Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill

Leave has been granted to recommit Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill to the Committee of the whole House to consider style and grammar amendments to the Māori text of the bill. The question is that the amendments set out in these tabled amendments be agreed to.

Kia ora tātau katoa. I te mea he manuhiri kua tae mai i tēnei ahiahi ki te whaiwhai haere i tēnei pire, me whai wāhi au ki te tuku i tētahi mihi poto nei, ki a rātou kia hāngai tonu, kia rere tonu atu te kōrero ki te pire nei. Nō reira, haere mai kei aku rangatira, ngā mātāpuna o tō tātau Reo, ngā mea kua kawe nei i tō tātau Reo ki uta, ki tai, Kōhanga Reo mai, Kura Kaupapa Māori mai, Whare Wānanga mai, ngā hapori katoa o Te Motu.

I tangihia ngā mate o Te Motu i tēnei ata, nō reira, waiho tērā ki reira i te ekenga mai o Tauranga Moana, o Ngātikahu. Ko tāku ko te whaiwahi haere i ngā poroporoaki ki a rātou, me te kī atu, koutou i Te Pō, e moe, e moe, e moe!

Tātau te hunga ora, e aku rangatira kua tae mai i tēnei rā, ngā mātanga o tō tātau Reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa! Ka rua, ki ngā mema Māori e noho nei, ka nui te mihi ki a koutou i whakawātea mai i tēnei wāhi poto nei mō tātau, me te kī atu, ko te tikanga o tēnei āhuatanga, me poto, me poto, e kore au e whakaroa i ngā kōrero kia roa.

Kai runga i te tēpū nei ētahi paku hapa i kitea mai ai i ngā rā tata kua hipa ake o roto i te tuhinga o Te Reo Māori, ko Te Reo Māori tonu. Ēhara i te mea nui, he ā, he ō, ērā momo āhuatanga katoa, ō runga, ō raro he aha rānei, ērā momo kōrero! Nō reira, ko tāku īnoi ki a tātau, kia whakaae mai ki tēnei o ngā kaupapa, kia mutu tēnei wāhanga o Te Komiti, ā, ka rere tonu atu ki te mea tuatoru, mā reira, ka taea e tātau te ruku ki te hōhonutanga o te pire nei. Nō reira, ēhara i te mea nui ngā kōrero, pēnei tāku e kī nei, he ā, he ō, he ī, he ō, ērā momo kōrero, ā, nō reira, kāti! Ka waiho ērā kōrero ki a koutou ēngari, mēnā kāre he kōrero, ka pai. Ka rere tika tonu atu ki tā tātau kaupapa, kia ora tātau katoa.

[Acknowledgments to us all. Because visitors have arrived here this afternoon to follow up on this bill, I must accord them a brief welcome and then go directly to this bill and focus on it. Therefore, welcome, my esteemed ones, the sources of our language, the bearers of it in the hinterland and foreshore, from Māori language nurseries, Māori-medium language schools, Māori language tertiary institutions, and all communities of the country.

This morning we mourned the deaths of the nation when Tauranga Moana and Ngātikahu arrived; let us leave that there. My part here is merely to follow up on the farewell tributes to them by saying, those of you in the Void, close your eyes, rest, and slumber on.

To us, the living—my leaders who have arrived here today, the experts of our language—greetings, acknowledgments, and salutations to you all. Secondly, to the Māori members seated here, a huge appreciation to you collectively for giving leave to allow us this brief moment. Let me assure you that the purpose of this situation is very much a brief one, really short, and I will not allow prolonged contributions.

On the table are some minor errors that were found recently in the written version of the Māori language, in the Māori language version. Not significant ones, more to do with ā and ō ones, all those kind of things; ō above, ō below, or whatever, those kinds of things. So my plea to us is to allow these matters to take place. When this part of the Committee stage is completed, then we will go directly to the third reading. There we will be able to delve into this bill at depth. Therefore, there is not much more to add, and, as I alluded to, just minor ā and ō amendments, those kinds of things, so enough. I leave those comments for you to make, and if there are no contributions, that is fine. We go directly to our bill, with my appreciation to us all.]

