January 25, 2024
Adam Whauwhau | He whakarauika tohunga tēnehi
Ko tētahi o ngā mea nui o te whakataetae tēnehi Māori ko tana whakarauika i te hunga Māori e manawanui ana ki te kēmu ki te wāhi kotahi.
Koia te kōrero a te Kaitohu Ahurea o Tēnehi Aotearoa a Adam Whauwhau mō te whakataetae nui i tū ki Te Whanganui a Tara i te mutunga o te Tīhema.
Hei tā Whauwhau, mā te whakakotahitanga e tuitui ai ngā hononga.
‘Ko te whakakotahitanga, koirā i roto i ngā tau he whakakotahi rā i ngā iwi e piripono, e ngākaunui ana ki te tēnehi nō reira koia rā ka tīmata mai ērā mahi ki te pōwhiri ki reira, ā, ka takina ngā kōrero e whakapapa nei, e whakapiripiri nei i ngā tāngata ki roto ki te whakataetae.’