Te Ipukarea

He Pātaka Mātauranga

He Whakamārama

Ko te whāinga matua o tēnei kaupapa, he hopu i ngā reo o ngā tohunga o te reo Māori mai i te hiku o Te Ika-a-Māui ki Murihiku, e kōrero ana mō ngā ariā me ngā tikanga o te ao Māori.  

I te marama o Whiringa-ā-rangi, i te tau 2009 ka whakarauika mai ētahi o ngā rūruhi me ngā ruānuku ki te marae o Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau, ki Ngā Wai o Horotiu.  Koia nei ngā rūruhi me ngā ruānuku i tae mai: Ko Te Aue Davis rātou ko Mereana Mokikiwa Hutchen, ko Jossie Te Ohorere Kaa, Ko Wiremu Kaa, ko Te Paekiomeka Ruha, ko Katerina Te Heikōkō Mataira, ko Te Uruhina McGarvey, ko Merimeri Penfold, ko Te Onehou Phillis, ko Wiremu Wiremu, ko Huirangi Waikerepuru.  

Kaupapa

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Ngā mihi:

Tuatahi, ko ngā mihi ā Te Ipukarea ki te whānau o Whakaata Tangata Whenua, ki tō rātou pane hoki, ki a Robert Pouwhare, mō tō rātou pukumahi ki te whakaputa i ēnei kōnae whakaata nei.  

Heoi anō rā, ko ngā whakamutunga ka waiho mō tō tātou whaea, mō tō tātou kuia, mō Te Aue Davis.  I te whakaotinga o ngā kōnae whakaata nei, kua hinga kē tēnei o ō tātou mātanga o te ao Māori.  E kui, moe mai rā i tō moenga roa, haere atu rā ki te taha o ō mātua tūpuna.  Haere atu rā ki te urunga tē taka, ki te moenga tē whakaarahia.  Okioki atu e kui, okioki atu.

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