2012 matangi rau - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

Ka uru mai nei ko Mate Kaiwai, ko Ngāhinatūrae TeUira, ko Mīria Simpson, ko Wiha Te Raki-Hāwea, ko TeHaumihiata Mason, ko Te Wharehuia Milroy me tehuhua noa i ngā tau o kō tonu ake nei pēnei i aMateroa Haenga, i a Hīria Tūmoana, i a Tākuta WayneNgata, i a Rāhera rāua ko Te Waihoroi Shortland, i awai ake, i a wai ake. Waimarie ana ngā kura nei i tematatau o te hunga whakaako. Ko te nuinga o ēneikua takahi i te ara kua takahia nei e Anita nā konei temihi nui me te tangi nui o te ngākau ki a rātou katoakua riro nei ki te wahangūtanga.E hia tau nei mātou i roto i ngā kura nei ka mutu temahi a Anita, ā, ka tae mai te rongo ki a māua kotaringa e kainga ana te tinana o Anita e te mate kinonei, e te mate pukupuku. Ki konā ia whawhai ai ki teārai atu he aha te aha whakatau ana a Aituā i te wā kitēnā, ki tēnā, e taea te aha?Rongo rawa ake anō te taringa, kua tīpapa kē mai tewahine nei i te tīpapatanga o te tini ngeangea o muaatu i a ia, nā reira, heoi anō tāku, he whakatau i te reokaranga o Mate.Nā, ko tōna tikanga kia ringihia ki te roimata, kiawhiua te papa ki te hūpē kia paku mahea ake ai tearoha e kai kino rā ki te hoa o roto i ngā tau. Engaritakoto kē mai ana i te whare karakia o te Pākehā, ā,atu i reira ki tōna ake papa o Waipapa mō tōna hāoranei, paku neke atu rānei, ka haria atu ai ki te nehu.Ko au i haere atu i runga i taku mōhio ka rere teroimata engari korekore ana nei i te kaha hau kore,hau kore rawa atu nei o tēnā tuku i te tangata ki temate.Na, he wahine pēhea ia nei te wahine nei, a AnitaMoke? Mō te taha ki te reo he wahine tino matataurawa atu, ā-tangata nei he wahine taiea, me pai ngāmea katoa i ngā wā katoa kore rawa atu he wāhi ki tehakurara ahakoa āhua o te tangata, ahakoa kōrero i tereo me tika tonu, me tika tonu. Nā tēnei ū kaha ōna kite ara tika o te reo ka pōhēhētia e Ngāi Pōhēhē mā hewahine nihoniho, he wahine riri take kore engari kotāna kia tika mai te reo i te tangata. Noho mai ana iahei tauira whāinga mā te hunga hia kōrero Māori irunga i te tika, i te pono ko te mate kē hoki ko ngātaringa o te nuinga i noho mai ki mua ki tōna aroaro ite rongo engari tē whakarongo me te aha noho hē anate reo o tēnā hunga morimori te taringa. He wahine iarohanui ki te reo, i arohanui anō hoki ki te tangata.Kāti, kei te hoa, kei te tuahine, o roto i ngā mahi ki tereo, moe mai. Ahakoa e ngere nei, e kiripiro nei, epukuriri nei ki te āhua o tō wehenga atu, e ai ki tekōrero kua whiti atu koe i te mate ki te orangatonutanga, nō reira hei konā mai koe.Kia tīkina noatia atu e au ngā kupu o ētahi waiata nāunei i homai.‘Nōku te aroha i rite ki te miro eTākai noa ake ana i taku manawa e’Anei hoki ko tēnei:‘Tū mokemoke ana taku tira i ngā rori eKua riro koe ka ngaro i ahau’Ko te aunga o te moe ki a koe, kei te hoa, ko te aungao te moe ki a koe.NĀ JEREMY TĀTERE MACLEOD TĒNEI WHAKAAHUANgāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc. |Kahungunu matangi rau 6