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o ngā mema, ngā whaea, mātua, koroua rānei o ngā tamariki o Tūhoe. Me whakahua ake e au ētahi, nō te mea he tāngata nui tonu ēnei i roto i a Tūhoe. He tāonga whakairo he kapu rānei, mō Moa Pukepuke, Tui Tāwera, Murakareke, Rotu Chase, Ameria McGarvey, Wairama Ōrupe, Tiaka Biddle, me Taumau Tāwera. E hia atu hoki kei te toe. I tēnei hui nei ka homai anō ētahi kapu mō Hōhapata Heremia, Kaiaho Kereama, me Tiaki Paraki. Kua kitea he mahi, he kaupapa whakataetae mō ēnei tāonga. Ko ētahi o ngā tāonga he whakairo, nā ngā tama tāne o Tūhoe i whakairo, ā, ko ētahi he kapu i hokona mai nō ngā toa kahurangi ā te Pākehā. Kua oti i ngā tamariki te tuhituhi mō ngā hōnore, ēngari iti nei te wāhi hei tuhi māku. I mea ake au i te tīmatanga, he kapu mō tēnā mahi waiata, haka, poi rānei. Ka huihuia ngā māka, ngā kaute ā ngā rōpu. Mehemea i tuatahi, e ono, mehemea i tuarua, e rima, tae noa ki te mutunga. Ko te rōpu i runga rā anō āna kaute, ko Mataatua, ā, nō reira, i riro i a rātau te kapu. I muri iho ko Tāwera, ā, he tāonga anō mō tēnei wāhi. Kia mutu te tuku i ngā tāonga katoa ka tū mai ngā rōpu ki te waiata, ki te haka, ki te whakahōnore hoki i ā rātau wini. Ko te Mane te rā whakamutunga. I muri o te parakuihi te hui ā te komiti ō runga. He hui whakatikatika i ngā raruraru o tēnei hui, ā, he whakatikatika hoki mō te hui o tērā tau. He nui ngā mihi me ngā kōrero i puta i roto i tēnei hui, ā, he roa hoki ngā kōrero e pā ana ki ētahi o ngā kaupapa. Nō te tahi karaka pea i te ahiahi ka mutu te hui. Ko ētahi o ngā rōpu kua hoki noa atu, he kaikā, he tawhiti hoki nō tā rātau haere. Ka hokihoki katoa ngā tāngata ka mahue ko mātau o te kāinga nei ki te whakamutu i ngā mahi. Te mahi tino uaua ko te wehewehe i ngā pereti, kapu, pune me ētahi atu mea i pāhāotia. I muri iho i tēnei ko te whakapai i ngā hōro me ngā wharepuni, he horoi i ngā wharepaku, ā, he kohi para, pukapuka, pati hikareti, pātara, i waho e takoto ana. Ā i konei ka mutu anō tētahi o ngā hui ā Tūhoe. He korero Pitopito ki ngā Karapu. Tira Hou: Ahakoa kāore ō koutou kapa haka kia kaha mai, kei a koutou e whakamoe ana ētahi reo reka, ētahi tarānata. Mātaatua: Kia ora koutou mō koutou i kaha, i toa ki ā tātau mahi, ēngari kia tūpato, kei konei ōna toa e kori atu ana. Kia kaha tonu. Tūrangi: Tēnā rawa atu koutou te rōpu hou mai i tēnei tau. He tamariki ētahi o koutou i haere atu i te kura o Tāwera. Kia ora koutou, mō tō koutou haka, ka whiwhi koutou i te kapu mō te waiata-ā-ringa. Ka pai ngā kupu me ō koutou reo. Kia ora rawa atu. Kawerau: E rua ō koutou rōpu, ka pai hoki. Kia ora te rōpu i whiwhi ki ngā hōnore mō te waiata koaea, me te pao. Kia kaha ake tētahi. Ko tēnei te mea hei whakakaha i a tātau. Ki te whiwhi katoa i te hōnore tuatahi, kua māngere tātau. Kua kī, ā, he mohio rā hoki au. Nō reira, kaua e rarua. Tātau kei kona. Ruātoki: Kia ora Ruātoki. Kei a koutou te nuinga ō ā tātou tamariki mōhio pūmau ki ēnei mahi katoa. Nō reira whakakahatia mai. Kia ora ngā kaiārahi, kai whakahaere i tēnei tau, i kaha nei koutou ki te whakaemi i a tātau, kia kotahi. Kia ora, kia kaha. Tāwera: Kia ora ngā kaiwhakahaere ō tēnei karapu, otirā, ngā toena mai. Nō koutou te kaha ki te ako, i ngā taitamariki kuare ki te reo Māori, kuare ki ēnei mahi. Ahakoa kāore tatau i whai kapu mō ā tatau waiata, kei te pai. Ko te mea nui, i tū koutou ki te haka. Ngā mihi ki a koutou, tamariki mā. ‘He kotahi na Tūhoe e kata te Pō.’