Statement of proposal
Te Tauihu

Kaupapa Here Hukihuki – Te Reo Māori

Draft Te Reo Māori Policy

Me tuku mai ōu whakaaro mō tā mātou kaupapa here hukihuki te reo Māori
– Te Tauihu hei āwhina i a mātou te whakawhanake i te mahere mahi.

He wāhi nui tō te reo Māori ki te tuakiri o tō tātou whenua, ki tō mātou tāone anō hoki. Tēnei mātou e hiahia nei ki te arataki i te kaupapa o te reo Māori me tōna wāhi ki te ahurea o tō tātou tāone.

Ko te kaupapa here hukihuki he tauākī tūmatanui nā te Kaunihera hei whakaatu i tōna ū ki te reo Māori, he whakaaetanga ki te mana o ngā tikanga Māori, te hītori me te whakapapa kanorua o tō tātou rohe. Kei te hiahia mātou ki te rongo i ōu whakaaro. Ko te wāhanga tuatahi tēnei o tā te Kaunihera wawata nui kia nui atu te kitea o te reo Māori i ia rā, i ia rā e ngā tāngata o Pōneke.

Ka whakatipuria e mātou he mahere mahi hei whakatinana i te kaupapa here nei. Kei te hiahia mātou kia rongo, kia mōhio ki ōu whakaaro mō te hāpai i te reo Māori i roto o Pōneke.

Te huarahi tuku whakaaro

Kei te hiahia te Kaunihera ki te rongo i ngā whakaaro  o te hunga noho, hunga utu reiti, hunga whai pānga hoki mō te kaupapa here hukihuki te reo Māori me ngā momo kōrero me whakauru ki te mahere mahi.

Tēnā koa me tuku mai ōu whakaaro mā te ipurangi ki wellington.govt.nz/have-your-say/consultations.

Me toro rānei ki wellington.govt.nz/ have-your-say/ consultations ki te tā i te puka tāpaetanga FreePost ka pōhi mai ai ki a mātou ki:

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Draft te reo Māori policy: Te Tauihu and action plan consultation (275)
PO Box 2199
Wellington 6140

Ka taea te tirotiro i te kaupapa here hukihuki i tō mātou tari tuku ratonga i 101 Wakefield Street me ngā whare pukapuka o te tāone o Pōneke.

Kei te wātea mai hoki ngā puka tāpaetanga i ēnei wāhi.

Ki te hiahia koe ki tētahi kape o te kaupapa here hukihuki me tētahi puka tāpetanga, tēnā waea mai ki 04 499 4444, īmērā mai rānei policy.submission@wcc. govt.nz.

Ko te whāinga ia, ka rite mai he pūrongo whakamutunga mō te kaupapa here hukihuki te reo Māori – Te Tauihu me te mahere mahi hei kōrerotanga mā te Komiti Rautaki Taone a te Kaunihera ā te marama o Pipiri 2018.

Ka tuwhera ngā tāpaetanga ā-tuhi ā te 6 o Huitanguru, ā, ka kati ai i te 5 karaka i te ahiahi i te 12 o Poutūterangi 2018.

Have your say on our draft te reo Māori policy – Te Tauihu and help us develop the action plan.

Te reo Māori is an integral part of who we are as a country and as a city. We want to lead the way in making this part of the cultural fabric of our city.

The draft policy is a public statement of the Council’s commitment to te reo Māori, an acknowledgement
of the mana of Māori culture and values, joint history and the whakapapa of our rohe/region. We’d like your feedback on it.

It is the first step in the Council’s aspiration to ensure that te reo Māori is more visible in the everyday lives of Wellingtonians.

We’ll be developing an action plan to put the policy into practice. We’d like to know how you think the profile of te reo Māori can be raised within Wellington.

How to have your say

The Council is keen to know what residents, ratepayers, and stakeholders think about the proposed te reo Māori policy and what should be in the action plan.

Please make a submission online at wellington.govt.nz/ have-your-say/consultations.

