Ka riro i a ‘He Pātaka Kupu’ Te Tohu Tuhinga Reo Māori

Ka riro i a ‘He Pātaka Kupu’ Te Tohu Tuhinga Reo Māori

Kua riro i a ‘He Pātaka Kupu’ Te Tohu Reo Māori i ngā Tohu Pukapuka a Montana; koinei te pukapuka taki kupu tuatahi kua tuhia te katoa ki te reo Māori.

Nā Te Taura Whiri i te Reo i whakahīato, nā te Rōpū Penguin o Aotearoa i tā, 24, 000 ngā kupu matua kei te pukapuka nei, aua kupu nō neherā anō, whakawhiti mai ki ngā reo ake o nāianei. 
I tukuna te tohu i tēnei pō i te hākari a Montana Aotearoa i te Muhiama o Tāmaki makaurau.

I kī a Hone Apanui, te Kaitohutohu mō Te Tohu Reo Māori, he mahi para tēnei i te huarahi ki mua hei āwhina i te aranga ake o te reo .

Kātahi anō ka kitea he pukapuka taki kupu i hua ake te katoa i roto i te reo Māori.’

‘Kua mau i a He Pātaka te hauora me te wairua o ēnei rā, me te hononga atu ki neherā. He nui ngā mihi ki te ope i Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo nā rātou tēnei mahi whakahirahira i kawe mai ki uta. ‘
Koinei te tau tuarua i tukuna he tohu mō te reo Māori i ngā Tohu Pukapuka a Montana Aotearoa.

Ahakoa tērā, e ai ki a Hone Apanui, kei te māturu noa iho te tā pukapuka i roto i te reo.

‘Kei wāhi kē pea te oranga mō te tuhi i te reo, pērā i te tuhi mō te pouaka whakaata me te ipurangi.

‘Mā tēnei pea e kipa te tuhi pukapuka kia kaha ake te putanga mai.’ ko tā Hone.

Ko He Pātaka Kupu te pukapuka taki kupu nui rawa a muri mai i tā Henry Williams Dictionary of the Māori Language i tāia i te tau 1844 i roto i ngā reo e rua.

Ko ngā kaitautoko matua o ngā Tohu Pukapuka a Montana Aotearoa ko Montana rāua ko  Creative New Zealand.  Kei te whakahaerea ngā tohu e Booksellers New Zealand koia kei te tautokona e te Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, me te  New Zealand Society of Authors and Book Tokens (NZ) Ltd.

‘Storehouse of Words’ Wins Te Reo Māori Literary Award

He Pātaka Kupu - te kai a te rangatira, the first-ever dictionary written entirely in te reo Māori, has won this year’s Te Reo Māori Literary prize at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Compiled by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo (the Māori Language Commission) and published by Penguin Group New Zealand, the dictionary that translates to ‘A Storehouse of Words - the food of chiefs’ contains some 24,000 head-words from the old world through to the idioms of modern Māori.

The prize was presented tonight at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards gala dinner ceremony held at the Auckland Museum.

Te Reo Māori Literary Award Advisor, Hone Apanui says He Pātaka Kupu is a ground-breaking work that has a major role to play in the ongoing renaissance of te reo Māori.

‘Never before have we had a dictionary conceived and delivered wholly in Māori.

‘He Pātaka is imbued with the vigour and spirit of today, while maintaining links to the past. I warmly congratulate the team at Te Taura Whiri i te Reo on an impressive and much-needed work.’
This is the second year in a row that a prize for a book written in te reo Māori has been made at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Mr Apanui says despite this award, publishing in te reo Māori is still just a trickle.

‘There are clear signs that writing in te reo Māori is flourishing in other areas, especially writing for television and publishing on the web.

‘This may be the stimulus that book writing needs to increase the trickle into a regular flow,’ says Mr Apanui.

He Pātaka Kupu is the first major dictionary since Henry William's Dictionary of the Māori Language published in 1844, which was written in English and Māori.

The principal sponsors of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards are Montana and Creative New Zealand.  The awards are managed by Booksellers New Zealand and supported by the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand, the New Zealand Society of Authors and Book Tokens (NZ) Ltd.