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Te Oranga o te Reo Māori ki Te Taitokerau 2006 (2009)

Te Whakamahi i te Reo

E ai ki ngā rangahau o te ao whānui e pā ana ki te whakaoratanga o te reo, e ora tonu ai ngā reo itinga pērā i te reo Māori, me tuku iho taua reo mai i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi anō.

Kei te noho toipoto ngā kaikōrero Māori, ā, kāore i te taurite te tohatoha puta noa i te taupori Māori. Whā tekau mā rua ōrau o ngā kāinga Māori ki Te Taitokerau, kotahi te kaikōrero, neke atu rānei. Kei roto i te āhua haurua o ēnei kāinga, kotahi anake te kaikōrero, nā reira he whāiti noa ngā mea angitū kia kōrerohia te reo Māori ki ēnei kāinga.

Toru tekau mā whā ōrau o ngā tamariki e noho ana ki ngā kāinga, kei roto nei he kaikōrero pakeke kotahi, neke atu rānei. Nā reira ka taea te tuku iho te reo Māori mai i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi atu.

Mō ngā tāngata whai pūkenga reo Māori, kua piki te whakamahinga o te reo ki te kāinga mai te tau 2001, tae ake anō ki ngā whitinga kōrero i waenga i ngā pakeke Māori me a rātou tamariki, mātua hoki. Hei tauira: Ko ngā whitinga kōrero i waenga i ngā pakeke me a rātou kōhungahunga kua piki mai i 71% i te tau 2001 ki 78% i te tau 2006; Ko ngā whitinga kōrero i waenga i ngā pakeke me a rātou tamariki kura tuarua kua piki mai i 58% i te tau 2001 ki 80% i te tau 2006; Kua piki hoki ngā whitinga kōrero i waenga i ngā pakeke me o rātou mātua mai i 57% i te tau 2001 ki 72% i te tau 2006.4 He tohu pai tēnei mō te takanga i te tuku iho o te reo mai i tētahi whakatipuranga ki tētahi atu. Engari kāore anō ngā tauira whitinga kōrero i te kāinga kia eke ki te taumata e taea ai te kï ko te reo Māori te reo whitinga kōrero tuatahi.

Mō te taha o te reo ki roto i te hapori, ka kaha rangona ki roto i ngā “rohe” tikanga ā-iwi Māori, pērā i ngā hui, kei runga marae rānei. Ko te reo Māori ehara i te reo whitinga kōrero tuatahi o ia rangi i ērā atu o ngā rohe hapori.

Māori Language Competencies by Age

Māori Language Competencies by Age
Age grouping No. of people with Māori
language competencies 		Total
population size 		Māori
language rate 		Proportion of all Māori
with Māori language
competencies
0-14 3210 15582 21% 26%
15-34 2985 11841 25% 25%
35-54 3159 10617 30% 26%
55+ 2787 5490 51% 23%

Source: Census 2006.

 

4 Ko ēnei ōrau ka whakakotahi i te ōrau o ngā pakeke Māori i whakamahi i te reo Māori hei reo whitinga kōrero me te ōrau o ngā pakeke Māori i whakamahi i te reo Māori i roto i ngā whitinga kōrero i ētahi wā.

Last modified: 2/04/2008