Alternatively, you can go to wellington.govt.nz/have­ your-say/consultations print the FreePost submission form and post it to us (no stamp required) at:

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Wellington City Council
Draft te reo Māori policy: Te Tauihu and action plan consultation (275)
PO Box 2199
Wellington 6140

Copies of the draft policy can be viewed at our service centre at 101 Wakefield Street and city libraries.

Submission forms are also available from these locations.

If you would like us to send you a copy of the draft policy and submission form, please phone
04 499 4444 or email policy.submission@wcc.govt.nz.

A final report on the draft te reo Māori policy – Te Tauihu and draft action plan are expected to be considered by the Council’s City Strategy Committee in June 2018.

Written submissions open on 6 February and close at 5pm on 12 March 2018.

We want Wellington to be a te reo Māori city. Te reo Māori is a taonga we need to protect, nurture, and grow.
Justin Lester, Mayor of Wellington

He Mihi nā te Koromatua

Ki a mātou o Pōneke he taonga te reo Māori, ā,
he tino take tōna ki a tātou, ki tō tā tātou whenua, ki tō tātou tāone hoki. Koia kei te hiahia mātou kia tū a Pōneke hei tāone reo Māori. He taonga te reo, nō reira me rauhī, me poipoi kia tipu kia rea.

Ko te hiahia ia kia riro mā mātou tēnei kaupapa e arataki kia noho te reo Māori hei poutoko-manawa o te ahurea me te tuakiri o tō tātou taone. Ka mutu kua pai ngā mahi kua oti mō tēnei wā. Hei whakatauira ake, kei tā mātou waitohu te rerenga kōrero Me Heke Ki Pōneke (Come and stay in Wellington), kei te ki ngā whakamahia te reo Māori ki ngā momo tohu, ki  ō mātou tānga kōrero hoki, ā, kei te ū mātou kia nui
haere te whakamahia o te reo Māori mō ngā ingoa wāhi.

Kei te mahi tahi te Kaunihera me Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ki te whakatakoto i tētahi mahere mahi ko te whāinga ia kia kaha kē atu te kitea, te rangona te reo Māori puta noa i tō tātou taone matua. Ko te kaupapa here nei tētahi tino wāhanga o taua kaupapa.

He tauākī tūmatanui tēnei hei whakaatu i te mau ki te reo Māori - he whai whakaaro anō hoki ki te mana o te ahurea Māori me ngā tikanga Māori, ngā tātai kōrero mō te nohotahi me te whakapapa o tō tātou rohe.

Me mihi au ki te Koromatua Tuarua, ki a Jill Day (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) me āna mahi hei whakarite i tēnei kaupapa here, me tana whai kia nui ake te kitea o te reo, kia māmā ake te whai wāhi ki te reo Māori.

Ko tā te Kaunihera he whakarite, he whakatauira hoki. Ka mātua whai mātou kia mahitahi me ngā iwi mana whenua, i runga i whakaaro kotahi kia tairanga ake te reo Māori ki te taumata tika mōna i tō mātou tāone.

Mā tēnei kaupapa here e āwhina, e ārahi i a mātou i roto i ngā mahi ki te whakanui i te reo Māori, ki te
tautoko i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori i roto i ā te Kaunihera mahi me te tāone o Pōneke.

Justin Lester
Koromatua o Pōneke

He mihi nā te Tumuaki

Tūturu, he nui ngā painga o Aotearoa: te whenua, ngā tāngata me te ahurea. Maringanui hoki tātou inā kē te maha o ngā āhuatanga e tū ahurei ai tātou i roto i te ao, ā, kāore i tua atu i te reo Māori me te ahurea Māori. Pērā i ngā whenua o Peretānia me Airani e whakapau kaha ana ki te whakarauora i te reo Celtic me te reo Gaelic, ka whai painga anō hoki a Aotearoa ki te pērā tō tātou whakarangatira i te reo Māori.

Me rite tātou ki ērā whenua o te ao, ā, me whakanui i tō tātou ahurei, me whakanui hoki i te reo Māori me tōna wāhi i roto i te tuakiri o Poronīhia me ōna tuku ihotanga, tae atu ki ērā kāore ō rātou whakapapa ki Poronīhia. He wāhi tino motuhake tō te reo Māori ki te ahurei o Aotearoa.

