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Tumai Cassidy photo credit Cawthron Institute
He wawata nui, he moemoea nui, tā te kaitiaki taiao o Kai Tahu, a Tumai Cassidy, mō te anamata o te taiao o tōna iwi.
Download AudioHe wawata nui, he moemoea nui, tā te kaitiaki taiao o Kai Tahu, a Tumai Cassidy, mō te anamata o te taiao o tōna iwi. Koia āna kōrero ki tō mātou hōtaka o Manako, whai muri i te tuku o ngā manu Takahē ki ā rātou ngāherehere i ngā rangi tata nei. Hei tā Cassidy he nui tonu ngā mahi e tutuki ai tana wawata kia whakamanahia tuturuhia tana iwi hei kaitiaki i ōna ake taonga. “Kia hoki mai te mana whakahaere, te rangatiratanga o Kai Tahu ki runga ake i ā mātou taonga me ngā manu. Ehara anake ko te takahē, engari ko ngā kararehe, ngā rākau, ngā wai, ēra mea katoa. Kia noho mātou ko ngā mana whakahaere o ēra āhuatanga ki runga i ō mātou whenua ki raro i ō mātou ake tikanga, i ō mātou ake kawa.”
