members of the Eastide Wairua youth initiative, have arranged for 12 streets in Masterton East to have new Māori names, referring to significant landmarks in Wairarapa. They have also made translated signs for public places like the netball courts, Te Awhina Cameron Community House, and McJorrow Park.
Student Iraia Matthews said their goals were to help people learn te reo Māori, to make more people interested in learning the language, and to make te reo more accessible for people of all races. “I think it’s getting more accessible as the years go by, but we really want to normalise it and make it so that everyone sees it every day.”
Fellow student Maioha Riwai-Couch said she considered herself and her peers pretty lucky to be able to speak te reo Māori. Students at her school are taught almost exclusively in te reo Māori. “I feel like the kids here – including me – need to realise it’s up to us to
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