He reo rerehua, he reo ahurei te reo Māori, ā, ka taea te whakanui i a ia i roto i ā tātou mahi. Nō te taiao tonu ōna kupu, ā, i ēnei rā kei te maumaharatia i roto i ngā waiata, ngā mahi me ngā pūrākau, ā, he taonga hei pupuri tonu kei rite ki te moa, ka ngaro.  Nō reira ko tēnei kaupapa here he huarahi hei whakapūmau, hei rauhī i ngā kupu nei me te whakamahi tonu i aua kupu anō hei ratonga ki ō tātou tāngata i roto hoki i tō mātou taiao.

Kevin Lavery
Tumuaki, Te Kaunihera o Pōneke

Te reo Māori is a beautiful and unique language and we can celebrate it by using it in the work we do.
Kevin Lavery, Chief Executive Wellington City Council

Introduction by the Mayor

Here in Wellington we value te reo Māori. It’s an integral part of who we are as a country and as a city. That is why we want Wellington to be a te reo Māori city. It is a taonga we need to protect, nurture, and grow.

We want to lead the way in making the language a core part of the cultural fabric and identity of our city and we’re already making good progress. For example, our logo now features Me Heke Ki Pōneke (Come and stay in Wellington), we use te reo Māori on signs and in our publications and we are committed to increasing the use of it in our place names.

As part of this, Council is also working with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) on an action plan to make sure te reo
Māori is seen and heard much more around our capital city. This policy is an essential part of that work.

It is a public statement of our commitment to the language – an acknowledgement of the mana of Māori culture and values, of our joint history and of the whakapapa of our rohe.

I want to acknowledge the leadership of Deputy Mayor Jill Day (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) in the development of
this policy and, more broadly, in continuing to work towards making te reo more visible and accessible.

Council’s role is to be a facilitator as well as provide an example. We will continue to work with mana whenua iwi, to ensure we combine our forces to elevate te reo to its proper status in our city.

This policy will help and guide us as we work to celebrate te reo Māori and support the revitalisation of the language within Council activities and Wellington City.

Justin Lester
Mayor of Wellington

Introduction by the Chief Executive

New Zealand has a lot going for it: our land, our people and our culture. We’re fortunate to have many aspects that make us unique, with none more so than Māori culture and language. Much like how the UK and Ireland have made considerable efforts to revitalise  the Celtic and Gaelic languages, New Zealand too could benefit similarly by better fostering te reo Māori.

We need to join the rest of the world and celebrate what makes us unique and properly acknowledge te reo Māori and its role in pacific identity and Polynesian heritage, including those without Polynesian genealogy. It’s part and parcel of what makes Aotearoa so special.

Te reo Māori is a beautiful and unique language and we can celebrate it by using it in the work we do. The words that Māori have are from nature and are today remembered in song, art and storytelling and they are irreplaceable. This policy provides us an opportunity to recognise and protect these words while using them to serve our people and in our physical environment.

Kevin Lavery
Chief Executive, Wellington City Council

Kupu Arataki

Ko te ingoa o tēnei kaupapa here ko Te Tauihu – arā koia te pitau whakarei o te waka. Ka rirerire te here hei haumi mō te riu o te waka. Ko Te Tauihu tērā
e pana haere ana i runga i te wai hei tohu mai i te manawanui me te māia.

Ko Te Tauihu he tohu mō te āhua tā te Kaunihera e mahi ai kia whai hua ki a Ngāi Māori. Ko te whakaaro nui ia kei runga tātou katoa i tēnei
waka, e haere whakamua ana i runga i ngā wai o te whanga, i runga hoki i te whakaaro kotahi mō te haerenga me tōna otinga.

Waihoki ko te reo Māori tērā hei whakakaha, hei whakapakari i te whānau o te Kaunihera ki te whakatutuki i tōna whāinga kia rauhītia ngā
taonga, ngā whakaaro me ngā tikanga Māori, kia whakanuia ā, kia ngākau nuitia e te katoa.