Tēnā koe e Te Minita, tēnei e tautoko ana i tō mihi ki ngā manuwhiri kua tae mai nei ki te whakarongo ki te wāhanga tuatoru o te pire nei. E tautoko ana mātou a Reipa i ngā tīnihanga i runga i te mōhio, ka noho matua Te Reo Māori i roto i tēnei pire. Nō reira, koinā te take, e tika ana me whakapoto tēnei wāhanga o te tau patupatu. Me whakaaetia, kia haere tonu tēnei pire, tēnā koe.

[Thank you, Minister Flavell. I support your welcome to the visitors who have arrived here to listen to the third reading of this bill. We of Labour endorse the amendments, knowing that the Māori language in this bill is the primary one. So that is the reason why it is appropriate that this part of the debate be shortened. That should be approved to allow this bill to continue; thank you.]

Chairman, e tū wāhi poto pēnā i te tuahine a Nanaia mō tana Rōpū Reipa, kai te tautokongia e mātou nā te mea, tēnā pea wētahi o mātau kārekau kē e ‘hakaaea ana ki te pire ēngari, e tika ana kia ‘hakatikatikangia ngā tuhinga i roto i te pire. Nā reira, kia mōhio mai koe e Te Minita, Te Heamana, Te Whare hoki, kei te tautokongia e mātou te hiahia o Te Minita i tēnei wā, kia ora.

[I stand for a short moment, Mr Chairman; and, like sister member Nanaia and her Labour Party, we are supporting it because there may be some of us who do not agree with the bill but it is right that what has been written in the bill must be amended. Therefore you must note Minister, Mr Chairman, and the House as well that we support the wish of the Minister at this moment; thank you.]

The question was put that the following amendments in the name of the Hon Te Ururoa Flavell to Te Wāhanga tahi AA Te Wāhanga wha, Parts 1AA to 4, te āpitihanga tahi to te āpitihanga waru, and schedules 1 to 8 be agreed to:

in clause 3(1)(b), insert “hoki” before “te Broadcasting Act” and delete “hoki” after “1989”;

in clause 3(1)(c), delete “hoki” after “Act 2003”;

in clause 3(3)(c), delete “e panoni hoki” after “Whakaata Māori”;

in clause 5, and in the heading to clause 5, replace “mō” after “mana ā-ture” with “nō”;

in clause 5A(1)(b), insert “hoki” before “kua whakaūngia” and delete “hoki” after “kua whakaūngia”;

in clause 6(1)(b), replace “kē” with “rānei” after “taraipiunara”;

in clause 6A(2)(h), replace “ki” with “i” after “Karauna”;

in clause 6A(2)(k), replace “mō” with “nō” after “mana ā-ture”;

replace clause 7C(2) with the following new subclause:

(2) He ōrite te mana o te whakaputanga reo Māori ki te mana o te whakaputanga reo Pākehā o tēnei ture, engari ki te ara ake he tohe mō te rerekē o te tikanga o ngā kōrero, i roto i ngā whakaputanga e rua, nō te whakaputanga reo Māori o te ture te mana o runga ake.;

in paragraph (a) of the definition of “ngā iwi me ngāi Māori” in clause 8, replace “ko ētahi rānei o ngā iwi” with “ko ngā iwi rānei”;

in clause 10(5)(a), add “ā,” after “1987;”;

in clause 10(5)(ab), delete “hoki” after “waeture”;

in clause 10(6), add “ā,” before “e whakatakotoria ana”;

in clause 11(3)(a), add “ā,” after “mahi hoko;”;

in clause 11(3)(b), delete “kei a ia” after “rerenga (a),”;

in clause 13(2), add “i” after “e tohutohu”, add “i” before “tētahi kaiwhakapāho kē atu”, and add “i” before “tētahi kaihanga hōtaka kē”;

in clause 15(1)(ba), add “hoki” after “me whakaaroaro rawa”;

in clause 16B(2)(c), replace “ā,” before “mō ia putanga” with “pēnei”;

in clause 16B(2)(c)(iii), replace “o te putanga mahi.” after “aromatawaitanga” with “o te kawenga o te putanga.”;

in clause 20(1)(a), delete “o” after “māramatanga,”;

in clause 20A(1)(a), add “ā,” after “pūtea rā;”;

in clause 20A(1)(b), delete “hoki” after “te nui” and add “ā,” after “$10,000;”;

in clause 20A(1)(c), delete “hoki” after “te wāriu katoa” and insert “ā,” after “tōpūtanga;”;

