3 Tipu - Kia Whakatāne au i ahau

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“Kia Whakatāne au i ahau!”


He mihi nui ki ngā kaimahi o te kaupapa nei: Moerangi Black Matetu Herewini Alexander McFarland-Ratu Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi Hakahaka Hona

I whakaputaina tēnei pukapuka i te tau 2017 e Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, Whakatāne, Aotearoa. Nā Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa © ngā korero me ngā pikitia. Kei Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa 2017 © te mana tārua i tēnei pukapuka. www.ngatiawa.iwi.nz


“ K ia W h a kat ā n e a u i a h a u ! ”


K a ĹŤ te wa ka o M ata at u a k i te w Ä h i i ka ra n g a h ia ko K Ä ka h o ro a .


I K āka horoa, ka k itea ngā to h u w h enua o I ra ke wa .


E wha i nōha nga a n a n g ā t ā n e i u ta .


E no h o a na ngā w ā h i n e i te t āh u na o te a wa .


Ta i t i m u , ta i pa r i , ka h u r i te ta i , ka te re te wa ka k i te m o a n a .


“ M ā wa i te wa ka e t i k i , e w h a ka h o k i m a i ? ”


K a m a m a u a W a i ra ka k i te h o e , ka ka ra n g a a ke . . .


“ Kia Wh a kat ān e a u i a h a u !”


N Ä W a i ra ka i w h a ka h o k i a n Ĺ? te wa ka k i u ta .


K a ta pa i n a te i n g o a o t ē r ā w ā h i ko W h a kat ā n e .


Hei Mah i I ū te wa ka o M ata at u a k i h e a ? I h e a n g ā t ā n e , m e n g ā w ā h i n e , i te te re n g a o te wa ka k i te m o a n a ? H e a h a te k ō re ro a W a i ra ka ?


“ G ive m e t h e s t re n gt h of a m a n ! ” T h e M ata atu a wa ka l a n d e d at a p l a c e o n c e c a l l e d K ā ka h o ro a . A t K ā ka h o ro a , t h e y fo u n d t h e l a n d m a r ks of I ra ke wa . T h e m e n w e re a s h o re l o o k i n g fo r a p l a c e to l i ve . T h e w o m e n wa ite d b y t h e r i ve rs i d e . T h e n t h e t i d e tu r n e d a n d th e c a n o e wa s c a r r i e d o u t to s e a . “ W h o w i l l b r i n g o u r wa ka ba c k ? ” W a i ra ka g ra b b e d t h e pa d d l e a n d c a l l e d o u t “ G ive m e th e st re n gth of a m a n ! ” W a i ra ka ret u r n e d t h e c a n o e to s h o re . T h at a re a t h e n b e c a m e k n o w n a s W h a kat ā n e .


Mana pupuri©Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa 2017. Pūmau te mana. Ngā tono ki te kaiwhakaputa i te pukapuka.


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