June 21, 2024
Paulette Tamati-Eliff | Nau mai ki Wānaka kia whakanui i a Matariki Puanga
Ko te hararei o Matariki he kaupapa e ora ake tonu ai ngā tikanga Māori. Koia te kōrero a te māngai ki te hui pāpāhō ā-motu o te tau, a Paulette Tamati Eliffe o te rRūanga o Ngāi Tahu, i mua i tā rātou kawe i te tuatoru o ngā karakia ata hāpara mō te kaupapa, ā te wiki e tū mai nei.
Hei tā Tamati-Eliffe, he oranga kei roto mō ngā iwi katoa o te motu.
‘He tino hōnore ki a mātou he kaupapa whakahirahira tēnei, he kaupapa e whakarauora ana i tō tātou mātauranga Māori, i te mātauranga o ia hapū, o ia iwi. He kaupapa whakakothai i ngā iwi, i ngā hapū ahakoa nō hea. N`a reira ka hoki atu ki tērā kōrero, nō mātou te toni māringa nui te kawe i tēnei kaupapa o Matariki i tēnei tau.’