Ngā Manu Kōrero History
Ngā Manu Kōrero (Māori: "The Orators") is a Māori speech competition for secondary students. The competition encourages fluency in Te Reo Māori and English. It began in 1965 as the Korimako Contest, and commemorates Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones, a Waikato elder and scholar who died in 1976.
It was sponsored by the former Governor-General, Sir Bernard Fergusson – the Lord Ballantrae. The aim of the Korimako Contest was to encourage a greater command and fluency of spoken English amongst secondary Māori students.
Te Tai Tokerau - Ngā Manu Kōrero 2019
Northland College were the last school to host Ngā Manu O Te Tai Tokerau.
Winners for the Tai Tokerau Ngā Manu Kõrero 2019 speech competion are as follows:
TĀ TURI KARA (Junior English)
1st - Whitirua Dearlove (Abundant Life)
2nd = Khalia Wilson (Kamo High School) & Reihana Hemi-Teriaki (TKKM o Te Rangi Āniwaniwa)
RĀWHITI IHAKA (Junior Māori)
1st - Takaimaania Ngata-Henare (Huanui College)
2nd = Kalani Tobin (TKKM o Pukemiro), Tia Hapainga Clarke-Baker (Kamo High School) & Pounamu Matika (TKKM o Te Rangi Āniwaniwa)
KORIMAKO (Senior English)
1st - Nickania Leef (Kamo High School)
2nd - Jessie-Lee Ellery (Whangarei Girls High School)
3rd - Manaaki Hoepo (Kaitaia College)
PEI TE HURINUI JONES (Senior Māori)
Impromptu 1st - Te Aroha Pawa (TKKM o Te Rangi Āniwaniwa
OVERALL
1st - Te Aroha Pawa (TKKM o Te Rangi Āniwaniwa)
2nd - Rangimāria Te Arani Waiātarere (TKKM o Kaikohe)
3rd - Kenya Watene (TKKM o Pukemiro)
TĀ HIMI HENARE (bilingual section)
1st - Awatea Kake (TKKM o Rāwhitiroa)
2nd - Hirini Greaves (TKKM o Te Rangi Āniwaniwa)
3rd - Dymoneec Mangu-Thompson (Kamo High School)