I te tau 1986 ka whakarongo te taraipiunara ki te kerēme tohu nui mō te mana me te oranga o te reo Māori. Nā Te Huirangi Waikerepuru (Taranaki, Ngāpuhi) me Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo (Wellington Board of Māori Language) te kerēme nei i tuku ki te taraipiunara i te tau 1985.
Kei roto i tēnei whakaahua (1985) ko ngā mema taraipiunara e rua ko Eddie Taihakurei Durie (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa) rāua ko Paul Temm QC (matau), ko ngā tamariki hoki o te kōhanga reo i Waiwhetū ki Te Awakairangi. Nā whai anō ko te whakataunga o te taraipiunara i panoni ai ngā pūnaha ako me te ture i whai mana ā-ture ai te reo Māori hei reo matua hoki ki Aotearoa.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1985/2942/15-F
by John Nicholson
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