Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell is out to make sure te reo Maori is spoken properly in Parliament this week.
It's Maori Language Week and the theme is Te Reo i te Hapori - Maori language in the community.
Maori Language Week has been celebrated for more than 30 years and Mr Flavell has given notice to his fellow parliamentarians.
"I told all the parliamentarians to get ready to get interrupted if they didn't get pronunciation correct. I gave them three days to prepare and if they happen to bring in mispronounced words ... I'll be standing up and taking a point of order and I'll be handing them a pronunciation sheet."
Minister of Maori Affairs Pita Sharples, who was in Rotorua for the first birthday of Rotoiti kura, Te Wharekura o Ngati Rongomai, said proper pronunciation was important and a good place for people to start was ensuring they correctly pronounced people's Maori names.
If people made an effort to pronounce Maori words properly they should be encouraged, not put down, he said.
Rotorua MP Todd McClay said he always tried his best to pronounce Maori words correctly.
"I think what Te Ururoa is doing is great. It's about recognition of the Maori language, which is an official language of New Zealand."
Labour Party list MP, Rotorua's Steve Chadwick, said she had no issues with Mr Flavell's idea to correct mispronunciation of Maori as long as it was done in an encouraging way.
Mr Flavell and Mr Sharples attended the celebration of the first anniversary of Te Wharekura o Ngati Rongomai, a hapu/whanau-based kura (school) at Lake Rotoiti.
Mr Sharples said the kura was a good example of why Maori Language Week was important and how to keep the Maori language alive.
"When children go through kohanga and kura, they come out fluent, not only in Maori but also in English."
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