Call of the marae still strong

Call of the marae still strong

15 December 2014

Nearly 400,000 Māori know which of the country’s 800-plus marae is theirs, and most would like to visit more often, according to the first report of its kind from Statistics New Zealand.

Taku marae e: Connecting to ancestral marae 2013 showed that 71 percent of Māori know their ancestral marae, and nearly half of those have visited in the past year.

“One of the really interesting things we found is that Māori who visit their marae are also more likely to be engaged in other aspects of Māori culture,” households statistics manager Diane Ramsay said.

“For instance, Māori who can speak te reo, or who know all their pepeha or tribal identity, are more likely to visit their marae than others.”

The report highlighted a strong link between tūrangawaewae (place to stand and belong) and visiting marae. Over half of Māori adults reported they had an ancestral marae that they thought of as their tūrangawaewae, and almost all of them had been to their marae at some point in their lives.

The report also showed that Māori want to visit their marae more, especially those who have never been there. Of Māori who knew their ancestral marae but had never been there, 68 percent said they would’ve liked to have visited in the last 12 months.

“This valuable report showed that connection to marae is an important aspect of Māori culture and identity,” Ms Ramsay said.

Taku marae e: Connecting to ancestral marae 2013 uses information from the Te Kupenga 2013 survey of Māori well-being.

See Te Kupenga for more results.

Kei te kaha tonu te karanga o te marae

Tata ki te 400,000 ngā Māori e mōhio ana ko tēhea tō rātau ake marae o ngā marae neke atu i te 800 i Aotearoa, ka mutu ko te hiahia o te nuinga kia nui ake ā rātau haerenga atu, e ai ki tēnei momo pūrongo tuatahi a Tatauranga Aotearoa.

E whakaatu ana a Taku marae e: Te tūhono ki te marae tipuna 2013, e 71 ōrau ngā Māori kei te mōhio ki tō rātau marae tipuna, ā, tata ki te haurua i tae atu i roto i te tau kua pahure.

"Ko tētahi o ngā mea mīharo i kite mātau ko ngā Māori e haere ana ki tō rātau marae ko te nuinga ka whai wāhi atu ki ētahi atu āhuatanga o te ao Māori," hei tā te kaiwhakahaere tauanga ā-kāinga a Diane Ramsay.

"Ina koa, ko ngā Māori e mōhio ana ki te kōrero Māori, he mōhio rānei ki tā rātau pepeha, ko te tikanga he nui ake tā rātau haere ki tō rātau marae tēnā i ētahi atu."

I whakaatu te pūrongo i tētahi hono kaha i waenga i te tūrangawaewae me te haere ki te marae. Neke atu i te haurua o ngā pakeke Māori i kī ko tō rātau marae tipuna tō rātau tūrangawaewae, ā, tata ki te katoa o rātau i tae atu ki tō rātau marae i mua.

I whakaatu anō te pūrongo i te hiahia kia nui ake te haere a ngā Māori ki tō rātau marae, otirā rātau kāore anō kia tae atu ki reira. O ngā Māori e mōhio ana ki tō rātau marae tipuna engari kāore anō kia tae atu ki reira, 68 ōrau i kī i te hiahia rātau kia haere atu i roto i ngā marama 12 kua pahure.

"E whakaatu ana tēnei pūrongo whai tikanga he āhuatanga hira te hononga o te marae ki te ao Māori me te tuakiri Māori," te kī a Ms Ramsay.

E whakamahi ana a Taku marae e: Te tūhono ki te marae tipuna 2013 i ngā kōrero mai i te rangahau Te Kupenga 2013 mō te oranga Māori.

Tirohia Te Kupenga mō ētahi atu hua.

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