Te reo at the Royal Tour

Te reo at the Royal Tour

I te 18 o Pīpiri i te ata o te Rātū, i haere te Duke rāua ko te Duchess o Cornwall me York, me tā rāua tira i te Wāpu o Queen mā Pōneke ki te Whare Pāremata. I tā rāua haerenga i pahure ake rāua i ētehi areare, i ētehi tiriwhana tino ātaahua i whakatūngia ai mō rāua mō tā rāua haerenga mai ki Aotearoa. He kupu reo Māori hoki kei runga i ēnei arearea.

Ko te areare tuatahi i Custom House Quay, ko te Areare Tangata Whenua ki ngā kupu mihi nō ngā Pākehā me ngā Māori o Aotearoa. Ko te areare tuarua i Lambton Quay, ko te Areare Kāwanatanga ki ngā kupu reo Māori i tētehi taha, "Mā Te atua kōrua e atawhai" me te taha atu ko te whakapākehātanga. Ko te areare tuatoru i Molesworth tiriti, ko te Areare Māori ki ngā whakaairo nō te Whare Taonga Tuatahi o Aotearoa ki ngā kupu, "Nau mai, nau mai".

On the morning of Tuesday 18 June 1901, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York travelled in procession from Queen’s Wharf through Wellington to the House of Representatives. On their route, they passed beneath a series of colourful arches erected for the occasion.

The first, the Citizens' Arch in Customhouse Quay, expressed a welcome from Pākehā and Māori. In Lambton Quay, the Government Arch bore on one side the inscription "Ma Te atua korua e atawhai" and on the other the English equivalent "God bless the duke and duchess". In Molesworth Street, the Māori Arch, constructed from carvings from the Colonial Museum, bore the inscription "Nau mai, nau mai".

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