March 22, 2024
Bayden Barber | Nau mai e ngā minita Māori
Ko te Hui Taumata ki Te Matau-a-Maui he hui mō Ngāi Māori, ahakoa tō hapū, ahakoa tō iwi, ahakoa ō tae tōrangapū.
Koia te kōrero a te heamana o Ngāti Kahungunu iwi a Bayden Barber, i te kī a te Minita Whanaketanga Māori a Tama Potaka he whakaaro nui nōna ki te kaupapa anō hoki.
Hei tā Barber, ko te mea nui ko te koke a tātou te Māori i te waka kotahi. “Mātua rā ko te Hui Taumata he hui mō te iwi Māori, he hui mō mātou kātahi, nō reira ki te pirangi haere mai a Tama kei te pai, kei te pai tēnā. I te mea he Māori ia, mena he whakaaro ōna mō te kotahitanga o te iwi Māori, haria mai ōna whakaaro.” Ka tū te Hui Taumata ki te marae o Omahu i Heretaunga ā te 31 o Mei.