September 20, 2012
He kaha no te Kawanatanga ki te wehewehe i nga wahanga o te awa
E rua ngā hui wai i tū inanahi, tuatahi i Taupo mā Te Arawa me Tuwharetoa, tuarua i Whanganui mā ngā iwi ō Whanganui.
Hei tā Gerard Albert, mangai mo ngā iwi ō Whanganui, he kaha no te Kāwanatanga ki te wehewehe i ngā wahanga ō te awa, me te aha, e tauhou ana tāra momo whakaaro ki ā rātou ō Whanganui.
“Kei tānei taha ke ko te taha mo te wai, kei tānei taha ke, ko te taha ki te papa me te kirikiri. Hei taha ke, te taha mo ngā tahataha me ngā whenua kei ngā tahataha ō to mātou awa. Pera ana te haere ō te karauna me tōna reo tauwahu. Taea ai mātou pea te whakatutuki te whakaaro ōku matua. Te awa kōtahi taua whanui. Ko tōna take te honohono kauai i ngā mangaiti, ngā manganui kia tipu, kia tipu, he awa tupua”.
Gerrard Albert