Nga tohu reo rua — bilingual signs

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Opinion

Clive e hoa,

Whitu tekau ma toru ōku tau. He Pakeha ahau. Kei te ako ahau i te reo Māori. Ki tāku whakaaro ko tāku kawenga i raro i Te Tiriti.  Kei te pirangi au ki te mōhio ki ngā korero kei muri i ngā ingoa Māori o ngā wāhi. Ma te mōhio ki ngā korero ka puta te māramatanga me te mōhiotanga ki aua wāhi.

Ki te kore e mōhio ki nga mea o mua, kaore e taea e tatou te anga whakamua me te taha Māori me te taha Pakeha. Kite kore tatou e awhi i te reo me ngā Mātauranga Māori o tēnei whenua kei te whakaiti i te tangata whenua.

Ngā mihi

Geraldine Oliver