May 31, 2024
Mauri sets tone for constitution hui
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Organisers of today’s hui taumata in Hastings are now expecting up to 5000 manuhiri.
Waatea News reporter Pōhaturoa Waenga says 1000 people were at Omāhu Marae by 8 am, and the numbers continue to grow.
Kiingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero VII brought the mauri of the first hui held at Tūrangawaewae, emphasising the continuity of the kōrero among Māori this year about what future constitutional arrangements they would like to see.
“There’s been many, many kōrero about the anga whakamuatanga, how te iwi Māori is going to go forward. What’s the plan? He aha te whakatinanatanga, what’s the embodiment of that kōrero to drive us forward into that future?” Ms Waenga says.