in clause 20A(1)(d), delete “hoki” after “ngā kōrero” and insert “ā,” after “tau pūtea;”;

in clause 20A(1)(e), delete “hoki” after “ngā kōrero”;

in clause 20B(a), insert “ā,” after “ana;”;

in clause 20B(b), delete “hoki” after “whakamārama rawa” and insert “ā,” after “te tau pūtea;”;

in clause 20B(c), delete “hoki” after “whakauru rawa”;

in clause 20B(c)(i), insert “ā,” after “kirimana hoko;”;

in clause 20B(c)(ii), delete “hoki” after “whakatauritetanga”;

in clause 20C(2)(a), add “ā,” after “whānuitia ana;”;

in clause 20C(2)(b), delete “hoki” after “whakauru rawa”;

in clause 20C(2)(c), delete “hoki” after “whakauru rawa”;

in clause 20D(a), insert “ā,” after “kei roto i ērā;”;

in clause 20D(b), delete “hoki” after “whai rawa”, insert “i” before “tētahi tauākī o te haepapatanga”, and insert “ā,” after “pūtea;”;

in clause 20D(c), delete “hoki” after “whai rawa” and add “ā,” after “mō taua tau pūtea;”;

in clause 20D(d), delete “hoki” after “tohu rawa” and insert “i” after “tohu rawa hoki”;

in clause 21(1)(a), add “ā,” after “māna;”;

in clause 21(1)(b), delete “hoki” after “ā-tau”;

in clause 21(2)(a), add “ā,” after “(1)(a);”;

in clause 21(2)(b), delete “hoki” after “tuku rawa”;

in clause 21A(2), replace “me whai rawa e ia te—” with “me whai rawa ia ki te—”;

in clause 21A(2)(a), insert “ā,” after “arotake;”;

in clause 21A(2)(b), delete “hoki” after “whakaaroaro”;

in clause 21B(2)(b), delete “mehemea” before “rānei”;

in the cross-heading before clause 21C replace “mana” with “taumata”;

in clause 24(2), insert “o Te Pūtahi Paoho” after “ngā āheinga”;

in clause 27B(4)(a), insert “ā,” after “wehenga;”;

in clause 27B(4)(b), delete “hoki” after “kaua rawa” and insert “ā,” after “kaiurungi;”;

in clause 27B(4)(c), delete “hoki” after “kaua rawa” and add “ā,” after “2004;”;

in clause 27B(4)(d), delete “hoki” after “i te kopoutanga” and replace “me noho rawa te aronga me ngā āheinga o Te Ratonga Whakaata Māori hei ārahi i a Te Mātāwai.” with “me ārahi rawa e te aronga me ngā āheinga o Te Ratonga Whakaata Māori.”;

in clause 1 of te āpitihanga 1, insert “ānō nei” before “kāore i”;

in clause 5A of te āpitihanga 1, replace “i” with “o” after “tae atu ki te mutunga”,;

in clause 6 of te āpitihanga 1, replace “i” with “o”, and replace “i” with “ki” after “te wā”.

in clause 7(1) of te āpitihanga 1, add “ai” after “i whakaaetia”, insert “ai” after “i waihangatia”, and insert “ai” after “i tukuna atu”;

in clause 8(1)(a) of te āpitihanga 1, delete “i tētahi whakaotinga o tētahi take,”.

in clause 2(2) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “hoki” after “me te (b)”;

replace paragraph (d) of clause 2(5) of te āpitihanga 4 with the following new paragraph:

(d) kaua rawa e kopou i te tangata ka tupea i raro i te wehenga 30 o te Crown Entities Act 2004, ki a Te Mātāwai.;

in clause 4(b) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “te” after “te mahi a”;

in clause 8(1) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “ki te” after “Te Mātāwai”;

in clause 8(2) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “i” after “i te wā”;

in clause 9 of te āpitihanga 4, insert comma after “i tōna tūranga” and insert “hoki” after “ka noho”;

in clause 17(4) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “mahi i” after “rārangi iti (1)(b),”;

in clause 19(1) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “e āhei ana” and replace “te āheinga te kawe, te mana whakahaere rānei te whiu,” with “te kawe i ngā āheinga, te whiu rānei i te mana whakahaere,”;