Introduction

This policy has been named Te Tauihu – it is the ornately carved figurehead of a waka. It is lashed tightly to join and support the body of the waka.
Te Tauihu pushes through the water and represents determination and courage.

Te Tauihu is symbolic of ‘the prow’ of the Council’s approach to working effectively for Māori. The concept underpinning this is that we are all in this waka together, moving forward through our harbour waters in unison, with a journey and a destination in mind.

Te reo Māori can provide that same resilience and strengthen our Council whānau to deliver our organisational objective to actively protect taonga and safeguard Māori cultural concepts, values and practices to be celebrated and enjoyed by all.

Whakaahua (photo): Te Rerenga Kōtare, waka taua kei Te Raukura te Wharewaka o Pōneke

Whakaahua (photo): Te Hononga, waka tetekura on Whairepo Lagoon

He Kupu Whakamārama – Te reo Māori me te Tāone o Pōneke

He taonga te reo Māori nō ngā iwi Māori , ā, he reo tēnei e kaingākautia ana e ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa.

Ko te reo Māori he reo whaimana ā-ture nō Aotearoa, ā, nā te mea ko Pōneke te tāone matua, koia he wāhi pai hei kāinga e whakanuia ai te mana o te reo Māori me te aha ka whātuia atu ki ngā kanoi ahurea o te tāone.

Ko tā Te Tauihu he whakaū i tā te Kaunihera whakaaro kia whakapūmautia te mana o te reo Māori, kia
whai whakaaro ki te hītori o tō tātou whenua, ki te whakapapa o te rohe me tāna hei whakaū i te mana o te ahurea Māori i roto i te tāone o Pōneke hei tāone matua o Aotearoa.

Ko te Kaunihera te pou matua, ā, ka riro māna e whakarite tēnei kaupapa mā tōna whakahoatanga me ngā iwi mana whenua, mā āna ake tukanga whakatau kaupapa me āna mahi, mā ana tikanga tuku kōrero mā ngā tohu ā-tāone, ngā rauhanga, ngā hoahoa me ngā pūtea tautoko mō kaupapa ahurea.

Context
Te reo Māori and Wellington City

Te reo Māori is a taonga of iwi and Māori and is a language valued by all New Zealanders.

Te reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand and as the capital city, Wellington is well placed and a natural home where the status of te reo Māori should be recognised and built into the cultural fabric of the city.

Te Tauihu commits the Council to recognise the status of te reo Māori, acknowledges the history of our country, the whakapapa of the region and reinforces the mana of Māori culture within Wellington as the capital city of New Zealand.

The Council has a central role to facilitate this, through its partnership with mana whenua iwi, through its own decision making processes and functions, in how it communicates, through city signage, facilities and design and through its cultural investment.

Te Koronga

Ko te koronga o Te Tauihu he whakapūmau i te mana o te reo Māori he taonga nō ngā iwi me ngāi Māori  hei waihanga i tētahi anga whakahaere i ngā mahi
a te Kaunihera kia whakanuia e ia te reo Māori kia tautokohia te whakarauoratanga o te reo i roto i ngā mahi a te Kaunihera i roto hoki i te tāone o Pōneke.

E tautoko ana Te Tauihu i ngā mātāpono i roto i Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016.

Ko te reo Māori te reo taketake o Aotearoa, ā, he mana anō tōna ā he mea mutunga kore. Ko ia hoki he reo whaimana ā-ture nō Aotearoa, ā, he mea tino whaitake ki te tuakiri o Aotearoa.

Ko ngā iwi me ngāi Māori ngā kaitiaki o te reo Māori, ko te reo anō te tūāpapa o te ahurea Māori me te tuakiri Māori. Ko te mātau ki te reo Māori me te whakamahi i te reo he mea hei hāpai i te oranga o ngā iwi me ngāi Māori mā te tuku i te reo mai i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi i roto i ngā whānau mā te kōrero i ia rā, i ia rā i roto i te hapori.

Purpose

The purpose of Te Tauihu is to recognise the status of te reo Māori as a taonga of iwi and Māori and to
create a framework to direct the actions of the Council so that it celebrates te reo Māori and supports the revitalisation of the language within Council activities and within Wellington City.

