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Tape 1 of 3. The second of this series of recordings is MPT 1930, the third, MPT 1911. Covers the difficulties encountered by non-English speaking Māori children when entering school. Ted Nepia, comments in Māori. He is a headmaster of a school in Napier.
00.00 - 11.40: E tū tētehi hui a ngā kura māhita kei Nēpia , ina tata tonu nei. Ko tētehi o ngā take e whiriwhiria, ko te āhua o ngā tamariki Māori, kātahi tonu ka tīmata te haere ki te kura. Ngā tokomaha ngā wāhine ako tamariki Māori i tū ki te whaikōrero . Ko te take tuatahi i whiriwhiria, koia nei te tino take - ko te kore mōhio o ētehi o ngā tamariki Māori arā , ngā tamariki kātahi tonu nei ka tīmata te haere ki te kura. Nā , i te kore mōhio ki te reo pākehā , arā , ki te reo o te kura, ka mahue rātou i ngā tamariki e mātau ana ki ngā mahi a te pākehā . Kāhore ētahi o ngā tamariki Māori i mōhio ki te reo pākehā , i mua o te haerenga mai ki te kura, kua eke kē ngā tau ki te tekau mā whā , tekau mā rima rānei , i mua o te urunga ki ngā kura tuarua.