June 26, 2025
Hone Matthews | Te Hirahiratanga o te Rārangi Pōti Māori
Me mātua rehita ki runga i te rārangi pōti Māori te tukanga e ahei ai te tangata mō te Kōwhiringa Wāri Māori.
Koinei te reo karanga a te Kaitohu Matua Māori o Te Tari Kaitiaki Take Kōwhiri a Hone Matthews, e mea ana ia ko te mea nui hei whakaaro ake māna, he tautoko i ngā Māori kia eke ki te rārangi tika.
“Mēnā he Māori te tangata, mehemea he tīpuna Māori ōnā, i raro i tērā ture ka āhei tātou ki te rēhita me te kōkiri i tētehi rārangi e hiahiatia nei tātou. I taua wā hoki ko te hīkoi a Whina Cooper- taua tau. Te whakatūngia o te Taraipiunara o Waitangi, aua taima nā reira he tau nui ki tātou te Maōri te tau 1975.”