Te Tauihu supports the principles set out in Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016, the Māori Language Act 2016.

The Māori language is the indigenous language of New Zealand and has inherent mana and is enduring. It is an official language of New Zealand and is important to the identity of New Zealand.

Iwi and Māori are the kaitiaki of the Māori language and the language is the foundation of Māori culture and identity. The knowledge and use of the Māori language enhances the lives of iwi and Māori and it is sustained though transmission of the language from generation to generation among whānau and by daily communication in the community.

Whakaahua (photo): Opening ceremony for Te Raukura, te wharewaka o Pōneke.

Hoahoa: Te Hāpua o Whairepo – te whakakotahi mai i ō mātou uara Diagram: Whairepo Lagoon – our values coming together

Ngā Mātāpono

Ka whai wāhi te Kaunihera o Pōneke ki ngā kaupapa maha e taea ai te whakaanga ki ngā iwi me te hapori Māori whānui. Mēnā e taunga ana tētahi ki te reo Māori, ki ngā wawata, ngā uara me ngā tikanga ka ngāwari ake te whakawhanaunga atu, te tauwhiro hoki i te mahi ngaio me te āheinga ahurea kia kounga rawa.

Kua herea te Kaunihera ki te whānuitanga o ngā whakaaetanga ā-ture me ngā whakaaro o Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka noho ēnei whakaaetanga hei tūāpapa mō ngā kaupapa here whakahaere, whakarato hoki, engari ehara mā ērā anake e whakatau i te hiranga o Te Tiriti, i te whanaungatanga me ngāi Māori me ngā painga o tēnei whanaungatanga ahurei tērā ka hua mai mō te tāone nei i Aotearoa nei, i te ao whānui hoki.

Kua tautuhia ngā whāinga e toru hei ārahi i te Kaunihera kia whakatutuki i ōna kawenga e pā ana ki te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori:

Ngā hapori pakari kua whakamanatia
Te whakauru mauritau a Ngāi Māori
He whakahaere kua whakamantia

Ngā hapori pakari kua whakamanatia – te whai whakaaro tā Te Kaunihera whai koha ki te oranga Māori mā:
te whakauru i te tirohanga Māori ki ngā mahi kaupapa here katoa
te katoa o ngā ratonga e tautuhi ana, e aro atu ana ki ngā tikanga me ngā hiahia o ngā kiritaki Māori
ngā rautaki e tautuhi ana, e whakaongaonga ana i ngā huarahi ōhanga, pāpori, ahurea, auaha hoki

Te whakauru mauritau a Ngāi Māori – Tā te Kaunihera hanganga manapori me te tukanga whiriwhiri  kaupapa.
kua whai wāhi te iwi kāinga me te hapori Māori whānui ki tuku whakaaro mō ngā ratonga, ngā kaupapa here me ngā kaupapa mahi
kua whai tirohanga Māori ki ngā tānga kōrero, ngā kōrero whakatairanga me ērā atu momo pārongo e whakaatu ana i te Kaunihera me tōna ahurea
te whai wāhi me t ewhakaata i te tirohanga Māori i roto i ngā hoahoa ā-tāone, ngā whanaketanga a te tāone, ngā mahi toi tūmatanui me te tuku ihotanga

He whakahaere kua whakamanatia – te whakawhanake i ngā kaimahi a te Kaunihera me te āheinga o te whakahaere kia pai, kia tika tōna urupare atu ki a Ngāi Māori.
te arokā ki ngā hiahia ahurea me ngā manako o Ngāi Māori mā te whakangungu me ngā kaupapa mātauranga e mōhio ai ngā kaimahi ki te mahitahi me Ngāi Māori
te hāpai i te Kaunihera hei wāhi mahi e whakanui ana i te Māori, ā, kia paingia hoki e te Māori. I runga i te kaiaka me te pūkenga e whakarite kia kitea he kaimahi Māori i ngā taumata katoa o te whakahaere
e āhei ana a Ngāi Māori ki te whakamōhio, ki te āwhina, ki te tohutohu hoki i ngā wāhanga pakihi o te Kaunihera me ā rātou mahi hoki
Kei ngā whāinga whakamahere reo a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori ngā wāhi e whitu arā, Mārama Pū; Mana; Te Kōrerotanga; Ako; Puna Kupu; Ngā Wāhi; me Kounga.
Kua whakamahia ēnei mātāpono mō te mahere otinga. E aronui atu ana ki ngā mahi e taea ana e Kaunihera kia nui haere te kōrerotia me mana o te reo Māori.

