Tama tū tama ora, tama noho, tama mate

E okea ururoatia ana e ngā iwi ō Tākiwīra kia tū tonu tō rātou kōti. Kua puta ngā aue ā te hapori ō Tākīwīra, muri mai i te karanga ō te kāwanatanga, ka heke haere ngā tūmomo whakawākanga ki te kōti ō Tākīwīra kia noho mai hei kōti whakarongorongo noa iho. Erangi ko te wawata…


E okea ururoatia ana e ngā iwi ō Tākiwīra kia tū tonu tō rātou kōti.

Kua puta ngā aue ā te hapori ō Tākīwīra, muri mai i te karanga ō te kāwanatanga, ka heke haere ngā tūmomo whakawākanga ki te kōti ō Tākīwīra kia noho mai hei kōti whakarongorongo noa iho.

Erangi ko te wawata nui ō te hāpori kia pupuri tonu te ko kōti oti ki āna mahi katoa.

Hei tā JP Eric Smitten, ko te raruraru kē, kua noho rāwaho te hāpori i ngā whiriwhiringa katoa mō te hekenga ō ngā mahi ā te kōti.

Hei tā Smitten, he tīmatanga noa iho tēnei, ko te otinga hei tāna, ka kapia te kōti nei mō ake tonu atu.

Kua whakatūria e te hāpori he petihana, ā, i roto i ngā rā e rua, kotahi mano ngā tāngata i tāmokongia te petihana nei.

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  • Radio Waatea is Auckland’s only Māori radio station that provides an extensive bi-lingual broadcast to its listeners. Based at Ngā Whare Waatea marae in Māngere, it is located in the middle of the biggest Māori population in Aotearoa.