Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū
Nā Moni Soutar, nō Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa me Rangitāne
“Haere koutou e lama ma, hacrc hi te whawhai hi era o nga whenua,mate ai. ” Koinei tetahi o nga rerenga whakamutunga i rongo ai nga taitama o Te Hokowhitu-a-Tu i mua tonu i ta ratou wehenga i Aotearoa ki Uropi. Ka piki ratou ki runga i etahi kaipuke kaita a, ka haerc ki nga whenua e tatari atu ana ki a ratou. Ka tae ratou ki Awherika, ki Ihipa, ki Tunihia, ki Itaria, ki Kiriki, ki Kiriti. Ko te maha i mate, i taolu ranei, i whakaporeareatia nga hinengaro o etahi. Ko nga taitama i hold mai kite kaenga kaore i whiwhi i nga rawa i whakaarongia. He poraka whenua pakupaku noa iho te rawa i t iro i a ratou men a i waimarie ai. He main tinihanga tend
na te kawanatanga. He aha ai? Kaore i te mohiotia, engari he maha nga take e mamae tonu ana te iwi Maori ki nga mahi a te kawanatanga. Engari mai i te tau 1945 tae noa ki inaianei, kua whakaputahia te korero ki Aotearoa a, ki etahi atu whenua o te ao he iwi toa, he iwi kaha te iwi Maori kite whawhai. Engari i Aotearoa, kaore e kitea e nga iwi o te ao nga mahi a te kawnatanga e aupehi nei te reo, nga tikanga mete ao o te iwi Maori. Kaore e rangona ana nga korero a te Pakeha ka whiua, hei whakamamae i te iwi Maori. Na reira ka taea te ki, he pakanga i Aotearoa nei, mai ra ano, mai i te taenga mai o Tauiwi. Ahakoa te kaha whawhai o nga mema Maori o te Whare Paremata
i enei ra, e kore e pera rawa te kaha ki te mahi a nga papa, ahakoa Maori mai, tauiwi mai i whawhai, kia ora ai taua i tenei ra. No reira haere koutou, haere ki tua o te arai ki Paerau, moe mai ra.
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Bibliographic details
Muka, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 July 2006, Page 5
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330Te Hokowhitu-a-Tū Muka, Volume 18, Issue 4, 1 July 2006, Page 5
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