Te Tauihu – Te Kaupapa Here Reo Māori | Outcomes Matrix (tirohia whārangi 12)

E whakaatu tēnei mahere otinga te whānuitanga o ngā whāinga me ngā wawata.

Ngā kōrero hei tautoko

Hei tautoko hei āwhina hoki ēnei tuhinga i ngā kaimahi Kaunihera ki te whakarite i Te Tauihu – Te Kaupapa Here Reo Māori
He Waka Eke Noa – Corporate Effectiveness for Māori framework
Tū Rangatira – Te Kawa o te Kaunihera o Pōneke

Principles

Wellington City Council is involved in numerous activities that provide a platform for engagement with iwi and the wider Māori community. Being familiar with te reo Māori, Māori aspirations, values and cultural customs helps to build strong relations and maintain a high level of professionalism and cultural competency.

The Council is also subject to a wide range of legal obligations and Te Tiriti o Waitangi considerations. These obligations may be the foundations for organisational policy and delivery but on their own they don’t adequately emphasise the importance of Te Tiriti, the partnership with Māori and the critical value that this unique relationship can bring to the city both domestically and internationally.

To help guide the Council in actioning these responsibilities in relation to the revitalisation of
te reo Māori three key objectives have been identified:

Strong and empowered communities
Effective Māori participation
An empowered organisation

Strong and empowered communities – acknowledging the Council’s role in contributing to Māori wellbeing by:

incorporating a Māori perspective in all policy work

all service delivery functions identify and respond to the social and cultural customs and expectations of Māori customers

strategies identify and stimulate Māori economic, social and cultural innovation opportunities

Effective Māori participation – Council’s democratic structures and the decision-making process.

services, policies and projects will have effective input from local iwi and the wider Māori community

include a Māori perspective in publications, promotional material and other means of communication that reflect the Council and its culture

include and reflect a Māori perspective in urban design, city developments, public artworks, events and heritage

An empowered organisation – the development of Council staff and the organisation’s capacity to respond more effectively to Māori.

awareness of Māori cultural needs and expectations by providing training and educational activities  that build officer capacity to work with Māori

promoting the Council as a place where Māori are valued and want to work. Based on merit and skill, ensure a greater representation of Māori at all levels of the organisation

Māori are able to inform, assist and advise Council’s business unit functions and practices

The language planning goals from Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – the Māori Language Commission, provide for seven domains covering Critical Awareness; Status; Use; Acquisition; Corpus; Domains; and Quality.

These principles have been used to form the outcomes matrix. They focus on what the Council can do to increase the use and status of te reo Māori.

Te Tauihu – Te Reo Māori Policy | Outcomes Matrix
(see page 13)

This matrix sets out a range of aspirational goals.

Supporting information

The following have been developed to support Council staff implement Te Tauihu – te reo Māori Policy:

He Waka Eke Noa – Corporate Effectiveness for Māori framework

Tū Rangatira – Te Kawa o te Kaunihera o Pōneke – Wellington City Council guide to Māori Protocol

Te Tauihu: Kaupapa Here Hukihuki Te Reo Māori Papa Putanga
Ngā whāinga hiahia kia puta.

