2023 winners
Te Reo Māori stream
Hinemaiaia Pitiroi (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāpuhi)
Video title: He raumahara
Te Reo Māori
He ākonga a Hinemaiaia o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakarewa | Te Reo ki Tūwharetoa ki Taupō.
E kī ana a Hinemaiaia he tino hōnore te whiwhi i te Tohu Kiriata o Ngarimu hei whakarauora i ngā kōrero o ōna tūpuna koroua, Iapeta Morehu, me tōna mahi i Te Pakanga Nui o te Ao Tuatahi.
“He mea nui kia ora ngā maharatanga a o tātou tūpuna” te kī a Hinemaiaia.
E kī ana ngā Kaiako o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakarewa e poho kererū ana mō ngā mahi a Hinemaiaia ki te hanga i te whakaaturanga ‘He raumahara’, e harikoa hoki ana ki te tū i tēnei kaupapa.
“He mea nui te noho mai ki ēnei kaupapa mō te tiakanga o te hītori o Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū me ngā hōia Māori i whawhai ki ngā pakanga huri noa i te ao.”
English
Hinemaiaia is an ākonga at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakarewa | Te Reo ki Tūwharetoa in Taupō.
Hinemaiaia says it is an honour to receive a Ngarimu Video Award for bringing to life the story of her tupuna koroua, Iapeta Morehu, and his time serving in the First World War.
“It is very important to keep the memories of our tūpuna alive,” says Hinemaiaia.
Kaiako at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakarewa say they are proud of the efforts Hinemaiaia has put in to creating her film ‘He raumahara’ and are thrilled to be a part of this kaupapa.
“Getting involved in kaupapa such as this plays an important part in preserving the history of the 28th (Māori) Battalion and of Māori hōia who have fought in battles across the world,” says the kaiako.
Bilingual stream
Ngaawaimarino Simpkins (Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Tuhourangi, Ngāti Wahiao, Ngāpuhi)
Video title: Iti rearea, teitei Kahikatea ka taea
Te Reo Māori
Ko Ngaawaimarino te Manukura o Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitoto ki Tāmaki Makaurau.
I a ia e mahi i tōna Tau 12 Kaupapa Te Reo Māori, i ako a Ngaawaimarino e pā ana ki te pakanga Māori, e kī ana nā tēnei i mōhio mai ia mō tōna Papa Hui i tū ki Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū.
“I hiahia au ki te ako e pā ana ki taku papa Hui, nōreira i tūhono i ōku tino marau e rua, Te Reo Māori me te Rangahau Pāpāho, ā, i auraki ki Rotorua ki te hanga i tētahi rauemi e whakarauora ana tētahi wāhanga o Papa Hui i a ia i te pakanga.”
Nā Kataraina, he kaiako ki Te Kura Tuarua o Rangitoto, te kōrero e maha ngā ākonga ki te kura e noho tawhiti atu i ō rātou marae, ko ngā kaupapa pērā i te Ngarimu e āhei ana ngā ākonga ki te ako mō ngā mahi tuku iho o Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū me te tūhono hoki ki ō rātou whānau.
Ka whakamahia te kiriata a Ngaawaimarino ‘Iti rearea, teitei Kahikatea ka taea’ hei tauira ki te kaupapa Tū Rangatira o te kura, kia whakakipakipa i ngā ākonga ki te rangahau i o rātou whakapapa me te auraki ki ō rātou kāinga, ako ai ko wai rātou, nō hea hoki rātou.
English
Ngaawaimarino is Head Girl at Rangitoto College in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland.
As a part of her Year 12 Te Reo Māori Programme, Ngaawaimarino was learning about Māori warfare and says through this became aware of her Papa Hui’s involvement with the Māori Battalion.
“I wanted to learn more about my Papa Hui so I combined two of my favourite subjects, Te Reo Māori and Media Studies, and returned to Rotorua to create a resource that brings to life a part of my Papa Hui’s time in the army.”
Kataraina, a kaiako at Rangitoto College, says many of the ākonga at the school live away from their marae, and kaupapa such as the Ngarimu Video Competition provides ākonga with an opportunity to learn about the proud traditions of the Māori Battalion and connect with their whānau.
Ngaawaimarino film ‘Iti rearea, teitei Kahikatea ka taea’ will be used as an example in the school’s Tū Rangatira Programme where ākonga are encouraged to research their whakapapa and return to their kāinga to learn about who they are and where they come from.
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