Reo Ora Waiata 

I hangaia mō Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga ki te whakanui i te 50 tau o te petihana Te Reo Māori me te whakatairanga ‘Tama Tū, Reo Ora’. E whakamihi ana tēnei waiata nā te kaitaurima rongonui nei nā PERE, i te hunga toa, me te hunga tohe i Te Reo Māori nā rātou i whakature, i whakamana hoki i Te Reo Māori kia noho hei reo taketake mō Aotearoa.

Mā te whakamahi i ngā kupu mai i te waiata a Hirini Melbourne ‘Ngā Iwi E’, he titonga i whakamahia mō ngā hikoi porotēhi mō te mana Māori te take. He whakamahi i ngā kupu rongonui e te rōpū o Ngā Tamatoa, ‘Tama tū, Tama ora, Tama moe, Tama mate’ – e tohu ana tēnei whakataukī i te mahi ngātahi me te hōnore o te whakarauora i te reo Māori me te kīwaha ‘Reo Ora’.

Waiatatia tēnei waiata nā Pere Wihongi rāua ko Hirini Melbourne i tito. E wātea ana ngā kupu hei whai māu.