Pūrongo hou

E ai ki ngā kōhimuhimu e rere ana i te takiwā, ka toka te noho a Noeline Taurua hei kaiako mō ngā Rarauhe Hiriwa, mō te wā nei. 

Ko te whakamānawa, ko te whakamahara ake hoki i te hunga mate te ito o ngā mahi i te marae o Tūrangawaewae i tēnei rā, i te koroneihana tuangahuru mā toru o Kīngi Tūheitia.

Kua tīmata ake te whakataetae Waka Ama IVF o te ao ki te Tai Rāwhiti, ki Ahitereiria. 

E hia kē marama ngā rōpū kanikani o Aotearoa e whakariterite ana mō te whakataetae Hip Hop o te Ao, ā, e toru ngā kapa ka hoki momoho mai ki te kāinga.

Atu i te tau tekau mā ono, koni atu i te rima mano ngā taonga iwi moutere kua wherahia e te Pātaka Tūhono i Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Hei tā te tumuaki Māori hei tā Linnae Pohatu, e noho kounga ake ana ngā taonga nei i te tūhonotanga atu ki o rātau iwi.

Nō te rironga atu e tōna tuāhine, e tōna hoa anō hoki, ki te mate pōuriuri, ko Travis Tawera hoki tērā i te pari o te rua. Heoi, kua whakamāui ake i a ia anō, me te aha, kei te hāpai atu a ia i ngā tāne Māori maha kia wetewete i ngā āhuatanga o te pāpouritanga me te anipā mā roto tonu i ngā mahi aruaru poaka me te hī ika.

E kore pea e rāngona whānuitia ka kōrero e pā ana ki te hunga e whakaheke werawera ana mā te hapori. Heoi anō, me whakapuaki i wēnei kōrero, ka tika. Nā, i te ākau o Uawa, i Te Tairāwhiti, e pukumahi ana a Shanan Gray kia whanake ai tōna hapori.

Atu i te whare Paremata ki ngā rohe, he rōpū i Turanganui a Kiwa e tautoko ana i te karanga kia tiakina o tātau tamariki, Waihoki, e puta ana te wero ki ngā mātua, tiakina o kōtou tamariki.

Ko te hapori o Wairoa kei te tautoko i te karanga a ētahi kuia kia whakakorea rawatia te taimiri P. Hei tā te koromatua tuarua o Wairoa, ki a Denise Eaglesom-Karekare, e ngau kinotia ana te hapori e te ngāngara nei.

Kua tau te pūehu i waenga i a Ngāti Rangitihi me Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao. Kua aua atu i te rua rau tau ngā iwi e rua o Te Arawa e tohe ana mō te mana o Tarawera maunga. Heoi anō, nō te rangi nei mokoa ai tētahi kawenata e mahi tahi ai rāua kia whakahokia atu e te karauna ngā whenua i Tarawera ki a rāua tahi.

E rima miriona tāra kua rāhuitia i te kete Kotahi Piriona Tāra a te Karauna, hei hāpai ake i ngā mahi whakarauroa taiao i te rohe o Waiapu, koia ko te awa e kaha horo haere ana i Te Tairāwhiti.

Nō muri mai i te huhua o ngā kōrero i puta mō te hāparutanga o te whakapakoko o Captain Cook i Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, e whai nei te kaupapa Tūpapa - Our Stand, Our Story kia whakatika i ngā kōrero o nehe, mā te whakakite i ngā pakiwaitara ake a ngā iwi o te rohe.

Hokia te whenua - kei ngaro. Koirā te whakatūpato a Lenny Te Kaawa, tohunga haere pūihi o Ruatāhuna. “Ki te kore ka riro mā tauiwi ō tātou whenua noho, e haere. Ka riro mā rātou ngā pātaka kai a ngā mātua tīpuna e tūkino.”

Nō nā tata nei tūwhera ai ngā tatau o te whare toi hou o te ringatoi karāehe, o Te Rongo Kirkwood, i te uru o Tāmaki Makaurau. 

I pōhiritia ngā Warriors ki te puku o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, i mua te tukinga ki ngā Cronulla Sharks, arā, te kapa o te kaitākaro o mua o ngā Warriors, o Shaun Johnson.

Kua whakatakotohia e Matt Doocey o te pāti Nāhinara he pire-ā-mema hou. Ko tōna ito, me whakamōhio e Te Ara Poutama ngā kura mēnā he kai-taitōkai kei ō rātau nā hapori. 

I mauherea ētahi o ngā uri o ngā iwi o Hawaii kua roa nei e tū kotahi ana, ki te aukati atu i te hanganga o tētahi karu whakatata e toru tekau mita te teitei, ki runga ake i tō rātau maunga tapu, o Mauna Kea.

I te rewanga o ngā arotakenga e whā mō te āhua o tā te kāwanatanga kōrero tahi ki ngā whānau he uri o rātau ka kahakina, kua puta te karanga a ngā ratonga Māori kia nui atu te mana ki a rātau, e puta ai he hua i ngā hapori.

Tokorua ngā tāne kua mauheretia mō te pupuhitanga pū i te pāka o Clover i te Tonga o Tāmaki Makaurau i tērā marama. Kotahi te wahine i whara. 

E whakangao ana Te Tahua Whakawhanake i ngā Rohe Taiwhenua i ētahi kaupapa hei whakatipu i te ao ōhanga i Te Tairāwhiti. Koinā te whakapuakanga a te Minita Whanaketanga Ōhanga a Rohe, a Shane Jones i te rangi nei.