September 17, 2012
He koroua tenei i rongonui ai mo tona kaha ki te waiata
Kei te marae ō te whare karakia ō Tatai Hono te tupapaku ō Ben Tawhiti e takoto ana i tānei wā.
He koroua tānei i rongonui ai mo tōna kaha ki te waiata me te whakatangi i ngā puoro maha.
Hei apopo ia whakahokia atu ai ki te moutere ō Matakana, ā, hei tā Mabel Wharekawa Burt ō Tauranga Moana, ka harikoa ngā iwi ō Tauranga ki te tauawhi ano i tā rātou tama, i ngaro ki Tamaki mo te maha ō ngā tau.
“Kia tenei mo taku moana. Kua ahua ngaro haere tenei o aku karangarua ki roto i ana mahi i roto i a Tamaki engari kei runga i tera, na ona mahi i whakarangatira ai a Tauranga Moana. Mai i tenei pito ki tera, ona mahi papai, ana i uu ki runga kia tatou i te wa kainga i roto i ta taua moana”.
– Mabel Wharekawa Burt