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Kōrero: Māori and television – whakaata

Te petihana o Te Reo Māori, i te tau 1972

Anei a Rāwiri Paratene e kauhau ana ki te whakatakotohanga o te petihana mō te reo Māori ki te Paremata i te tau 1972. Ko Paratene te kaiwhakahaere o te Rōpū Tauira Māori, ka mutu ko te ia o tana kōrero ko te whakamana i te petihana. Whai atu i a ia ka tuku a Hana Jackson o Ngā Tamatoa i te petihana ki ngā māngai pāremata a Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan rāua ko Matiu Rata. Neke atu i te 30,000 ngā tāmoko o te petihana. 

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Tainui Stephens, Māori and television – whakaata – Ngā tau tōmua, tekau tau 1960 me 1970, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/44607/te-petihana-o-te-reo-maori-i-te-tau-1972 (accessed 23 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Tainui Stephens, i tāngia i te 21 March 2014.

Comments

John McCaffery
31 August 2021
From John Mccaffery on behalf of Te Reo Māori Society VUW and TRM ki Aotearoa now.This information on the 1972 Petition is incorrect, though widely now mistakenly believed because the Pākehā media does not understand te reo Māori that had, and still have, no idea what was going on in te reo or who the participants were. They have always been focussed on Tamatoa as the high profile protesters and ignored the TRM elders and speakers in ignorance as the TV edited clips show. The 1972 Petition was jointly organised and presented by Te Reo Māori Society VUW and Ngā Tamatoa as Te Huinga Rangatahi Org previously Federation of Māori Students, of which I was an Exec member. Rawiri was never the spokesperson for us all ie Huinga Rangatahi or TRM. He was the Tamatoa speaker at the presentation. TRMs speakers were Rev Hemi Potatau and the elder Te Ouenuku Rene who led us on chanting and also did the Tukutaonga Karakia with his patu over the suitcase Hana laid on the steps with the Petition in it. You need to read our TRM community comments on the NZ History on line for the correct story and or or ask Prof Rawina Higgins at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori to correct this caption for you. TRM organised the first Māori language day -Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 1975 ,The Wai 11 1985/6 Education, Broadcasting, National Language & Māori Lang Commission establishment claim as the lawyers and org of the claim Whaimutu Dewes and Rawiri Rangitauira( Cathy Dewes' tane) and hearing as part of Ngā Kai Whakapumau -Contact Piripi Walker Sec Ngā Kaiwhakapumau for confirmation information " Māuri tū, Māuri ora ; Mauri noho, Māuri mate".