June 18, 2024
Mahi Rangatira | Me mihi ka tika ki a ia me ōna mahi ki ngā Wātene Māori mō te 40 tau
Ko tēnei te wiki e whakarangatira ai tātou i ngā ringa raupa, i ngā nihowera, i ngā kaitūao e hāpai ana i ō tātou iwi mā te mahi utukore.
Ko te tuikanga i tēnei he whakamānawa i te hunga i Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu, nā ā rātau mahi e tuitui ai ngā honoga mahi ki ngā whaitua katoa o te hapori.
E ai ki te koromatua o te Kaunihera o te Hiku o te Ika, e ai ki a Moko Tepania, kei te whakaaronui ia ki tētahi kanohi kitea o ngā wātene Māori.
“Oooo, ko wai atu, ko wai mai, i a whaea Mary-Anne Wood, kia pono i konei i Te Tai Tokerau tētahi o ngā tino wātene Māori, ō mātau o konei. Kua mahi hei wātene Māori mō koni atu i te 40-tekau-tau ināeanei nā, ā, nō taku kitekite i a ia, ia tau, tau atu, tau mai ki Waitangi nō reira, ka tukuna tōtikahia ōku mihi ki runga i a whaea Mary-Anne hei Whakanui i a ia tēnei Wiki Tūaoa-Motu.”