Ngā Whāinga

A

Mārama pū
te take kia whakarauora me te wāhi ki
a tātou

B

Mana
te hua o te reo e ai ki te whakaaro

C

Te Kōrerotanga
te pānui, te tuhituhi, te waiata, te tito, te kōrero, te whakarongo

D

Ako
te ako hei reo ūkaipō, i roto i ngā kura rānei

E

Puna Kupu
te wātea mai o ngā kīanga me ngā kupu e whānui ai te
whakamahia o te reo ki ētahi atu wāhi

F

Ngā Wāhi
ngā wāhi e kitea ana, e rangona ana te reo, me ngā wāhi tērā
e wātea ana te whakamahia

G

Kounga
mai i te whakahuatanga ki ngā taumata tiketike wo te tuhituhinga me  te whakaaturanga

Ngā hapori pakari kua whakamanatia
Ngā tirohanga Māori, te aro ki te oranga Māori

Ko tō tātou tāone matua he tāone reo
Māori - ka mōhio ngā tāngata i tōna kitea ā ka kōrerotia ina ka tūtaki rātou i ngā tāngata o te Kaunihera

Ko te mōhio a ngā tāngata o Pōneke ki te kīanga ‘Me Heke ki Pōneke’ he rite ki tērā
mō ‘Absolutely Positively Pōneke’

Ka mihi mātou ki ngā kiritaki katoa mā te reo Māori, ā, e kore mātou e manawarau

Ka nui haere te reo Māori i roto i ā mātou tuhinga rautaki

Ka whakamahi mātou i te reo Māori me ngā tikanga tuhi a Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori

Ko ā mātou taonga ataata i ngā rauhanga katoa, ngā huihuinga, ngā whare noho, ngā mahi toi, ngā waka me ērā ka kitea e te marea, ka whakamahi i te reo Māori

Ka whakamāoritia ā mātou tānga kōrero mā te hunga kōrero Māori me ngā ākonga arareo
Māori, hei tauira. te mahi hangarua

Te whai wāhitanga whaihua a te Māori
Te whai wāhi ki ngā whakatau mō tā te Kaunihera mahi

Ka whakarite mātou kia kitea, kia rangona hoki te reo o te mana whenua i roto i ngā hui.

Ka tautoko mātou i te rangatahi kit
e ako, ki te mahi hoki i ngā haka o te mana whenua i ngā hui me ngā wā motuhake

Ka whakanui mātou kōrero tuku iho mō te whakanohonoho a te Māori i
roto i ā mātou whakahaere
ā-kaupapa here, ā-ture ā, ka whakaata i ēnei ki te marea hei akoranga mō rātou

Ka akiaki mātou i ngā tāngata ki te whakamahi it e reo Māori i roto i ā rātou tono
ā-tuhi, ā-waha hoki

Ka homai e te iwi mana whenua
he kupu whai tikanga ki a rātou me te wāhi nei

Ka whakamahia te reo Māori i roto i te Taiwhanga Kaunihera hei whakatuwhera i ngā hui

Ka nui haere te whakamahia
o te reo Māori i ta mātou pae
tukutuku, i ngā tānga kōrero, i ngā ePānui me Our Wellington

He
whakahaere kua
Te whakawhanake i ngā kaimahi kia pai, kia tika te urupare atu ki a Ngāi Māori

Ka whakatītina mātou i ngā akoranga mō ngā Kaikaunihera me ngā āpiha katoa, arā, mai i ngā kupu māmā ki ngā taumata o te matatau

Ka whakauru ā mātou kaiarataki i te reo Māori ki ā rātou kōrero, whaikōrero, whakaaturanga hoki

Ka kaha haere Kaikaunihera me ngā āpiha ki te mihi, ki te kōrero hoki i ō rātou pepeha

Ka whakaae mātou ki te whakaaro ko te reo Māori he
āheinga e paingia ana mō ngā tūranga mahi

Ka whakatauira mātou i te whakamahia
o te reo Māori i ngā wāhi
tūmatanui, ā, ka whakatenatena i ētāhi whakahaere ki pērā hoki te mahi

Ka whakaata ā mātou tukanga pakihi i tō mātou ngākau nui ki te reo Māori

Ka whakamahia he kaiwhakamāori whai tiwhikete me ngā kupu e tika ana i roto i
ngā tānga kōrero ōkawa, tūturu hoki

Te Tauihu – Te Reo Māori Policy | Outcomes Matrix
This matrix sets out a range of aspirational goals.

