Journal article

Kua whakapau kaha te mahi a te tangata ki te whakahaumanu i te reo Māori. I whakamanahia ā-turetia te reo Māori, ā, kua whakaputahia ētahi rautaki reo Māori mō te whenua. Heoi, kāore anō te reo Māori kia māori i ngā wāhi katoa o te hapori. Ko ngā marae, ko ngā kura Māori, ko ngā āhuatanga Māori kē ngā wāhi ‘tika’ mō te reo Māori. Ka aro tēnei pepa ki te reo Māori ki roto i tētahi wāhanga kē o te porihanga, arā, ko ngā hinonga kāwanatanga.

He maha ngā kaupapa ako reo, engari kāore i maha ngā kaupapa e aro nui ana ki ngā mātua o ngā tamariki e hiahia ana ki te ako i te reo Māori hei tautoko i ā rātou tamariki i te kura. Ko te Kura Whānau Reo tētahi o aua kaupapa kua whakatūria e Te Ataarangi i ngā tau tata nei kia tokomaha ake ngā whānau e hiahia ana kia noho rātou hei whānau reo Māori. Ko te kaupapa matua o tēnei rangahau ko ngā whakakitenga a ngā kaiako, kua kïia nei he pouārahi reo, me ā rātou mahi tahi ki ngā whānau e ako ana i te reo Māori hei reo tuarua. Tekau mā rua ngā tāngata i uiuitia.

He reo rua katoa te iwi kōrero Māori. Ko tētahi uaua o te whakaora i te reo Māori, ko te āta noho me te kōrero Māori. Nā whai anō ko te reo Pākehā te reo matua mō te nuinga o te iwi kōrero Māori. Ki te whakaarohia te manga, kua mau pea tātou ki te taha reo Pākehā o taua manga, kua kore e mōhio me pēhea rā e whiti atu ai ki te taha reo Māori. E tika ana, me mōhio te reo rua Māori ki ngā tahataha e rua, tō te reo Māori, tō te reo Pākehā, me te kanikani anō hoki i runga i te piriti i runga i ngā terenga wai e rere ana ki raro i a ia.

Like a number of fundamental Māori rituals and practices, pōwhiri have appeared in New Zealand fiction feature film since its beginnings in the silent era. Pōwhiri are multisensory, kinaesthetic experiences that, for most Māori, recall one’s tūrangawaewae—where he or she stands and belongs—because, in general, the predominant experience of pōwhiri is at home, amongst one’s own community. This article critically analyses pōwhiri as it has been constructed in New Zealand feature film history. It first presents an historical overview of pōwhiri and then focuses on Tearepa Kahi’s Mt.