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Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere Mā

Ko te Reo te Kaupapa o te Maoritanga

Ko te Reo te Kaupapa o te Maoritanga

I te taenga mai o Rore Montgomery ki Tūranga i te tau 1949, ka haere ētahi tāngata o Ngāti Porou kia kite i a ia me ta rātou taonga anō ma te manuhiri. I whakarongo a Rore Montgomery ki te hunga nei e kōrero ana i te reo Ingarihi, i te tika o te reo. Kātahi ka pātai ki ōna hoa Maori, 'Kei te mau tonu rānei koutou ki te reo o o koutou tūpuna, page 51 ina hoki ko to koutou reo kōrero mai nei koutou ki a au, nōku kē ehara i a koutou. Kia mahara hoki ki to koutou Maoritanga ki to koutou reo ake. Ki te ngaro to koutou reo, ka ngaro hoki to koutou Maoritanga.'

Lord Montgomery

Tūranganui a Kiwa

1949