Ngā Manu Kōrero 2024

Last year Lula Joseph in the Junior section (y10) won 2nd place with her powerful and beautiful speech.

Ngā Manu Kōrero is regarded as the most significant event on the Māori education calendar for nurturing the oratory skills and providing the stage for young people to express their views and to lay down their challenges to an admiring and critical audience of peers, parents, whānau and judges.

The speech contests are intended to encourage the development of skills and confidence of Māori students in spoken English and te reo Māori. All secondary schools are invited to participate in this wonderful event, noting that the Māori section is open to all students as part of a strategy to support everyone to learn and to speak in te reo Māori.

Currently there is a strong sense of urgency within our communities to protect our indigenous Māori language so that it can be spoken and heard and understood across the current and future generations of Aotearoa New Zealanders. The commitment to ensure the survival of Māori language as a living, spoken and dynamic treasure is captured within the essence of Ngā Manu Kōrero.

This kaupapa is precious and dear to each of us because it celebrates who we are as a nation. Ngā Manu Kōrero is about honouring the special and unique existence of being Māori and of sustaining our connections to the Māori world in all its glory.

In this 59th year of the competitions, the nationals will be held at the Spark Arena in Tāmaki Makaurau and will run from Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 September 2024.

For more information see the following link:

https://www.ppta.org.nz/events/nga-manu-korero-2024/

If you are keen to enter please let Ms Andrew or Matua Price know so we can register you. Registrations close on Friday 17th May at 3pm.

The speeches will be given in Invercargill on Thursday 30th & Friday 31st May.