in clause 19(1)(c) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “me” before “noho motuhake”;

in clause 22(2)(a) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “ā,” after “kia whai hua”;

in clause 22(2)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “hoki” after “hāngai tonu” and insert “ā,” after “marea;”

in clause 22(2)(c) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “hoki” after “i te taha”;

in clause 22(3)(b)(ii) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “ai hoki” after “kia tū”;

in clause 22(5)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “rānei” after “i runga” and insert “rānei” before “i runga”;

in clause 26 of te āpitihanga 4, delete “e” after “Me whakaatu rawa” and insert comma before and comma after “i a ia e mahi ana hei mema”;

in clause 27(1) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “atu—” with “hāunga—”;

in clause 27(1)(a) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “i” before “ngā wā”;

in clause 27(1)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “i ngā wā rānei” with “rānei ngā wā”;

in clause 27(1)(c) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “i ngā wā rānei” with “rānei ngā wā”;

in clause 27(1)(d) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “i” before “ngā wā”;

in clause 27(2)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “kāore rawa hoki” with “hoki kāore rawa”;

in clause 28(1)(a) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “ā,” after “Te Mātāwai;”;

in clause 28(1)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “hoki” after “pānga”;

in clause 28(5) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “mehemea” after “te take”;

in clause 28(5)(a) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “mehemea” before “ka whiwhi”;

in clause 28(5)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “mehemea rānei” before “he makau” and delete “rānei” after “he makau”;

in clause 28(5)(c) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “mehemea rānei” before “ka whai” and delete “rānei” after “ā-pūtea”;

in clause 28(5)(d) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “mehemea rānei” before “he hoa kōtui” and delete “rānei” after “he hoa kōtui”;

in clause 28(5)(e) of te āpitihanga 4, insert “mehemea rānei” before “he tautika” and delete “rānei” after “he tautika”;

in clause 32(1) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “unuhia” with “inihua”;

in clause 34(1) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “Ka whai wāhi ka tika ngā mema o Te Mātāwai ki te whiwhi utu,” with “E tika ana kia whiwhi utu ngā mema o Te Mātāwai,”;

in clause 34(1)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “i ngā āheinga me ngā mahi o Te Mātāwai.” with “i ngā āheinga o Te Mātāwai, i āna mahi hoki.”;

in clause 34(2) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “i tēnā wā, i tēnā wā” with “i ōna wā”;

in clause 35(1)(b) of te āpitihanga 4, replace “ōna” with “āna” before “kaimahi;”;

in clause 35(3)(d)(ii) of te āpitihanga 4, delete “hoki” after “hiranga”;

in clause 1(2)(b) of te āpitihanga 5, delete “i” after “reo ā-tuhi”;

in clause 4(1) of te āpitihanga 5, add “reo ā-waha rānei,” after “ki te whakawhiti”;

in clause 4(1)(a) of te āpitihanga 5, add “ā,” after “horopaki):”;

in clause 4(1)(b) of te āpitihanga 5, delete “hoki” after “kua tika”;

in clause 4(3) of te āpitihanga 5, replace “ko” with “tā” after “tā tērā rānei,”;

in clause 4(3) of te āpitihanga 5, replace “kē” after “taraipiunara” with “rānei”;

in clause 4(4)(b) of te āpitihanga 5, replace “kāore rānei” with “rānei kāore”;

in clause 5(1) of te āpitihanga 5, insert “rānei” after “i runga”;

in clause 5(1)(b) of te āpitihanga 5, delete “rānei” after “kaipupuri”;

in clause 5(3) of te āpitihanga 5, insert “rānei” after “ka āhei”;

in clause 5(3)(b) of te āpitihanga 5, delete “rānei” after “whakatārewa”;

in clause 5(4) of te āpitihanga 5, delete “a tētahi” after “ki ngā kawenga”;

in clause 5 (4) of te āpitihanga 5, insert “rānei” after “ka āhei”; and

in clause 5 (4)(b) of te āpitihanga 5, delete “rānei” after “whakamana”.

Amendments agreed to.

Te Wāhanga tahi AA to Te Wāhanga wha, Parts 1AA to 4, te āpitihanga tahi o te āpitihanga waru, and schedules 1 to 8 as amended agreed to.

Progress reported.

Report adopted.

Third Reading