A	B	C	D	E	F	G

Objectives	Critical awareness
the need for revitalisation and how we can contribute

Status
the perceived value of the language

Use
reading, writing, singing, composing, talking and listening

Acquisition
learning as a mother tongue or in education

Corpus
the availability of terms and words to widen
language use into further domains

Domains
where language is seen and heard and
where it may be freely used

Quality
from pronunciation to the highest levels of literature and performance

Strong and empowered communities

Our capital city is a te reo Māori city – people

‘Me Heke ki Pōneke’ is as well known to

We will greet all customers in te reo and

Our strategic documents will

We will use te reo and orthographic

Our visual assets across all Council

We will translate our publications

Māori perspective	will know this	Wellingtonians	we will not be	increasingly	conventions	facilities,	for te reo
and focus on	because it	as ‘Absolutely,	discouraged	have te reo	provided by	receptions,	speakers and
wellbeing	will be visible	Positively,	content	Te Taura	housing,	Māori medium

(Communities)	and we will be speaking
it when they meet people from the Council

Wellington’	Whiri i te Reo
Māori

events, arts, vehicle fleet, and in the public will include te reo Māori

learners
eg. recycling

Effective Māori participation

We will ensure te reo Māori
o te mana

We will support our rangatahi to learn and

We will celebrate the unique Māori

We encourage members of the public

Our iwi mana whenua provide us

In Committee rooms and Council

Our website and general publications,

Participation in	whenua is seen	perform mana	settlement	to use te	with kupu	Chambers te	eNewsletters
deciding what	and heard in	whenua haka	heritage in	reo Māori	that are	reo Māori is	and Our
Council does	ceremonial	at special	our policy and	in written	unique and	the language	Wellington will

(Participation)	occasions	occasions	regulatory
settings and
reflect this to the public so they can learn too

and oral submissions

meaningful for this place

used to open meetings

increasingly have te reo Māori content

An empowered organisation

We will encourage

Our leaders will incorporate

Councillors and officers are

We will recognise te

We will role model and

Our Council business

We will use certified

Develop our people	learning	te reo Māori	increasingly	reo Māori as	encourage	processes will	translators
in order to respond	programmes	in their talks,	able to mihi	a desirable	other sector	reflect our	and industry
better to Māori	for all our	speeches,	and recite their	competency	agencies to	commitment	standard kupu

(Organisation)	Councillors and officers – te reo Māori basics through  to advanced

presentations	pepeha	in position descriptions

use te reo in the public arena

to te reo Māori

and reo in formal/final publications

Ki hea rā āu e hītekiteki ana

Ka mau tonu i āhau ōku tikanga Tōku reo, tōku ohooho,
Tōku reo, tōku māpihi maurea Tōku whakakai marihi

He whiringa nō te waiata He Kākano Ahau nā Hohepa Tamehana, 2001 Te hono: folksong.org.nz/he_kakano_ahau

Wherever I may roam

I will hold fast to my traditions.

My language is my cherished possession My language is the object of my affection My precious adornment

Excerpt from song He Kākano Āhau, Born of Greatness by Hohepa Tamehana, 2001 Source: folksong.org.nz/he_kakano_ahau

Te Tauihu, kua tāpaea te kaupapa here hukihuki te reo Māori ki a Billie Tait-Jones, te Kaitohutohu Ahurea o te Kaunihera o Pōneke, i mate rā i te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi 2017.

“Nāna tonu i whakaatu i te korounga o te kaupapa here nei: arā, ko te whakaaro pai, te ngākau māhorahora me te hiahia kia kia kitea tonutia te reo Māori i roto i ā mātou mahi o ia rā,”
Koromatua Tuarua Jill Day.

Te Tauihu, draft te reo Māori policy is dedicated to Billie Tait-Jones, Wellington City Council Kaiārahi/ Cultural Advisor, who passed
away in November 2017.

“In many ways, Billie exemplified the spirit of this proposed policy: positivity, inclusiveness and
the desire to make te reo a very visible part of our everyday lives” Deputy Mayor Jill Day

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