Te Reo Maori

$300 was allocated towards the purchase of a tape recorder at the A.G.M. of the Maori Language Society, Te Reo Maori, last Thursday night. The tape will be used by students to record songs, speeches, hakas etc. in the field, and will be used for teaching.

While university departments are doing what they can to record the knowledge of older Maoris, there is so much to get and time is so short that the students have to take the initiative in recording the culture.

Te Reo Maori also resolved to invite prominent Maori speakers to lecture within the varsity on topics related to Maori language and culture. Another resolution was to complete the renovation of the dining hall at Kaiwaka marae, Tikitiki, where Te Reo Maori has done work in the past.

Officers of Te Reo Maori Society elected at the meeting were President, David Rangitauira; Vice President, Whai Dewes; Secretary, Cathy Dewes; Treasurer, John Dyall; Committee: Hakopa Te Whata, Pia Tamahori, Donna Gardiner, Ann Hiha, Judith Bailey, James Schuster, Roger Steele.

A patron for the society was elected; he is the Rev. Hemi Potatau, B.A.

Meetings of Te Reo Maori Society are held every Thursday in the Tennis Pavilion, Salamanca Rd., for a couple of hours starting at 6pm. They include speechmaking, an introduction to learning the language, other aspects of culture, and a general get-together. Everybody is welcome; it doesn't matter who you know or what you know.